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A Midwinter Nightmare (page 2)

Fitz

on Jan. 27, 2008

So, here it is: your weekly dosage of A Bit Creepy! ;) I'm actually enjoying those weekly updates. They keep me focussed, with the story on my mind at all times. Though I can say goodbye to weekends ;) I finished this page at 1am last night. And then went to shave! LOL! Yeah, I had no time to in the past week, due to my artistic duties, so I started looking like a neanderthal. And believe it or not, I actually did it without cutting myself… too much ;) And then, at 1:40 (yes, shaving takes tiiiiime), I went back to mahhhhvel at my work again.

And noticed a typo! LOL!

Apart from some minor technical difficulties, the work itself was progressing quite smoothly. Though the amount of it sometimes scared me. Especially planning the layout. And the explosion. But once I made a quick doodle of what it's supposed to look like, it went pretty fast - and actually turned out nicer than I'd originally imagined it (which leads me to thinking I have poor imagination!). I like the gradients in it, especially that bit of salmon-pink - kind of standing out, kind of blending in. But my favorite is the blood. Doesn't look exactly like blood, actually - I was trying to make it look like paint, on purpose, for the impact.

I really enjoyed making this page. It's more "me" than it is noir - less action, more metaphors. But the narrative goes on in the usual mode. I probably come across as a terrible misogyne ;) Naaah :) I love women. Oh, they can drive a guy to the very edge of insanity - and then push him over the edge, with a smile - but can't live without them! :) I've actually been single for some two years now - partly out of caution, partly for practical purposes (more me-time! yaaay!) - but there's always some girls around. There's my Muse, Erica. My life wouldn't be the same without her. We both agree about it ;)

That's it for today, folks :) Next page up next week. I'm actually really excited about this one. I'm probably going to make use of my CAD skills for this one, so it should be fun! Meanwhile, thank you all for stopping by - a big thanks to my regular readers and some friendly lurkers who did say hi last time! See you round, everyone!