Crickets Creature

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How They Met

patrickdevine

on Aug. 31, 2009

I'm not sure what frustrates me more, the fact that this page is so late or the fact that this page has so much white space in it. See, it's a late page that doesn't look like it should've been late if that makes any sense. As much as I hate making excuses part of the reason I got delayed on this was because I really wanted to get my presentation for the DD Awards done on time, I sort of have to put projects with actual deadlines higher up on my list of priorities.
Anyway, not much to say about this page– it's how Dee and Madeline met.
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@oldguy: I figure she just likes junk jewelry but she might be superstitious as well. Not all the things she's wearing have clear meanings tied to them though.
@Peipei: She does have some neat outfits doesn't she?
@usedbooks: As for indicating trailing off, breaks in speech, or suggesting that a character is having difficulty putting a thought together ellipses work great and I won't dispute that. I've seen pieces of writing where ellipses were used in place of periods and commas. Maybe I'm just having a knee-jerk reaction to all the bad writing I've read over the years but I try to use ellipses only when no other form of punctuation will do. As for the crows– I dunno, I figure that they're a bird that's common in cities and I think they're more interesting than pigeons.
@JNP: Yeah I do like em-dashes (–) as well, but they usually indicate a short break in a sentence or a line of dialogue cut short. Ellipses are normally to indicate a longer pause or a trailing off. I appreciate the tip anyway.
As for Fenny, I was actually pretty impressed with how distinct she looked within the story. Considering that you showed younger versions of the character with different hairdos but it was still pretty clearly the same character was pretty cool. When I decide to make a character have long blond hair I have to rely on some blatantly obvious facial distinction, which is partly why Madeline got her eye makeup and labret piercing.
@amanda: Cricket's Grandma is actually pretty sharp. I'm not sure I like this outfit as much as the one Madeline wore earlier. I figure Madeline is the sort of person to stick with a particular type of clothing– black and white frilly stuff.
@theBSDude and That Kid Yellow: Thanks!
@khard12: I guess it's not really clear but this is just where Madeline lives. An unused storeroom that's been converted into a squat basically.
@Darkwaterfey: didn't fool you though!
Zephyrion: Thanks!
@Trevor: Like I said, I have no idea. Personally, I'd be happy if I made *any* money with my comics.
@Warped: Yeah, I wish I thought to draw her without the jacket when she had that other outfit with the cravat and all. Yep, although it's not immediately obvious Madeline changes clothes. And yep an ellipse is three dots in a row. I guess it's a snobby term for "dot dot dot!"
@PIT_FACE: Isn't she?
@Jonko: That's true too. I also don't like having too much white space when working in black and white and blond is indicated by being white and if said blond character has a lot of hair there's this big white area. I'm glad you like how it turned out, I also appreciate that most people seemed to pick up on how small Madeline's place is. (Small spaces are really hard for me to indicate.)
@Ludeshka: Grandma didn't get to be as old as she is without being tough. I figure that having a strong grandmother probably accounts for Cricket's tougher side as well. In the case of the ellipses that Madeline uses it's more like she's having a hard time getting her words out. You're not the first person to like how Cricket and Madeline dress– can't blame 'em for having style!