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Whups, a bit late today XD Sorry! And the incentive will be up later too, Iām so busy right now I want to puke. But the incentive later tonight/tomorrow will be the last letter, and instructions on how to redeem your word for the wallpaper!
Anyways, enough with the flashback, time to get to the final scene! Iām looking forward to drawing it, if only for the superbright jungle colors, haha.
Thanks again for your votes and support, we were basically at the #5 position all this month ;3; It is a miracle? or something? In any case, I canāt tell you how much it means to me that there are so many kind readers out there, thank you. Next monthās major voting incentive will involve extra comic posts so I will see you on Wednesday with more news about that! Thanks again!!
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Loving the first and last panels. That stump grew like crazy!
WOW I love this pageā¦canāt wait for the next one
Iām loving the 3rd panel, Angora looks so very pretty!
Those little baby trees are quite adorable, and they grew so fast. Like normal babies, haha.
Congrats on getting 5th place! You deserve it.
I love it! Iām hooked on it nowā¦ I didnāt realize it was a flashback until now though. Lame me.
Earlier we were told that rounded panels mean flashbacksā¦ : ) Now you knowww
One must wonder if Mocheril is qualified to raise Angora, he doesnāt seem all that responsible : )
I loved the flashback/dream sequence it was all very sad and mysterious and the tree stump has grown a lot in one night, intriguingā¦
How do you pronounce āMocherilā by the way?
those are some FANTASTIC breasts in that bottom panel. this is such a beautiful page. XD
I have to agree, they are very well drawn.
And the light, shades and colors are awesome!
each page gets even better, i like your style!
Now we could see Angoraās powers effectā¦ I wont say anymore to not spoil everyone :)
I wonder if the ānot againā is in regards to the memory or the stump growing?
Hmmm
Iām a fan on facebook :D
I think the ānot againā is because of the branches growing out of the stump. Judging from what Mocheril said in the previous page (and the fact that heās a giant newt), I would say she isnāt human. I would venture to guess that she is some kind of forest guardian in-training.
WOW. Justā¦ wow.
This is so much better than the sketch version! It was a bit unclear how great the impact of her dream had on Angora back thenā¦ but nowā¦ just great. Impressed by improvement.
I also like Angoraās expression in the second panel very much. (Haha noticed what you did with the pupils in panel 2 ā 3ā¦ er.)
Yay for jungle in full daylight!
Maybe you couldā¦ work a bit on the tears in panel 3? They look a bit too āsolidā and in the next panel, suddenly all the tears are gone.
Yeah, I was unsure about how much emphasis to put on them since I wasnāt going to use a wiping-away-tears pose and also I zoomed out a bit. I should probably at least put some wetness trail or something there to show they didnāt evaporate in two seconds XD
And you noticed the pupils too? I guess I have to wake up earlier to sneak one past you :B
*chuckles*
do u mean the brown around the pupil? if so, i noticed :D
Haha, well theres that, but also they are a bit dialated.
oooh ok. i dont think there has been many up-closes of her eyes, so i didnt notice =X
Her eyes are sooo cool. That is certainly something you donāt see in black & white.
I love the transition from rainy day to sunlight. You did it sooo well.
<3
Thanks so much!
Holy crap this is getting so, so good. Angora can has awesome plant powers?
I think she can! (has!)
WOOOT! Iām sad I missed page thirty so this is a little late but- YAYYYYY THIRTY!
I love this comic i came across it by chance and fell in love! My daughter who is 1 loved the dragon newt and asked āMore?ā and I had to tell her I donāt know if we will see him more just have to wait! So me and her cant wait to see what happens!
Haha, yes there will be more of him later! But not for a while, until she finds the center :) Thanks to both of you for reading!
I love this comic!! =)
Interesting.Gives me a hint if she has a power or not.
Also great artā¦.and canāt wait to see the brother
wow. I am really enjoying this comic. I have actually been thinking about starting my own comic, i just wasnt sure how, and this is actually helping. its funny how you come across things at random, and then just fall in love with them lol
Haha, it never hurts to look through what others are doing XD Thanks for reading, and good luck on your comic!
Man, i love wednesdays and saturdays :3 (actually more like thursdays and sundays, ācause in asia i think weāre a number of hours ahead?)
Anyway, i like those last two panels! After the night scenes and the flashbacks, itās lovely to see the bright jungle again. And the colours you chose really do make it look morning-y. Also, the trees growing around angora ā cute idea!
Haha, yeah I guess it would be more like Friday/ Sunday for you guys! What country are you in?
And thanks. The trees are an important tie-in for what happens nextā¦
Does the Mocherel realize heās really a newt? :P Two excellent pages since last visit.
I love how in the last panel the trees are growing back so fast~ Yay Angora!
What program do you use? :3 It looks awfully a lot like SAI Painterās crispness and coloring~ (amazing program wee~ <3)
Its photoshop cs2 actually! I do everything in it.
I LOVE the colors and shading when she wakes up.
So soft and green but also bright, I wish I could have the 3rd frame as a wallpaper.
Love the comic, please keep it up =D
her eyes just stand out so much.
lovin the coloring on the last 3 panels.
Fantastic page and art as always.I like the pacing,slow and steady at first then BAM! A giant animal and a dramatic dream sequence.Angoraās tears in the third panel look a little odd though.Maybe spots of water trailing from her eyes would work better? In any case,youāre doing a great job so far :)
Thanks, yeah I do want to fiddle with those tears a bit! Theyāre not looking as natural as Iād like.
Awe sheās made of Miracle Grow ;D Can she come sleep on my front yard? It needs some work :C
I think I really love the eye panel. She just has the prettiest eyes. Really astounding these last few pages they flow like a movie. I swear I can hear the rain in the dream/flashback sequence and the sudden abrupt silence with maybe some insects buzzing and a bird call or something. when she wakes up. You just have created such a vivid world. Moar plz
She should come sleep on our lawn too >:C The neighbors cat keeps coming to our yard and pissing on our grass.
Lovely comic and art! Your art style is just so amazing and lovely. Keep up the good work!
Also, to stop cats going on your lawn, squirt orange/lemon juice around the lawnā¦ they donāt like the citrus and they wont want to lick it off their paws. Non-harmful deterrence! XD
Well keep up the good work! Iād say you can call me a new reader of your comic but itās absolutely wonderful! Once again keep it up, this stuff is awesome!
Suddenly I donāt like that sheās naked. The flashback reminded me that sheās just a kid.
Donāt worry, sheāll be covering up pretty soonā¦
Not from any sort of perv factor thing, you understand. To see her so sad, then to jump immediately to nudityā¦well, it makes her seem a little crazy and damaged. Which is the intent, Iām sure.
So, is that sepia flashback coloration or was her hair not green before? Suddenly I am thinking there is a lot more back story and itās like we are coming into Lord of the Rings by starting to read halfway through the Return of the King. Pretty awesome.
Nah, those were real colors. her hair was more of a mousy brown before. And yes, weāre starting the story in the middle of a bigger story. Thankfully its the sort of thing you can sink into without needing a lot of exposition at the outset.
Just love the idea with the sprouts, makes the landscape a lot more alive.
These last few pages have been amazingāit was nice to see a flashback. The story has been moving at a good pace, Iāve been having a good time reading!
Fantastic expressions. *_*
i just have to express my love for the fourth panel, itās absolutely stunning!
and have there been growing branches out of that tree overnight? nice. :D
The lighting on this page is so unbelievably gorgeous. Just -amazing-. I am floored. Youāve outdone yourself again!
Thanks Emperial! I still have some issues with itā¦ doesnāt seem quite āmorningā enough, but Iāll try to think of a way to push it further.
Nice transition from the flashback, with the shadows of the plants on Angoraās face (awesome expressions as always!)
Yaaay! 8āD Back to the pretty, mellow pinks and greens and purples and blues and yellows and-!
*asplodes*
Oh, I have noticed an EXTREME change in style here. Comparing the second and third pages with this page, I notice that your work has gotten a lot, ummā¦ I dunno, more āsolidā, I guess? The first pages were very soft and painty, and had thicker lines. In my personal opinion, itād be nice to get some of that paintiness back~
And on a last note;
Mocheril? c:
Yeah, around page 9 or 10 or so I realized I really wasnāt digging the bolder lines. I was trying to be fancy and go for a pencil look but it wasnāt working for me. Once I got back to a smoother inking style I felt a lot better. And the colors have tightened up as well, I use a mix of painting and smoothing to get an inbetween effect? Not as textured as before but I think Iāve gained a lot of readability in the meantime.
When I start polishing this up for printing I will go back and make everything more consistent (its pointless to do it now since I still have 14 more pages to go till the end of the chapter). This was one of the roadblocks I was expecting for doing my first chapter of fullly colored pages so it is inevitable that my style has changed in the last 5 months! I guess Iāll decide how exactly to edit everything once I get to the end. Thanks very much for your opinion, Iāll be keeping it in mind for the last round of edits.
Haha, and yes, Mocheril is Grandfatherās name!
I just loove this page
The contrast of colors between the flashback and normal time is so amazing and looks great.
Also, though I know how weird it soundsā¦ those are very well drawn breastsā¦
Aha. Based on whatās happened to that stump, suddenly her mossy hair makes much more sense. :-)
i wonder why she chose to take her dress offā¦ apparently it shows that she DID use to wear clothing, yet now its normal for her to be naked? hmmā¦.
My favourite page so far.
I love the way you coloured Angora in this :)
Really nice job
dude, you seriously need to be commended for getting this far and now doing two updates a week. this is one of my favorite comics right now. just looking awesome dude.
as for this page, looks great. like everyone said and you already knowā¦the tears in panel 3 need to be worked a littleā¦maybe have them like tear droplets coming off her face.(in the air kinda deal, if that makes sense) this way in panel 4 it doesnāt look they they are dried up.
i dont know if i am reading it right but in panel 1 it looks like a mudslide a little like the mud is rushing down. and thats awesome. i picture it has been raining a long time and its just so muddy. i got this filling because the way its hitting the broken tree coming out of the ground there. very nice
also, been pointed out numerous times but plant life that sprouted up overnight is sooo cool of an idea. does that always happen or is it because she was having crazy dreams?? very neat idea. i assume because the crazy dream because she says ānot againāā¦like it doesnāt happen every night.
very cool dude. really digginā this and its so inspirational to get better and digital drawing.
This is a great comic, and lovely, too.
Though Iām a little creeped out by all the ālol great breastsā commentsā¦but thatās not your fault! Great work and AGHMUSTFINDOUTWHATHAPPENS
Canāt describe the awesomeness.
I love how everything is in a rush in the flashback and then again everything seems so calm in the present.
I like how you did the boobies this time, very natural andā¦ good looking haha
And concerning the pupils: Angora on drugs? XD No jk, love the way her plant powers are revealed!
Dāaw, she made the stump grow. Iād love to know a person who can make things grow.
Green eyes with orangey centers are my favorite. :D
Donāt let your readers compromise your artistic integrity! Angora is Angora, fellow readers! Let her be her own living, breathing fictional world character. If you guys start hectoring the creator, youāre going to hurt the writing and art. So please enjoy and comment and do all that great stuff you guys do in your comments, but please stop trying to pressure the creator to write or draw things the way you think that she should, okay? Thanks, because I want to read her work, not her work censored by your personal tastes and sensibilities. I hope that this doesnāt come across as harsh, but, hey, this is her work, not yours, and I want to enjoy it as such.
Haha, thanks for your support XD But the story is already polished and set in my mind, that is probably not going to change any time soon. The only thing that needs work is the transcription of the ideas to the comp, and I can always use any crits that are given in that area.
OMG i love the way you did the eyeses! i have an eye fetish [lord that sounds sick] its the only thing i ever draw without fail. i doodle eyes!
Again, a great page! I love the sudden change between the rainy day/dirty colours and the sunny day/bright colours. It looks awesome! Nice to see some nice jungle colours again!
I agree with the person who said about the tears, they look kinda flat on her face/not wet enoughā¦ dunno. But other than that, itās a very nice page=) I love the idea of her being able to make things grow =D
Wow. I mean: WOW.
I havenāt checked in on this in a LONG time. I just read the last 7 or so pages in one sweep and itās really looking amazing. The panel where you introduce her grandfather fully (last panel on the first flashback page) is beautiful. The colors on this are amazingā¦I love the morning colors as she wakes up.
I went back recently and re-read a bunch of your original sketch version of the comic, which has me REALLY excited for where this is going. I really canāt wait. KEEP GOING. You have fans, and I am one of them, who will write you embittered flame-mail full of poison and vitriol if you stop. :D
Also cool to note: you are improving visibly over the course of this comicā¦which is all kinds of exciting!
Damn Nick, thanks a ton. I know I say this every time but positive comments from you are just so encouraging. Please donāt feel afraid to kick my ass about anything though if you see me slacking or something XD And donāt worry, I wonāt stop making pictures if you donāt!
Alright, itās a deal!
Iāve got my first little comic-gig going live some time tonight!
Over at: http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents
Iāll make a big olā announcement about it as soon as it actually shows up!
And the same goes for youā¦keep me with the crits, whenever you see anything. Personally, I think youāre pretty hard on yourself as is :p
As is, I really like the bottom-right panelā¦thereās something about the saturation of the colors; thereās a real sense of light and breath to it. Try to hold to that, and donāt be afraid to get saturated and dramatic with your lighting!
Iāll keep an eye peeled to keep you on your toes if youāll do the same for me. Same agreement as usual :p
Haha, Iāve been checking back on DHP since last night waiting for it to go upā¦ Iāll check again in a sec.
Youāre the best!
A little late, however, I enjoyed this panel just because of the final panelā¦ I guess that happens a lot :3
Bad wording, and not ājust because of the final panelā, well it was really good all around, I just like the final panel XD
Iāve been reading your comic for a few weeks now, and I have to say that I cant get enough of it. Its got a great hook, lovely colors and the humor makes me giggle so much my boyfriend looks at me like Iām loony.
I love how you portray her as being nude, yet its an innocent type of nudity. The expression I get is that she just enjoys being, well, free.
Also, will we see more of her little salamander sidekick? =]
I think youāre doing a great job honestly. Very very creative and unique x3 I love it~ I could pick this out from any other comic out there. Good job!
Thanks so much! Hopefully itāll never rob your house, if you can pick it out of a lineup >_>
The bottom left panel beginning sketch from the vote incentive = so many giggles.
I love drawing everyone wall-eyed, theres nothing better!
Something tells me Angora is some sort of driad.
you get 2 cookies!
Number 4, and you havenāt even posted any new pages this month.
Not hereā¦ I stagger my posts on other sites to balance out the interest.
It looks like Mo-Cheryl has a ā:3ā face in that panel.
You probably havenāt heard much from meābut Iāve been following this comic since the beginning. I must say, this is so impressive.
Iād so buy the graphic novel. <3
Well thanks! And thanks very much for following the comic so long!
The lack of nudity in the flashbacks is somewhat disconcerting. It fit very well with Angora not being used to people. Of course it could be one of the things grandpa tried to impose on her and she never understood why.
WOW! And after seeing the proccess, this colouring looks even better. Your shade/light lines are amazing.
Anyway, I hate it when you give us a BLAST of exciting, teasing news and THENā the page ends! Or Angora runs away from Pinter! Or the rape-stockers (?!) let her go at last! I mean.. I canāt stand the mystery anymore! ;-;
XD New page will be up tomorrow, hopefully you can make it till thenā¦?
Hi!
I LOVE this comic. Are you going to make a graphic novel? You should. D:
The change from the somber shades of the flash back to the second panel on this page where Angoraās eyes are so vibrant coming back into the present is a wonderful transition! I love it ā so captivating!
Is it just me, or does Grandpa kinda look like an Axolotl?
OOO WOW.
I just noticed that the tree stump where she was sleeping sprouted big shoots overnight. Great touch! :D
Yay, it just hit #4 on Topwebcomics.com! Keep up the awesome work!
I love the sudden burst of color when we jump back to the present. Also love Angoraās eyes though I believe Iāve mentioned that before. :giggle:
The dual thing in the vote incentive page is nice. Whatās the brother name?
By the way guys, Mocheril is the Slovenian name for _Proteus anguinus_. So is that his real name or Angora is just pissed off and calling him by the name of his smaller cousins?
The brotherās name is floating around, I wonāt spoil it for you (since heāll be in the next chapter) but if you poke around enough Iām sure you can find it.
And yes, thats grandfatherās real name. I love P. anguinus, its such a strange organism, so I took his name from that salamander.
Aha! I thought he was an axolotl, but given the scientific name, wikipedia says heās an olm. You learn something new every day. :O
She is so cute in the 2nd panel.
Oh, and congratulations in making a comic with a naked young women in a non-lewd way at all. Itās such a lovely way showing that nudity is just a very normal thing.
firstly just to say this is one of my favourite webcoms, itās the one i look at first when iām going through the updates! the story, art and characters are all so wonderful :)
and iām just wondering, but is she saying ānot againā because of the dream, or because the saplings grew up around her?
Nestly: Hah! Cool, I just noticed that the stump she was sleeping on earlier was simply a stump, and now itās growing around her. Thatās really creative how you thought of that.
At least itās like.. sun comes upā¦ instant shade! Sweet. 8)
Keep up the awesome web-comic. I absolutely adore your flexible style and shading technique.
Oh my goodness! āGrandpaā looks like an Axyotl! Sorry, just noticed this. xD
Beautiful job on the drawing and coloring!
Hey!
Great comic and story. I especially like that you used a āmocherilā for the grandad. A unique take on that. That and Iām from Slovenia where this animal is a symbol of sort. Was really surprised to find a well-known expression in a foreign webcomic.
Keep up the good work, mon!
Itās strange. Iāve read this chapter at least ten times, but I never noticed how the tree stump grew overnight until now.
Such beautiful colours <3
I like how you used rounded corners to present the past, although it wasnāt obvious to me at first. I wonder if desaturating the colours a bit more would have been effective.