01/09/10 [PF #96] The Things One Does For Money

[ChaosMageX]

Wow, Jakob was certainly willing to do quite a lot to get Azrael back.  It makes me wonder if he didn't at least have a very deep-seated and self-unnoticeable homo-erotic crush on him.

I just find it very hard for two people to be very intimate in their relationship without some sort of romantic chemistry involved in at least one of the parties.

Then again, I may not understand simple friendships that much, considering that I've always been socially distant, if not slightly sociopathic or social anxiety disorder positive.

Also, why is the dialog and story flow in this page one different from the page with the stick figures in it?  Did you re-arrange the order like for Ch. 11, or did you change the dialog because you felt that the "offer my body to him" was too inappropriate for the comic's rating?

[Tapewolf]

Wow, Jakob was certainly willing to do quite a lot to get Azrael back.  It makes me wonder if he didn't at least have a very deep-seated and self-unnoticeable homo-erotic crush on him.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/711973/

Also, why is the dialog and story flow in this page one different from the page with the stick figures in it?  Did you re-arrange the order like for Ch. 11, or did you change the dialog because you felt that the "offer my body to him" was too inappropriate for the comic's rating?

The story flow is different because I only got the final design about 12 hours ago.  The dialogue is different because I felt I could do a better job of it and wanted to make some tweaks (which, interestingly, I felt was pushing the rating more than the original, though it's a bit more subtle about it).  I felt that I needed a bit more insight into just what Jakob was feeling about what he was contemplating and why.

[ChaosMageX]

Okay, but now I have another question: Why does Daryil have ginger hair in panel three, when it is normally slate blue?

[Tapewolf]

Okay, but now I have another question: Why does Daryil have ginger hair in panel three, when it is normally slate blue?

http://www.project-future.org/bedfellows.php?strip=2

[ChaosMageX]

Okay, but now I have another question: Why does Daryil have ginger hair in panel three, when it is normally slate blue?

http://www.project-future.org/bedfellows.php?strip=2

So, he changes his hair color at random then?  I guess as a cubi you aren't limited to simple dyes.

[Tapewolf]

So, he changes his hair color at random then?  I guess as a cubi you aren't limited to simple dyes.

He goes through phases - keeps it one way for a few months or years and then changes it when he gets bored of it.  It was navy blue during the Tree party and pale grey when he first appeared in Joshua's dream.
Partly this is a response to Amber bugging me about the colours being too drab - otherwise it would probably have remained grey.

[Amber Williams]

You and your pesky colours that only appear in nature.

[Gabi]

Only in nature? I'm sure I've seen a lot of artificial grey things.

Then again, I may be reading that post in a wrong way. It's late at night, my language skills may be failing.

[Tapewolf]

Only in nature? I'm sure I've seen a lot of artificial grey things.

Then again, I may be reading that post in a wrong way. It's late at night, my language skills may be failing.

Reading this thread will probably help.  It continues on the following page as well, by the way.

http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php/topic,5630.msg261752.html#msg261752

The 'visual gag' mentioned appeared here:
http://www.project-future.org/strip.php?strip=55

[Gabi]

Oh! I think that explains it.

*Provides some magenta for Amber.*

[Ren Gaulen]

Oh! I think that explains it.

*Provides some magenta for Amber.*
*insert a puddle of magenta here*

GAH! My eyes!!

[ChaosMageX]

Oh! I think that explains it.

*Provides some magenta for Amber.*
*insert a puddle of magenta here*

GAH! My eyes!!

What are you worrying about, Ren?  You only draw the comic.  It's Tapewolf that colors it.

Or would you react like that if Tapewolf really did color one of the characters you drew a nice bright, hot pink?

[Sprocketsdance]

Gabi.. you're awsome   They need you to bring in some more of your feminine awesomeness to this over-dominated male thread! \o/

Oh! and what a fun game!  it'd be neat to see all of the characters have a round or two with it

and poor Jakob.. what he'd do for science.. such strong devotion!

[Tapewolf]

Oh! and what a fun game!  it'd be neat to see all of the characters have a round or two with it

Strictly, it's Jakob's slightly pointed way of saying that he's just told Dorcan something very private, so it's only polite to return the favour 

[Turnsky]

i think the trick is that while one is able to use brightish colors, one needn't make them retina-burningly bright..

[Chakat Blackspots]

Only in nature? I'm sure I've seen a lot of artificial grey things.

Then again, I may be reading that post in a wrong way. It's late at night, my language skills may be failing.

Reading this thread will probably help.  It continues on the following page as well, by the way.

http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php/topic,5630.msg261752.html#msg261752

The 'visual gag' mentioned appeared here:
http://www.project-future.org/strip.php?strip=55

Its like that horse in Wizard of Oz

So, Jakob is the one who invented the cyclotron in this universe?

[AmigaDragon]

So, he changes his hair color at random then?  I guess as a cubi you aren't limited to simple dyes.

He goes through phases - keeps it one way for a few months or years and then changes it when he gets bored of it.  It was navy blue during the Tree party and pale grey when he first appeared in Joshua's dream.
Partly this is a response to Amber bugging me about the colours being too drab - otherwise it would probably have remained grey.

Hey, you could do that strip in several Daryl hair colors then do like Llearch's forum avatar so that each time we look at the page it shows a different color.

[Tapewolf]

Hey, you could do that strip in several Daryl hair colors then do like Llearch's forum avatar so that each time we look at the page it shows a different color.

That would require customising the IBAE engine, which ideally I'm trying to keep fairly stock.
However, if I have a strip with Daryil which fits into an 8-bit colour space, I might be able to do it as an animated GIF or something.

**EDIT**

So, Jakob is the one who invented the cyclotron in this universe?

Probably not.  He had it built by existing high-tech companies on Furrae for use as a synchrotron light source (maybe they have magical atom-smashers as well, but that's not Jakob's style).  He didn't elaborate on what he was going to use the source for, though.

[Gabi]

Thanks, Wuff. One is glad to be of service.

[Tapewolf]

Just as a heads-up, we might be late on this one.  Most of the comic is done ahead of schedule, but there are two panels still to be finished.  I am quietly confident that it will be worth the wait

I am now colouring the final panel.  Hopefully we should be up by midnight GMT, we'll see.

[Tapewolf]

It is done, approximately 6 days of work.
I'll probably make a few minor tweaks to panel 8, but there you go.

EDIT:
Someone remind me to upload the detail versions of the flashback panels.  Too tired to do it tonight...