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Well I guess I survived this bg. Its nice to have the establishing shot not only to set up the scene, but so I can go back and reference it again and again and again D: Today’s vote incentive is about horrible, horrible Pasori foods, but later on in the week I’ll post my giant extensive wip animation for doing the perspective on that long panel.
Optional background information: The southern palace (where we have been all chapter, though that is not yet obvious) was built when Luca was Secretary General and not Emperor. This was done during the expansion period where he was busy making jobs to occupy the new citizens of the Territories after he had… well, assimilated them. Since he was still an elected official at the time, things were a bit more heterogeneous back then. Accordingly, at the time of its construction this building incorporated some Santri uses. While the less ostentatious Northern Santri follow the Generalist religion, Southern Santri tend to follow the Carissi religion repelete with showy rooms of worship. This room used to be used for Carissi religious services. At the present, Emperor Luca finds it amusing to use the space as a dining room.
Pimp of the week goes to Boxer Hockey, which I only found last week. Just the art alone is like woahhhhh but the writing is also great. Awesome expressions, character design, paneling, action, humor etc etc etc. Despite the non-serious topics its a seriously pro job. This strip in particular keeps cracking me up *single tear* I don’t think I’ve looked forward to staring at a comic so much for a while.
fantastic
Just found this comic on TWC. I’m hooked! Your characters are not only well-drawn but very expressive and I find that admirable. Of course, seeing the sweeping view of the dining hall here was also impressive. I’ll follow this now
Thanks man! Hope you stick around, the really good part is coming up
jamie cannon, what is TWC?
TWC= Top Web Comic. Click on the banner just below the comic for more info.
This is so pimp.
How do you do the architecture linework? It doesn’t look freehand, but it doesn’t look like the line tool either.
That was a trick I learned from my buddy Fox-Orian on DA, (http://fox-orian.deviantart.com/) the master of all things architecture. If you want to make a nice line in photoshop you just click, hold shift, then click another point and the lines will connect. I’d been working with PS for 9 years before finding that out.
*secretly delighted that she figured this out from studying The Meek and is now in love with BGs after hating hating hating them for years*
Soo I just noticed what looks like Mocheril and Dagre(?) up by the ceiling of the first panel.
hmmmmmmmm
hi, i just stumbled into this sight and i must say that this work of yours is great. the art is of an incredibly high quality and the story interesting. i was surprised to see something like this for free on the internet. to say the least its a web comic. or is it a graphic novel? lol. anyway, i can tell that this is something worth keeping an eye on so expect to see my around.
just read all your comics and got to say i’m hooked! very very very good
keep it up, looking forward for new material 
I am very impressed by not only the intelligence of your story, but the talent of your work. I am constantly checking for new comics due to the fact that your deliverance really makes people care about the world you have created.
Thanks so much! Sorry to fail in my delivery this weekend, I had computer troubles. Next page will be up soon
Hah quality beats punctuality any day! Just look at Blizzard.
Tsk tsk!
Don’t be sorry :
“Also I’m going to stop asking for forgiveness for late posts.”
Oops!
This establishing shot is fantastic! If you don’t mind me asking, how on Earth did you get all of the beautiful little patterns and details into that shot, like the patterns on the floor and rug?
What makes your erratic deliveries forgivable is not just the quality per se, but it’s the content. Some webcomic artists take like weeks and weeks, don’t really state why, and then the page is just… a bunch of dialogue with an annoying cliffhanger that makes you want to beat your head against the wall and scream WHY to the heavens.
Yours, however, is witty, hilarious dialogue with a yummy dish of art, and stuff always happens. Always. It’s not just “Oh look, Luca is standing there scowling at the reader
This is why it took forevar.” (that is awesome though btw, but yeah). Who cares if it’s late? It’s like being forced to wait at a fancy restaurant; yes, the food may take a long time, but when it’s brought out, IT’S SO AWESOME THAT YOU CAN’T EAT MORE THAN THREE BITES.
TL;DR this webcomic = equivalent to fancy restaurant food
For what it’s worth, your vote incentives the past few days have been adorable. Especially the Luca/Phe one :3
Excellent page!Excellent comic! Got to say i’m hooked!:D
You’re very talented.
Ah…btw what are these vote incentives people keep talking about? I vote but I don’t see any pic… :C
Really? After you vote, there should be an image that appears. Maybe scroll down to the bottom of the incentive page, sometimes it is under the “thank you” words.
Ok I got what the problem is…I guess you upload the picture on some image hosting site that’s blocked by my ISP …I will keep voting though, the comic is so awesome!C:
AAUGH! Haven’t caught up yet? I didn’t check to see if there was another page of links or not. Not I gotta… ^^; Started wondering what happened to you, lol.
Well, I’m working! Serious work needs to come before comics stuff, and I have a lot of serious work recently.
Yes, but have you considered the allure of abject poverty, homelessness, and an increasingly harsh life on the edges of society? I mean, you could probably use the very beginning of that road to crank out like ten more comics before it was time to craft a makeshift knife and start shanking fools.
10 comics will only bring us to page 40, 5 pages short of the thrilling conclusion to the chapter. Also for some reason my computer won’t work when I plug it into rocks and clods of dirt :C
I hate to say this but I LOVE the incentives you’ve had during your computer issues! But I know how much trouble the computer troubles must’ve caused you which is why I hated to say that… Hope you have been able to fix it and that you don’t explode in stress. <:| Take your time!
*shakes fist* Computer issues make me shiver…
I love that big-ass panel.
And…I’ve just noticed, on seeing the bigger version on dA, those banners/paintings? A lizard and a striped thing? -eyebroweyebrow- Significant?