1.35
Uh oh, shit is going down!
Hopefully this comic is updating automatically on Saturday, otherwise I’m going to be pissed cuz I totally hauled ass to finish it by Friday morning. Anyways, to save you debating over the weekend without me I’ll predict some q/a
Why does Kiz looks disproportionate in panel 2
Cuz I crazy suck at foreshortening torsos.
Why does _(something else)_ look so weird?
I make mistakes. A lot, haha. Let me know and I’ll (possibly) fix it, as usual.
Is that dude wearing a dress or something?
No, its traditional to wear a long smock thing on Sundays for his culture (Carissi).
If today is Sunday, then yesterday was Saturday. Why were they working on Saturday?
Cuz in real life sometimes you have to work weekends D:
They’re breaking the 4th wall in the last panel by staring directly into the camera!
Thats not a question!!!
Only 9 more pages left in the chapter!!! Please keep up with voting, we’ve slipped to #7 in the last week! Not that it matters a lot, but I guess I suffer from something of a competitive spirit >_>
Next page on Wednesday! Exclamation points!!!!!
Ahaha, looking at the camera does not automatically equal breaking the fourth wall. Where do people come up with this stuff? Sal doesn’t seem to actually realize what the term “breaking the fourth wall” means. Eye lines can be discussed to death all day long, but just because a character looks into the camera doesn’t mean the fourth wall has been broken. And there’s no rule that says character can’t look into the camera; it happens all the time in TV and movies. Just pick a channel and start watching.
Anyway, as a first-year film student can no doubt tell you, eye lines don’t even look right when they’re totally dead-on correct in reality. That’s why we cheat eye lines in TV/film. Eye lines are troublesome all over the place. I’m a little amazed at how many people seem utterly obsessed and distracted by them in illustrative form, though. Really?? I wonder if watching TV/film is as problematic? Like, do people sit there watching Lord of the Rings and go, “ARGH I CANNOT STAND THESE EYE LINES! I should complain to Peter Jackson about it.” (Okay, I’m done counter-ranting.)
By the way, who is tall-blonde-and-probably-single? Does he have a name? A post code where I can track him? A preference in underwear style? 8D
And I’ve been meaning to tell you that since I started reading the comic I realized Angora and n’Barit not only both have green hair, they have the same green-brown eyes! That is so weird! (You probably noticed that when you drew n’Barit, but as I’ve not drawn Angora… I’m a bit late to the party.) Have we been subliminally tapped into each other’s subconciousnesses for more years than we’ve known one another?
Hahaha yeah I’m not too sure about the eyes fixation either. Unless its totally glaring I can usually forgive small errors. Theres this horrible depression commercial where the woman is staring at a little walking doll that as obviously CG’d in and she’s staring like… to its left XC I get annoyed at that, haha.
And yes, we are definitely mentally connected :3 Though I think n’Barit has more in common with Luca than Angora XD
*regarding the last pannel*
I’m actually naked, that’s why they’re looking at me.
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Y’know, I never considered it breaking the fourth wall…unless they were directly speaking to the author or reader…But barring that, it’s just another camera shot and angle. =)
I didn’t think Kiz looked disproportionate in panel 2. (But then again, I suck at anatomy for the most part, so I suppose that doesn’t mean much.) XD
It’s awful when guys aren’t “manly” enough to take you on their own. It’s SO unfair when you get someone to come up behind you and hold your arms so you can’t runaway or do any damage. >,<
(That’s right Kiz, I’m challenging your “manliness.”) *snicker*
The guy with the blonde hair has barely been introduced and already I know he’s a douche.
Haha.
Really, though! He just looks it! Tall and skinny, and the straight blonde hair that’s parted in the middle!
No offense to anybody who fits those criteria.
looool. no offense but people who look like that typically are douchebags, ha
Leon Kennedy: D’:! But but…I’m not a douche…am I Ada?
Ada: …..*leaves*
Leon: ;_; Ada WAIT O:<
Great page as always!
This is getting more interesting by the page!
That’s right Pinter! Stand up for Andora’s honor! XD Whatta guy!
Whoops I meant to type “Angora.” O_O Still! Pinter’s turning out to be a crabby drunk but actually a nice guy.
kmon look what =O???
xD the suspence is killing me lol!
I can’t wait till wednesday ;___;! <3
You seem to consistently refer to mistakes in your pages that you’ve made. For example this week you referred to foreshortening trouble with Kiz, which by the way, I don’t see. If addressing these mistakes helps you improve you’re ability than by all means continue, however you shouldn’t worry about the reader catching them so much. All but the most glaring mistakes will usually go unnoticed by the reader.
I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far, keep up the excellent work.
Well to make a bio metaphor, you can only gain muscle mass by breaking the fibers of your existing muscle… Or you can strengthen a chain by breaking the weak links or whatever. It helps me to crit my stuff all the time, otherwise I might get complacent! Hopefully its not too annoying to you readers X3
Kiz needs an emergency trip to the red light district of the nearest town. Seriously, next he’s going to start bonking coconuts.
lolll ugh bad mental image!
*yawn* sorry i’m reading this at 2 in the morning, it good on my sleep deprived mind…..
Your foreshortening’s functional in the second panel. I think you just put the shirt wrinkle in a strange place, which makes it look trippy. It will probably be an easy fix. n_n
(By the way, I’ve been stalking this comic since it began- I just never commented because I’m a lurker ♥)
Also, this comic is amazing, and I watch this page more closely than I did the Fullmetal Alchemist page when I was way into that. x’D
Ditto the lurker thing!!!
Looooove the comic sooo much!!! And the characters are wonderful; perky naked without-bashfulness heroine, a kind flubby drunk with moobs, and the skinny pretty-boy meanieheads! Perfectness! Too many comics have heros with waaayyy too much sex appeal. The…realisticness (kinda? as far as characters go? Aside from the green hair?) of your characters is sooo refreshing.
Haha, I’m glad you’re enjoying them! Regular people can be heroic too…
Kiz’s eyes in the second panel are the stuff of nightmares.
Your comic is lovely
Thanks so much!
I have just found this today, via Johnny Wander, via Questionable Content (I’m on an art adventure).
I’m entranced. The art is stunning (Prints! Prints for my wall!) and the story line is going to do much to feed my love of fantasy that has been starved of good reading material of late.
Same here, hehe. Same path and all, even. ^^ Love the comic (and sorry for broken lines; posting/reading with the Wii). Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Thank goodness for page jumping XD Thats how I find a lot of the stuff I read too…
Glad you like the art, and I hope you’ll like where the story is going as well!
Tall, blond and handsome! I’m digging those of Carissi descent. (Pinter’s not half bad either) MOAR plz :3
I love the cultural back ground behind all your characters. It really brings them to life. I love it when you put those little “Fun Fact!” stuff in there.
Ha. I’m totally on the same page as Snooty up there. I was just looking at QC, then I found Johnny Wander, then voila! I ended up here, and already I love it! <3
Haha, awesome XD Hope you’ll stick around!
So, I totally think it’s Andora doing some trick with the alcohol cans. Like she’s juggling them, or she’s balancing fifty of them on her body. I totally don’t think it’s her being nekkid. She doesn’t even realize that nekkidness is a bad thing, and she probably didn’t even know why those guys were really chasing her early on.
…or did she?
xD
I’m just assuming a whole bunch of stuff.
I’m just too much of a kid for her to use her body to distract somebody.
AMIRIGHT?!
I mean SHE’S TOO MUCH OF A KID.
-correction-
Haha, you’re right XD About her intentions at least, she doesn’t really get what the big deal is. She needs to grow up a little (or a lot)
*Lurks* *Stares* …… Great comic !! *Flees and hides behind a tree plant to lurk some more*
Mannn I’m so obsessed with this comic. I check for updates even when I KNOW there won’t be any. XD
Oh mai! I feel the same XD I check twice a day! If there aren’t any new pages, I feel satisfied to give a vote fot top web comics ^^,
STUFFIN
IT
(I just noticed the updated shading on the previous page.
Very nice. He does look a lot more fleshed out.)
This is real interesting. At least, it keeps my interest :p
3 thumbs up! ( but only if I had another hand…)
Anywhozzle, this is good and now I have something to look forward to since school is out
(You’d think that they would have new episodes for a show during the summer, when people ACTUALLY HAVE TIME!! D=)
And Kiz doesn’t look disproportionate, but psychotic O_o
I just found my way here via the same path (QC and Wander) and I’ve got to say I’m pretty impressed with the quality so far. I’m liking the characters and I have to admit even the douchebags are good elements, but this Carissi business….
Am I a messiah and don’t know it?
Just gets better and better. I’d sure hit Kiz again. Not the first time I beat somebody down that had a knife. Plus I love your character names.
lol @ vote incentive…RL, lol…
Ah…you’re artwork is lovely…
People shouldn’t harass Pinter. It’s just. not. right.
/frets
I enjoy Kiz’s manic expression and speech in the second panel a little too much. Him going from cool and collected to “GON’ CUT A BITCH” so quickly is amusing indeed.
Lurker here, I’ve been enjoying The Meek ever since stumbling upon it a week or two ago. It’s the first webcomic to have grabbed my attention and kept it so quickly!
I went to see UP yesterday and Dug, the talking dog in it, reminded me of Pinter.
Don’t know why! But it did.
By the way, i love your work.
Keep it up!
isn’t it Wednesday already? lol I know it is for me it’s already almost 10 am ^_^; I’m antsy because I wanna see what happens next! lol
I’m finally back in the country and can read this again! Ah, Pinter….I’ve missed you!
I actually think the way Kiz holds the knife in panel two works really well in context. I feel like he’s one of those douchebags that’s going to toss it from one hand to the other repeatedly to show how awesome they are at holding a knife. The way he’s holding it in the last panel, however, strikes me as a bit odd.
Anyway, I’ve already placed my vote for the day and I’m looking forward to the next page. ^_^
Wow! just stumbled on the link from johnny wander, this stuff is amazing – I just read all the way from page 1 to get caught up, and I’m hooked :3
It kind of makes me think of some of studio ghibli’s stuff, like the whole eco-fairytale thing. Love it!
[b]Next page on Wednesday! Exclamation points!!!!![/b]
Today is Wednesday :3
I am eagerly awaiting patiently for the next page >.<;
lol i was wondering the same thing it’s already 1 pm on Wednesday here
Wow, so I really shouldn’t have looked up “stufifng” on urban dictionary…
NICE ONE xD
Nuuu! Comic! :< (Ahem, yeah. So I went on a bit of a weekend Meek binge with devouring of dA gallery, sketch journal, wiki and all related. More fix now please!)
Found this comic thanks to…Johnny Wander? Methinks. Anyway, love it. LOVE the art, but of course you’ve heard that a hundred times before. Still, it’s pretty bitchin’.
Kay! I’m done being pointed.
I’m really intrigued by the story from an anthropological standpoint. A logging community of mostly men: gender issues, environmentalism, male-dominated society (heh, what’s new), every character searching for something…an answer, relief, comfort, whatever.
Really great.
I also don’t get what the issue was with the nudity in the beginning. Yeah, it’s a naked girl. Don’t we see naked girls in our pop culture every day? I know I’m being slightly hypocritical in bringing up the topic again 34 pages after it started, but oh well. Maybe I’m just not as surprised by nudity as some. And the rape issue? Um…doesn’t that happen every day? People who are offended (without having a personal traumatic reason) need to wake up and smell the reality. Welcome to human nature 101; please take your seats.
Anyway, magnificent comic; can’t wait to read more!
Okay – this is the webcomic I have been looking for .. since I started reading webcomics..(okay, I only started reading webcomics like two months ago).
ANyway, I just wanted to say, I started reading and I could’nt stop till the last page – must..have…more…!!
VOTED!!
jeez there is like 50 billion comments on this page! I just wanted to say that I am loving the line work on this page. The hands and arms especially. Oh and I TOTALLY noticed that saweeet detail you included on that bowie-esk knife. Were you looking at one? Because Ive noticed cartoonists rarely put that much REALISTIC detail into a knife.
btw, LOVE your comic, mate
And to complete, Kiz is a coward, too. Hmpf! Hate guys who use their friends to hold someone still to be beaten.
kiz looks a bit psyco on pannel 2 =D