Robomeks

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Robomeks - Volume 01 - Part 02: Catolate - Page 01

chaves

on Oct. 13, 2009

What you’re starting to read in this page is “Catolate” (that’s the name of this part). Catolate was written and storyboarded about a year now, and it was part of the original division by chapters from volume 00 (this was in fact chapter 4). In the treatment, Catolate happened after a few scenes that dealt with other issues. Now, those scenes will happen after this. This change shouldn’t have a dramatic impact in the whole story.

There's also other novelties here:

* New page size: About a third bigger than before. Because bigger is better.
* New lettering: I’m using a new font now (for several reasons) and, while its size looks equal to the old pages, it’s in fact smaller (it’s just that the page is bigger now). This should help in those scenes with a lot of text, like this one. I’ll also try to follow professional lettering rules as closest as possible. The drawback (and can be a huge one) is that lettering becomes now even more time consuming, as now it’s not only the stuff Obsessive-Compulsive people dreams are made of, but I have to repeat all the steps twice (both for English and Spanish), and, let met tell you, that’s no fun. And, finally, balloons won’t be border-less anymore. That, while cool, added some unneeded confusion for you, reader, and a few headaches for me, as sometimes it was hard to make them stand out completely, depending on the background color.
* New art style: From now on I won’t ink the pages. That saves me about one hour per page. Less time per page increases the survivability of Robomeks in the long term. And, with the color, its absence is hardly noticeable.

Have fun!