"Arrr." The lonely call of the wayward mariner. Truly, I feel sorry for him, down in me bones. I tak

[dolari]

Oh, dear god...I forgot about this until today: http://xalton.forum2000.org/matrix/forum_hof_answers?keepcookie=132&lm=1002259717 . Go look; it'll remind you of something you've long since wanted to forget.

And suddenly, several years later, http://xalton.forum2000.org/matrix/forum_hof_answers?keepcookie=134&lm=1002259717 makes sense to me. Yeesh, and I behind the times or what?

So today was a do nuthin' day...abandoned at home after the communal life entry. I enjoy being alone, although I don't like being abandoned with no transportation. So I worked on Closetspace #4 even more, mostly in shading it in, compositing the images into their little boxes and so on. And then it hit me. These are characters I created a decade ago, who have tried to express their stories for a decade, and here they are. They're telling it. And they're being drawn, and they've evolved since I came up with them, and... well...wow. Here they are! Allison is telling me she really likes the incarnation I've given her, while Carrie was the one who told me she liked her original First Picture. They're psyched, I'm psyched. We're all psyched. :)


Amy & Allison

Little does she know it, but the character of Amy (who only appears twice in the Closetspace series, but has an EXTREMELY important part) is actually designed around my friend Amy, who has an LJ herself at Annoying Pixie. I completely forgot about Amy's design when I created the Carrie at Forty design. They're virtually identical, so I added a trailing bang, both as an identifying mark, and part homage to Robotech. Hopefully that'll be enough to say "This ISN'T Carrie." Not to mention the blatant "Amy!" in the second panel.

I'm also realizing that the two week wait I had planned for AWFW was actually a THREE week wait, and that pushing it back another week has made the wait WAY too long. Next break I get, I gotta remember about that and make sure it's ONLY a two-week wait, not three weeks.

I also got asked why I use rounded corners in the "flashback" segments of my comics when it's obvious both stories take place mainly in the past. Simple - I prefer rounded borders more than square ones. I dig the design.

Comments

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

Dear Jenn.
I have been trying to read and make sense of Closetspace since you first described it to me the other night. But I'm sad. I wanna see more Closetspace! I futilely click on the "next episode" link; nothing happens, yet I persist. Please o please come up with more soon. It sounds so cool.

...Gina
:)

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Episodes 1,2 and 3 are up. Tonight, at Midnight (Central), you should be able to see Episode 4 (and you can skip to Episode 5 if you want, but that won't be public for a week).