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©2008-2009 ~Enriquez
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:bulletblack: Page 3 complete: [link] :bulletblack:

Dec. 5, 2009: This page has been tweaked even further, the second panel is finally up to snuff, and the text has been added.
Aug. 28, 2009: This page has been updated in its final, print-ready format (sans text).

Page 1: [link]

Old, possibly irrelevant info:

So here's the second page in color. I am pretty happy with the flames - I used a small tablet in the computer lab at school which made it go a lot faster. I feel like it's pretty consistent with page 1 in terms of the colors.

I didn't re-do the grass in the third panel like I did on the first panel to get it done - I wanted to print it today so I wouldn't have to worry about it over the weekend. I'm using it and the first page for my final bookmaking class project, so yeah. My prof suggested I could use tinting instead of a full-color job and I figured it was good enough because really, do you care that much about grass in passing? It saved me some time. She may also seem a little color-flat for the same reason.

Other than that I'm aware of the slight problem with the shadow cast by the house. I don't really feel the need to change it right now but I may somewhere down the line. I don't feel like it's a glaring ugly flaw just something minor. If the color of the sky in the second panel seems too dark compared to the others, refer to page 1 - the sky is at a gradient because this is a sunrise scene; and time is supposed to be passing on the order of maybe 20 minutes per panel on this page, or at least between two and three. That and the darker sky is to the west.

Hmm I should upload the map of Durasnz maybe... though I think that from the first page you can tell pretty well the geography of this end of the island.

I did all the coloring today within the course of about four hours, give or take. Now I only have 1.4 projects left to worry about until the end of the semester. Ooh-wah.

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:iconbluewolfd:
Hmm.. Not bad.

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:iconbiglou323:
Looks great, everything works really well here I think. You've done a really good job with the color, I think the houses shadow works fine. Although in the first cell I feel the background could be slightly darkened, as the character kinda looks imbedded in the ground.

You should check out a program called "comic life" It basically lets you design your own comic with really helpful tools.

Anyhow, awesome job. :D

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:iconsilverx50:
nice work on this. solid lighting. I didn't actually notice what you said about the shadows in house until I read your description of the piece. the flames are nicely done but when looking at them for a while I think there not hot enough. the area that's burning looks to be affected but the rest of the roof doesn't. the heat doesn't show much further then the flames themselves. hope that made sense.

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:iconenriquez:
Maybe the smoke coming out of the roof needs a little extra lighting then?

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:icondualmask:
I was thinking the same thing about the flames...they seem a little on the subtle side. More smoke would help, but also more orange hues in the entire scene would make it look more intense. Also, it may be too late for this but I think the flaming image should be on the right hand side, since we read from left to right and you're flowing into the flashback on the next page.

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:iconsilverx50:
yes that would help, and like dualmask said some more orange glow that the fire creates to rediate of of the walls.

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:iconenriquez:
Hmm you're right about that, though it is too late. The funny thing is I've been reading a lot of manga recently (got caught up to current on Vagabond) so I've been doing the right->left thing for a while so that may have been a subconscious effect.

I tried to get the right balance of lighting and darkness with the whole bit of it being a flashback in mind, I can probably give some more glow to the far left. On the next page I'll go all out since it will be a full flashback.

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:icondualmask:
Is it possible to flip it in Photoshop, or will that ruin the composition?

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:iconenriquez:
Well, given that the structure of the house has been established in multiple panels already, it would be highly confusing to the eye to do so.

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