Chapter 1: Page 12
This week, Quin is given a proper shove in the right direction – he’s late for a meeting with the king, and royalty does NOT like to be kept waiting!
This sequence here, with Janik grabbing Quin’s art supplies and pushing him on his way, was added fairly recently to the script. On paper, the scene doesn’t feel too long, but in order to nail the pacing, Rachel had to spread the text out appropriately so as not to cram too much stuff into each panel. To help break up the scenes somewhat, and to give a little bit more motion to Quin’s journey back to Terria, we decided to add this section, which we hope you enjoy!
Because this page was added recently (like, the script was added only a couple weeks ago), no previous thumbnail or sketch existed. The above thumbnail was what Rachel and I settled on layout-wise, and it didn’t take us too long to hit it. I do know that Rachel spent a deal of time on Quinlan’s expressions throughout – there’s always the problem that an expression of his may read slightly different than intended.
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When you’re setting up new characters, first impressions always count, so making sure Quinlan’s face reads the way it should is vastly important – don’t want readers getting the wrong idea about what’s on his mind! Fortunately, Rachel’s been pretty awesome about that – Quin has a very expressive face, and she’s been doing a great job on reigning in his expressions to match exactly what we’re thinking he should be thinking about at any given moment in time.
I LOve the way he leaps for branch-its epic LOL. Love it!
Yes, but wouldn’t it be hysterical if he missed? Hey, Teeds, think it’s too late to whip that up as next week’s page?
Great work, as always.
That really is an incredible jump. Squirrel alive, he has hops!
At the risk of sounding sarcastic (I’m not), that’s such a squirrel-like thing to do. I love how their species isn’t just cosmetic.
That’s what we try to shoot for, so I’m glad it’s working for ya. Might as well be about people, if the species never really means anything!
I love this.
I kind of wish we were doing THIS instead of Rawnwave.
Ahh another fine webcomic to add to my list.
looking forward to updates in the future.
Tell me I’m not the only one that heard the Mario jumping noise when he leaps for the trees.
I love this page! Everything works wonderfully! Quin actually looks a bit like a rabbit in the first panel, with those buckteeth. The expressions are great, though! My favourite one is Janik’s in the third panel – something about that naughty look on her face, her knowing smile and the way the shadows play on her face just makes her looks so awesomely cool!
But she took away Quin’s art supplies?! Lady, you do not grab hold of a guy’s art supplies! If you want to attract him, you have to grab hold of something else… Eh, sorry ’bout that :P
And yeah, the next page would be absolutely hilarious if Quin missed his mark and hit his head on the branch! He still looks so smooth though, the way he casually jumps up to the tree to go dashing off to meet his king!
Btw, the thumbnail of the page layout is once again too small. A bigger version would be appreciated.