How good are your eyes?

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:39 am

This is Wednesday's comic strip for TofuStyle, but this one's a bit tricky. It's my fault though... sorry. I didn't illustrate things well enough. Anyway, I wanted to test to see how many people would get what's happening here, because I don't want to underestimate all of your keen senses

So that I can get a better understading of how people pick details up in comics, please don't give it away.

If you can get what's going on, please just say "ye"
If you don't, say "nay"

... or something to that effect.

current head count (7:23am EST)
6 "ye"
11 "nay"

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:52 am

I can't even see his eyes

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:01 am

haha Steve has really squinty eyes. I modeled him after John Wayne, but I think he turned out more like Solid Snake.

That makes 1 nay...

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:30 am

For a minute I thought his lighter exploded meaning no cigarette.. but then.. I don't know. so nay.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:39 am

Nope, it's not about the cigarette. I know what you're thinking: "Someone's smoking in a comic, BUT NOT TO LOOK COOL?!"

2 nays

I really need to brush up on my optic empathay.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:39 am

I'm not sure what this thing I'm supposed to be seeing is...so nay I guess. But then, my eyes are legitimately lousy, so I have a good excuse.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:49 am

It's entirely possible that I've seen "it"

But considering that I have no idea what "it" is, I really can't be too sure on that score.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:51 am

well, this should clear it up, hopefully without giving it away. "IT" is in the second and fifth frames.

I'm not sure whether it's good or bad that it's not so obvious. It's interesting becase at fist, Steve doesn't see it and he's only able to pick it up because of those "alert" senses of his (and those squinty eyes). It'll be obvious what's happened in the following strip though. I just hope readers figure out the corrolation between the two strips when browsing through my archives.

Anyway, you guys are helping. Don't feel bad, these are good responses and they're helping me. What you see is my fault, the good and the bad. I'm definately willing to take credit for the sweet reflections in the floor.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:20 am

I think I got it.

It was quite obvious what was supposed to happen, BUT it took me a while to find it on the picture.

I'll PM you the details.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:26 am

Hale wrote:well, this should clear it up, hopefully without giving it away. "IT" is in the second and fifth frames.

Okay, I saw it in the final panel but not in the second. The problem being that I'm using a laptop with the intensity turned down. I had to turn it all the way up and re-angle the screen in order for it to be visible.

Beyonder_alpha · Post by **Beyonder_alpha** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:22 am

found it, but only because you underlined the titel :p

Starline · Post by **Starline** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:08 am

Nay.

I do see it, but it took me a while. And if I was a just a regular reader I would have totally missed it.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:32 am

starline wrote:Nay.

I do see it, but it took me a while. And if I was a just a regular reader I would have totally missed it.

You must be some kind of SUPER OPTICAL READER!!!! Cool, thanks guys.

Oualawouzou · Post by **Oualawouzou** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:01 pm

Pillywiggin wrote:
Hale wrote:well, this should clear it up, hopefully without giving it away. "IT" is in the second and fifth frames.
Okay, I saw it in the final panel but not in the second. The problem being that I'm using a laptop with the intensity turned down. I had to turn it all the way up and re-angle the screen in order for it to be visible.

You know, weirdly enough, I think I saw "IT" in the second frame but not in the fifth one...

Aglari · Post by **Aglari** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:03 pm

I saw it, but only with a buncha hints and looking over it again and again.

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:46 pm

Oualawouzou wrote: You know, weirdly enough, I think I saw "IT" in the second frame but not in the fifth one...

Same here.

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:12 pm

starline wrote:Nay.

I do see it, but it took me a while. And if I was a just a regular reader I would have totally missed it.

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:00 pm

I can see it in the second frame, but it's so dark I had to sit up and look at my crystal screen at an angle.

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 10:57 pm

It took me too long to notice it. You might want to make it a little more obvious.

Is that thing on the lid of the lighter supposed to be its reflection?

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:19 pm

I can't see it in the second panel unless I make my screen so bright that black is grey. You need more contrast ni that panel.