Beastia Hominis

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Beastia Hominis

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Beastia Hominis
http://www.beastiahominis.com/
This comic is a modern day fantasy where a secret battle for the fate of the world is taking place.
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I would very thankfull if anyone could give me some tips, or their opinion about the comic.
It is updated twice every week, on monday and friday. Forum is currently down, but everything else works.

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Post by Lucien of BOS »

The story seems to be quite dramatic, which isnt exactly my cup of tea.

Though the artwork itself kicks some major ass.

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Post by KODAMA »

XD wait a second...

http://www.beastiahominis.com/index.php ... r=1&page=7


Isn't that Kanbei from samurai 7???
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Post by RemusShepherd »

The artwork is very, very good, and I'm jealous. :) It is done in manga style, as far as I can tell, and that puts me off a bit, but the only complaints I have against the artwork are against the style itself, so they're not worth stating.

The story is progressing very slowly, and that makes it difficult for me to get intrigued by the comic. I think part of it is that you have very little dialogue, and many pages in which nothing happens but a single image or action shot. You show everything and tell almost nothing, which may be good writing theory but it can make for a story that moves rather slowly. I don't think this is anything to worry about -- before long you'll find your groove, and your pacing will improve.

If I have any specific suggestions, I'd say that when you do have speech, your speech bubbles don't seem to fit the text very well and the text font itself is too blocky (is it Arial?). Ch. 2 page 9 is a good example of blocky speech in ugly speech bubbles -- it just doesn't match the smooth lines of the rest of your comic. Look for fonts called DigitalStrip or Mighty Zeo, I think they'd suit your comic better, and loosen up the bubbles some.

Other than that, I think you're doing great, and as I said, I'm jealous. :)
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Post by DancingChaos »

Wow :o

Your artwork; it's amazing!!!

Ok, I have no advice or critisizm because I am beneath you. And your artwork.

You are such an awesome artist!!!

Well, cya!
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Post by DDW »

I am actually the writer, and I shade the comic. I will try and change font, and I never heard about KANBEI SHIMADA, but they do look similar.
Well anyways thanks for the tips, I am sure that they will help improve the comic.

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Post by DancingChaos »

The writer and the shader? You do some good shading!!!
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Post by TheGoobla »

As has been pointed out, the artwork is excellent. Now if I could just bring myself to actually read webcomics, I might have had something more constructive to say.

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Post by Warofwinds »

*crawls into a hole and dies* *the smell lingers* All I saw were some problems with foreshortening, but other than that... *is in the hole...smelling*
Gah! It's on my favs list. Are you happy now? Are you happy!?
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Post by Bass Master Fei »

Hmm. This kind of makes me wonder whether you usually focus more on singular drawings rather than comics, because certain aspects of your artwork is very impressive, but your panel layouts and perspectives aren't always as meticulously done. I do feel kind of like I've seen many of the characters' faces in various other manga.

Still, it's dramatic and interesting, and I suspect all artistic concerns will quickly disappear. I would gladly read this if it were sitting on a bookstore shelf.
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