I really like the way Quin looks in the second-to-last panel ^^ And at least he was able to dodge this time. Hopefully his footpaw will come down on Crim’s face.
Same here as in the other recent pages – great art, great expressions, great designs and great job giving the illusion of movement and activity in the page. I should take some time now, I think, to talk about what I think of Crim so far.
The reason I was so interested in Crim, aside from his design, was because of his role as the “bully” of Quinlan in the story – the tough jock that makes the main character’s life miserable. On paper, such a concept doesn’t sound very interesting -we’ve seen such characters millions of times before. However, from my experience with how you draw characters – literary as well as artistically – I couldn’t help but feel like there would be more to Crim than that. Since you made sure to do Caldus and Dabheid intriguing characters when they could’ve been so flat, I have great hopes for our jocky squirrel here.
While we haven’t seen that much debt to him so far, even here there is something that just makes him so likable, despite his attitude. Maybe it’s how he manages to be a jerk SUBTLY rather than screaming it out for everyone to see, the design that makes him seem so dynamic, and the fact that it’s implied that he has a genuine reason for resenting Quinlan, or at least his place as Captain of the Royal Guards. I don’t think it’s been explicitly stated so far, but it’s been implied that Quin got his position mostly due to family connections rather than due to any specific skill or qualifications on his part (which is not his fault, he didn’t want that position either). If other candidates who might’ve been more worthy were passed over for his sake, it’s understandable that there would be resentment towards him. I know this will be only a fight scene, but I’m very curious to see what you do with Crim in the future.
There are those two acolytes from a few pages back again! And Dakkan! And all of them are in the background exactly where they should be! And still detailed! *swoon*
I really like the way Quin looks in the second-to-last panel ^^ And at least he was able to dodge this time. Hopefully his footpaw will come down on Crim’s face.
*Mario jumping noise*
Same here as in the other recent pages – great art, great expressions, great designs and great job giving the illusion of movement and activity in the page. I should take some time now, I think, to talk about what I think of Crim so far.
The reason I was so interested in Crim, aside from his design, was because of his role as the “bully” of Quinlan in the story – the tough jock that makes the main character’s life miserable. On paper, such a concept doesn’t sound very interesting -we’ve seen such characters millions of times before. However, from my experience with how you draw characters – literary as well as artistically – I couldn’t help but feel like there would be more to Crim than that. Since you made sure to do Caldus and Dabheid intriguing characters when they could’ve been so flat, I have great hopes for our jocky squirrel here.
While we haven’t seen that much debt to him so far, even here there is something that just makes him so likable, despite his attitude. Maybe it’s how he manages to be a jerk SUBTLY rather than screaming it out for everyone to see, the design that makes him seem so dynamic, and the fact that it’s implied that he has a genuine reason for resenting Quinlan, or at least his place as Captain of the Royal Guards. I don’t think it’s been explicitly stated so far, but it’s been implied that Quin got his position mostly due to family connections rather than due to any specific skill or qualifications on his part (which is not his fault, he didn’t want that position either). If other candidates who might’ve been more worthy were passed over for his sake, it’s understandable that there would be resentment towards him. I know this will be only a fight scene, but I’m very curious to see what you do with Crim in the future.
There are those two acolytes from a few pages back again! And Dakkan! And all of them are in the background exactly where they should be! And still detailed! *swoon*