Comments for Oyster War

Comment on Page 48 by Jared

Jared — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:16:25 +0000

Yeah it was a symptom of not hammering out my character designs before going live with the strip so my style seems to evolve with each strip. I would like to go back a do a more simplified eye but I’ve made so many changes so far I figured I would keep it this way.

Comment on Page 48 by admin

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:14:50 +0000

Hey, I’ll take any Hergé comparison I can get! I’m definitely paying homage to Tintin the four-row format of Oyster War for sure. Eye-wise, it seems like your early B&W stuff had characters with the dot eyes, but you’ve moved to eyes that are outlines now.

Comment on Page 48 by Jared

Jared — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:59:09 +0000

I know what you mean with the eyes. I’m still learning how to use every element in a panel to convey emotion. I don’t want to sound like I’m buttering you up, but I think you do it well. You’re art reminds me of Georges Remi.

Comment on Page 48 by admin

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:12:43 +0000

Thanks, Jared. I paint myself into a corner with my characters designs since I always use those “dot eyes” that make it hard to do expressions very well–but several books and about 50 pages into Oyster War later, I’m hopefully getting OK at it!

Comment on Page 48 by Jared

Jared — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:39:46 +0000

I didn’t even know about the mythology of Selkies. That’s cool and definitely opens up some cool plot possibilities. I love Joost Le Roy’s face in the last panel.

Comment on Page 48 by admin

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:13:55 +0000

@Jared – Yeah, it’s not too difficult to tell where this is going. If you capture a selkie’s coat, you can control her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie

Comment on Page 48 by Jared

Jared — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:22:12 +0000

Ooooh, the otter suit. That could be useful.