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I’m trying out ComicPress on my other(secret) website. Could be useful when I get my own domain name someday, too bad catnine.com is taken though. Looks good so far, but I still like how the site looks on ComicGenesis. Might have to look for other content management systems and learn some php or something.
Stopped using the Flex nib for my Wacom Pen cause it’s very worn out and I only have one. I’ll miss it cause gives the pen more friction than usual. Thought that my drawings are gonna look a little different because of that but I find it a bit easier to draw now since I forgot that I’ve been practicing with the normal nibs since my old tablet, and I think I can draw faster now too.
Used a reference picture, but second panel’s still hard to draw. Haven’t had much practice with two or more people touching/interacting yet, but still very happy with the result. Also had some difficulty with Tammy’s pose on the second to the last panel. Whenever there’s a difficult or unfamiliar pose, I try to draw it on my sketch pad first. Usually it’s much better than what I can do on the computer itself. So I tried tracing my drawing, and it looks pretty good.
Transcript
[[Hibi floating beside Keith]]
Keith: While she's like that, why don't you fix them Hibi?
Hibi: I'd love to, but casting that spell took a lot out of me.
[[Tammy and Myan hugging each other and giving Keith the puppy dog eyes]]
Tammy: She's fine the way she is!
Keith: But--
[[Tammy explains a bit about people]]
Tammy: People aren't gonna care if she has them because magic isn't real.
Hibi: <<ehem>>
Tammy: You know what I mean, they'll be in denial, and they'll try to rationalize it.
[[Tammy posing like a mermaid, and Keith getting all worked up]]
Tammy: I should know, I'm a mermaid!
Keith: No you're not!
[[Keith sees her point]]
Keith: O-kay you got me there.
Sorry for the delay, but here we go. Check out the site, added a leaderboard ad from Project Wonderful, and a comment system for the archives! Cat Tiger Myan’s back! Bravo, bravo!
Ah, figured it out why it isn’t updating. Had something to do with the features I mentioned above.
Notes (10/22/2014)
While the different animal ears/tail are great to give Myan some “variety”, I won’t be using them that much, if at all, in the future.
Transcript
[[Hibi-hibi looking disappointed]]
<<sigh>>
Hibi-hibi: Let's try that again. This time turn into a human and...
[[Hibi-hibi floating beside Tammy and gesturing towards her]]
Hibi-hibi: ...copy what she's wearing!
[[Tammy covering her breasts with her arms]]
Tammy: If she gets my undies right we're gonna have a problem.
[[Myan looking enthusiastic]]
Myan: Alright, here I go!
<<POOF>>
[[Myan transforms into a tiger girl wearing Tammy's clothes but with slightly different colors]]
Myan: Tada!
Anyone remember this? Kept it simpler than the older one, as I do NOT want to go through animating all those frigging stripes if I ever decide to do something like that again. Haven’t actually designer her tiger form properly yet though, so it’ll probably be refined later on.
Notes (10/22/2014)
Boo to you, past self! Those stripes were awesome! And I dunno why I was feeling lazy back then since this time, I didn’t have to animate it! Booooo, hissss!
Transcript
[[Hibi-hibi and Myan standing on the bed]]
Hibi-hibi: Let's talk about your collar.
[[Hibi-hibi crossing her arms]]
Hibi-hibi: Picture in your mind what you want to be, then you WILL be.
You have to really want it though.
For now, let's start with...
<<POOF>>
[[Myan transforms into a tiger]]
Hibi-hibi...Paying attention first.
Myan: Grr.
[[Cut to Tammy and Keith, with Keith putting on a hard hat]]
Tammy: What's with the hard hat?
Keith: Just in case.
Sorry for the delay, had an on/off fever since the first week of April. After that a friend came over, so yeah. I might try making two pages this week if I can.
I guess that’s Hibi’s favorite idiom, heh indeed. Oh and beware birds and mice everywhere!
Notes (10/22/2014)
Did she just give Myan a quest, with a down payment to boot? Best NPC ever!
Transcript
[[Hibi-hibi floating nearby Cruz]]
Hibi-hibi: Anyway, with this, I get to do something good too.
Cruz: Like killing two birds with one stone?
[[Hibi-hibi looking a little psychotic.]]
Hibi-hibi: Heh.
[[Hibi-hibi pointing at Myan dramatically]]
Hibi-hibi: So Myan, will you become my avenger?
[[Myan on top of Keith's head and Keith reacting to her claws]]
Myan: SHOW ME YOUR ENEMIES!
Keith: Stop.Scalping.Me.
Remember, Hibi is to a bird as Human is to a horse, maybe a cow. Cleaning doggie crap is disgusting enough. Which is one more reason I like cats better now.
So I don’t know how to draw trees properly yet. I should probably go outside and draw some, but It’s kinda hard to practice since it’s almost always hot outside over where I’m from.
Changed Hibi’s skin color too, trying to work on better backgrounds, and good thing I found a font I like better and some great comic grammar tips. If anyone has a hard time reading it, just say so.
Notes (10/22/2014)
Changed the dialogue a bit. Also I’m glad I started optimizing these past pages because I forgot about that “ehem” mark.
Transcript
<<ehem>>
Hibi-hibi: So I wanted a favor from Myan so I granted her wish.
Myan: Favor? My wish?
Hibi-hibi: You wanted to be useful to him, right?
See, I don't like birds.
Hibi-hibi: They're noisy, messy and they keep building nests in my tree!
It doesn't sound too bad...except I have to dodge droppings on a daily basis.
Hibi-hibi: Oh, and they may be tiny to you, but these droppings are bigger than my head.
I think I should have included Hibi-Hibi covering her eyes, then I just figured that she didn’t use flash…
Sorry about the delay I know I should have finished it by Monday but I was distracted by a little something called TUBERCULOSIS ON MY FREAKIN THROAT.
Notes (10/22/2014)
Removed some stuff in this rant since it’s too personal (and too long). Oh, and for anyone worrying, I’m quite fine now although I was worried it was something more serious. I just had to drink some pills that turned my pee red-orange, and then poof, by TB! Okay, now talking about the comic: I should’ve drawn the display screen of the camera.
Transcript
Keith: So, I'm guessing you're the reason behind all of this.
Tiny Girl: Yes.
I think I’m getting my focus back, which is something that eludes me lately. With focus, everything becomes enjoyable, and work gets actually done plus I get to use my 100%.
Originally, Myan bit her shirt, but after thinking about it in the thumbnail stage, catching her hair seemed more likely. Also getting used to drawing er, whoever she is. And improved my shading a little.
Okay, I know Myan looking cute in the second panel has no bearing in the story but it’s freaking adorable.
I quite enjoyed making this.
Transcript
Tiny Girl: YAHH!
Tiny Girl: Lemme go!
Keith: Come on, we just want to talk.
Panel three took forever to draw as I lack the practice with bird’s eye view, plus that pose is tricky. Foreshortening is hard work, whew. At least I know what to practice this week. In any case, I like how it turned out. Panel three’s background looked really interesting without her there.
Err, I hope that I’m not the only one who can infer that she flew away while she’s invisible. It’s kinda implied, maybe?
Notes (10/22/2014)
Keith saying “Wait, don’t turn invisible!” should be enough even without the title.
Transcript
[[Tiny Girl lying on the bed, and waking up]]
[[Keith standing over her with Myan atop his head]]
Keith: Oh you're awake.
[[Tiny Girl was surprised and started turning invisible again]]
Tiny Girl: Eep!
Keith: Wait!
[[Keith shouts after Tiny Girl, who presumably floated away, Myan looks like she knows where she is]]
Keith: We just want to talk to you!
I give Myan’s smooth landing a 9/10. 😀
I’m gonna get myself killed if I keep doing indoor backgrounds + perspective. Ergh. Maybe I shouldn’t have made the floor made out of wooden planks…
Cruz looks a little wonky and Hibi’s perspective relating to the background is, well, I feel something’s wrong. Still acceptable though.
I’ve already thought of the next vote pic, not sure it’s funny to you guys though so you’ll be the judge of that.
Notes (10/22/2014)
In hindsight, I don’t like the dialogue here that much. Here’s an alternate version though I’m not sure if it’s beetter:
Keith: Yep…
Keith: I definitely hit my head or died somewhere on the way.
Tammy: I’ll pinch you really hard if it helps.
Cruz: Ohhhhh, this dream again.
Transcript
[[Myan landing on the floor and the Tiny Girl landing offscreen]]
<<thud>>
[[Close up of the Tiny Girl knocked out on the floor and Keith's shoe]]
Keith: O-kay...this is getting a little too weird for me-
[[Long shot of all of them, Keith scratching his head and looking at the girl, Tammy looking at Keith, Cruz on the floor and Myan looking proud of herself]]
Keith: -tell me I'm dreaming.
Tammy: Why wake up then?
Cruz: Thumbelina? Hmm, definitely dreaming .
Myan: Hmph!