Chapter Thirteen Page 6
posted 14th May 2018, 10:40 AM
14th May 2018, 10:40 AM
Saeriellyn
One of those times I wish comicfury supported soundtracks. Play one of those ambient orchestrations with birds singing and water gurgling while you stare at this.
ETA: I experimented with animation effects, which I suck at but the result was kinda fun; you can see it at the facebook page: Here.
Wish I had a volunteer who actually knew how to do that stuff and wanted to pretty up my pages.
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14th May 2018, 12:21 PM
MK_Wizard
Have you ever considered making backgrounds professionally.
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14th May 2018, 3:31 PM
Saeriellyn
Ugh, no. It's my least favorite part of the process. I have learned to enjoy it in this comic, because I love the Welsh landscape and it's become a character in its own right to me. But I would die of tedium if I had to create urban backgrounds or modern architecture.
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14th May 2018, 2:11 PM
Ragnar_Deerslayer
All the natural beauty of Rivendell crossed with the homely warmth of Caer Dallben - great job!
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14th May 2018, 3:31 PM
Saeriellyn
:) Good way of putting it. Should make Taran nice and homesick.
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16th May 2018, 8:06 PM
Honzinator
You beat me to the reference - and the referene wasn't cheesy, but sublime. Well done.
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14th May 2018, 3:12 PM
Rob S.
I can see the birds fly and hear the water without a soundtrack.... One of my favorite things about comics is that it lets me supply all the sound and motion in my head. And this is spectacular!
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14th May 2018, 3:32 PM
Saeriellyn
Thanks Rob. I did play around with animation effects on it - you can see them on the facebook page - and that was fun, but tedious; thank goodness it stands well on its own.
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14th May 2018, 4:28 PM
CA
Ok, so the big reveal from the last page was just them seeing the Valley for the first time. That's what I thought it probably was, I just couldn't remember for sure. Anyhow, we're back on the same "page" now, lol. In any event this is super awesome, so colorful and bright. It also must be a well needed break for our characters as the journey has been particularly bleak leading up to this.
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14th May 2018, 5:37 PM
Saeriellyn
Yes, that was it! This was going to be the last panel, but I'm glad it turned out the way it did - the Valley kinda deserves its very own full-bleed page. :)
It's a very good break for them indeed. I'm currently working on the next page and the bliss on all their faces just makes me almost cry.
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14th May 2018, 5:23 PM
AmeliaP
YES!!! A sound tool for comics would be nice :) What a lovely lighting in this page! And you managed your color scheme choice in a perfect way (yeah, shame on me, but I still use a color wheel to calculate colors or I make a mess XD).
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14th May 2018, 5:38 PM
Saeriellyn
It was one of the only things I liked about Tapastic. Gave up posting there because response was crap and I didn't like reformatting for vertical, but yeah, the ability to have music and sound effects was great.
Nothing wrong with color wheels!! I keep one in my head instead of in front of me, that's all!
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24th May 2018, 7:14 PM
AmeliaP
I had no luck on Tapastic because all songs I selected aren't available on SoundCloud.
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16th May 2018, 7:51 PM
Thracecius
Lloyd Alexander's version of Shangri-La without all the meddlesome people? Looks great! :)
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17th May 2018, 1:16 AM
Skye
I just spent a few days last week out in the badlands of North Dakota and then the Black Hills of South Dakota. More than a few times I thought of Medwyn's valley. I've been looking forward to this reveal. Great job!
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17th May 2018, 2:13 AM
Saeriellyn
Oh I'm sure that was beautiful! I so miss mountains!
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17th May 2018, 4:28 PM
Skyboy91
So Lovely! And so close to what I saw in my mind's eye as a kid reading this for the first time. You have such an amazing talent for capturing what LA described.
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17th May 2018, 6:47 PM
Saeriellyn
It's so real to me. I'm thankful he was such a vivid writer.
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