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by Bwerith
Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:54 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Criticism needed for race design (hard sci-fi fans wanted)
Replies: 24
Views: 2158

Well, brains can be a good source of calories... I think they are high in fat... and you need an adequate supply of calories for optimal brain growth... but eating adequate amounts of pretty much anything nutritious, would result in optimal brain growth. If you take zombies as your example, well, ea...
by Bwerith
Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:48 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: need some advice on a character design: multiple characters
Replies: 32
Views: 2274

That mage guy is seriously creeping me out :)

Though there's something bothering me about his boots. I'm not quite sure what, though. Not quite the right shape, I think.
by Bwerith
Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:40 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Criticism needed for race design (hard sci-fi fans wanted)
Replies: 24
Views: 2158

In that case, humans must be the biggest brain-cannibals of them all.

Our species' dark, dark secret....

:lol:
by Bwerith
Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:30 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: This week: Fingers and shading
Replies: 9
Views: 790

Re: This week: Fingers and shading

Somehow my hands always end up a) too stubby, or b) reaching down to the thighs. Any tips? Are you also referring to general limb proportions? I'm no expert, but one tip that has worked fairly well for me, is to have the wrist be in line with the crotch. That will make the arm the right length. And...
by Bwerith
Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:34 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Criticism needed for race design (hard sci-fi fans wanted)
Replies: 24
Views: 2158

Intelligence doesn't HAVE to be associated with being a predator. It can be associated with habitually living in large social groups. Like baboons, who don't have to work very hard to outwit the leaves and grass and stuff that they eat. :D Also orangutans and gorillas are quite brainy when compared ...
by Bwerith
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:16 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Scanning so the lines are not "fuzzy"
Replies: 13
Views: 1003

I also like the darker one better.
by Bwerith
Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:11 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Criticism needed for race design (hard sci-fi fans wanted)
Replies: 24
Views: 2158

If you want to keep the tusks, why not have them stick out to the side? Your aliens would have to be careful when turning their heads in the presence of friends and family, though :) The reason for clothing can be something cultural like a concept of propriety or modesty. Or, clothing can serve the ...
by Bwerith
Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you think of the title "Cartoonist"?
Replies: 94
Views: 4380

I consider myself mostly an author, mainly because for me the process of making a strip starts with writing the script, advancing the plot, character development, etc. If my drawing skills were better, I might call myself a cartoonist or illustrator. As it is, I'm a doodler. :) I seldom try to plug ...
by Bwerith
Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When to stop
Replies: 81
Views: 5495

I originally intended for ISOHE to be a self-contained little story, perhaps one or two thousand strips long. ("Little story"? Aheh.) But then I got all kinds of ideas for how to continue it. So the planned end-point got pushed much farther into the future. It still had a definite end-point though. ...
by Bwerith
Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:01 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Need help getting motivated...
Replies: 23
Views: 2273

I find that tests and essays due tomorrow, result in some of my best drawings.
by Bwerith
Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:39 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: A (Hopefully) Simple Banner/Newsbox Guide
Replies: 10
Views: 20318

It WAS a new guide... in FEBRUARY. :lol:

Thanks for the advice, when I get around to editing it, I will re-post it on the wiki.
by Bwerith
Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:36 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Inking: By hand vs. Computer
Replies: 29
Views: 1836

That's why I like the computer... undo. I've messed up too many hand drawings with bad coloring to ever want to go back. I used to be scared of inking my drawings, because I thought I'd screw them up. Then I just went ahead with it, inked them... and screwed up more often than not. Now I'm less sca...
by Bwerith
Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:16 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: A (Hopefully) Simple Banner/Newsbox Guide
Replies: 10
Views: 20318

Hmmm. I should probably go and change all the mentions of "Keenspace" to "Comic Genesis", shouldn't I?

One of these days... :)
by Bwerith
Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:39 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: A new site...
Replies: 12
Views: 1107

"Scattered doodles" might seem like a nice concept in theory... but most people want site navigation to be really easy to find and obvious, and putting everything in the same easily-found place is one way to do that.

But if you can find a happy medium, then go for it!
by Bwerith
Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:12 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Sexy? Need help from anime fangirls
Replies: 39
Views: 1944

Oh, I thought we were talking about the right arm....
by Bwerith
Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:07 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Sexy? Need help from anime fangirls
Replies: 39
Views: 1944

The slightly-bent arm does look a little weird to me; I think I liked it better with the arm straight, even with the shoulder looking a little stiff. You can just pretend that he was, like, working out and pulled his shoulder. Or something :)
by Bwerith
Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:48 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: A new site...
Replies: 12
Views: 1107

The little animations seem okay to me. Especially because they only animate when you mouse-over them, so they're not always moving, which can be annoying. I think I agree that the links to archive, stuff, email, and the little calendar, should all be in a line on just one side of the comic, keeping ...
by Bwerith
Fri Oct 21, 2005 5:36 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Sexy? Need help from anime fangirls
Replies: 39
Views: 1944

The legs look fine to me now.

Starline said the hand looks like it's floating... it kind of looks that way to me, too, now that I think about it.

If you want to bother with fixing that, instead of redrawing the hand, you can just move the bottom of the pumpkin up a bit.
by Bwerith
Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:56 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: I need help...
Replies: 18
Views: 1068

Do you basically just want to add more stuff to your main page? Or do you want to create new separate pages, like an archive page and a cast page? Learning HTML is pretty useful, and it's very easy, I'd really recommend it. (It took me about 3 hours to learn enough to create my first website.) And o...
by Bwerith
Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:51 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: A new site...
Replies: 12
Views: 1107

Hmms. Nice and simple looking, nice font. I think the monochrome colour scheme works pretty well with your greyscale comics. The animated whatnot on the "email me" icon is cute. Are the "stuff" and "links" icons supposed to do animation too? Because when I hover my mouse over them, there's just one ...