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Post by Emily on Sept 7, 2011 22:05:13 GMT
Okay so as i've mentioned I'm thinking of putting out a limited edition print copy of Footloose chapter 1-5. That's what we'd call the pre-pirate 'Finding your Feet' arc I suppose covering the shenanigans Sparkle pulls and all the nonsense leading up to An's big reveal. I guess if we did future editions we'd probably do 6-8 as "the road to the emerald city" and 9-12 as "keti goes bananas and tries to kill everyone".
anyhoo for these first few chapters obviously the quality of work isn't as amazing as it could be (no I'm not redrawing anything don't even ask) so i want to do some kickass cover art to make up for it. considering the plot of chapters 1-5 what do you think i should put on the cover?
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Post by tangent on Sept 8, 2011 2:46:32 GMT
For some reason I have this mental image of Keti in the center of the page, with Daniel and Jin right behind them (in sort of an action pose). Maybe have Flib and Beansprout as semi-transparent images watching over them.
Keti can look confused, Jin hyper and cheerful, and Daniel sardonic. You know, like usual. =^-^=
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Post by X'o'Lore on Sept 8, 2011 16:47:06 GMT
I imagine Keti being pushed into the picture from the side looking like she just got pushed in front of a bus.
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Post by Emily on Sept 8, 2011 22:36:21 GMT
tangent, too obvious, I want it to stand out amongst great piles of unknown small press work- standard pose like a team isn't going to cut it... X you seem to have an imagination for cool posters, that could really do it, especially if she had a sort of physically tripping over effect, maybe a shoe bouncing off the back of her head XD
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Post by Emily on Sept 12, 2011 20:49:25 GMT
your thoughts folk?
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Post by X'o'Lore on Sept 13, 2011 2:50:51 GMT
To be clear I had been building off of Tangents idea before and just said that about Keti because he didn't say anything about her except being in the middle. My own thinking stopped at her being pushed onto the scene as it seemed like a suitable metaphor for the beginnings of footloose.
I wasn't sure about the shoe idea, but seeing it bouncing past the comic title was an "Oh duh!" moment for me. That and the horribly ungraceful pose should help stop people from associating it with the Footloose movie.
At first glance Keti looks really angry in this sketch, but I'm guessing that's not the intention for the final version.
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Post by Emily on Sept 13, 2011 8:10:16 GMT
ah thats because you don't know which of that ridiculous mess of lines will be her eyebrows, and they are "uhoh" eyebrows
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Post by tangent on Sept 13, 2011 17:16:50 GMT
I like the sketch. It works well. Though I wonder... are there any high-heel shoes that look sort of like an S? Then the shoe bouncing off of Keti's head could be the "S" of Footloose.
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Post by Animae on Sept 16, 2011 16:33:20 GMT
I like it. I know that you are gonnna do more for the background though. What are you planning on putting back there?
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Post by stuart alman on Sept 16, 2011 20:10:42 GMT
haha if youre having daniel he should have semi lowered sunglasses and a raised eyebrow lol
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Post by Emily on Sept 17, 2011 14:14:05 GMT
i dunno, maybe nothing, don't want it to be crowded.
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Post by tangent on Sept 20, 2011 13:14:56 GMT
Sometimes simple is best. Keti is the star of the comic, after all, so having her on the cover (half-tripping) works. Though I still think the shoe that bonked her should make the "S" of Footloose. =^-^=
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Post by Emily on Sept 20, 2011 14:11:50 GMT
I think thats possible!
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Post by Emily on Sept 22, 2011 12:37:11 GMT
what do we think?
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Post by tangent on Sept 22, 2011 15:21:23 GMT
Love Keti's outfit. Not sure about her mouth's expression... it looks almost like she's angry. And I'm puzzled if people will be able to figure out the S is a shoe... perhaps have it be shaded as a shoe (a different color than the rest of the font)?
Looks good though!
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Post by X'o'Lore on Sept 23, 2011 0:10:59 GMT
I was expecting some sort of wallpapery texture to be used someplace. I very nearly missed that guess, but there it is.
I dunno. The angry went away for me. Definitely a "brace for impact" teeth clenching now. Maybe the light colored eyebrows throw some people off? I'm not sure there's much to be done for that.
I'm pretty well digging it.
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Post by Emily on Sept 23, 2011 9:54:26 GMT
I love my texture patterns XD
I don't know, I thought thew facial expression worked- anyone else got an opinion?
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Post by Emily on Sept 28, 2011 13:27:20 GMT
Heyup! anyone want to be put on volunteer proofreading duty? don't want to give ally too much to do as she's already busy and already asked her to transcribe an infodump and write a preface, and my spelling is shoddy as we know.
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Post by Animae on Oct 3, 2011 18:33:58 GMT
I would but my spelling is pretty bad as well.
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Post by tangent on Oct 3, 2011 19:42:00 GMT
I would but I'm going to be on the side of a mountain for the second two weeks of October.
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