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winzrella

on April 20, 2007

Sorry for the long abcense. I had my reasons, but I won't be explaining myself this time. You'll just get bored anyway if I start to explain myself.

Anyway, first of all I want to say that the background in the first penel is done wrong. I realized it yeasterday after I had finished the page and had already gone to sleep. In the next page I'll put the background right again.

Secondly I think this is the first time I have drawn a moose. At least I have no memory of drawing one before. I did use a bit of models to get the position of the hed and legs about right. I didn't want to be too realistic with it so I simplified it to be easier for me to draw.

The shapeshift could have been better I think, but I dod not know would I have succeeded in making it better. However I think it works well enough for you the get the idea.

Well, before you say that he's a very small moose, I'll tell you that not really. Well in hie moose form Loaus is smaller than the average, but not much. In the next page you'll see that Loaus is actually pretty tall.

And that reminds me. I remember sometime writing that Hilarion would be tallest character in the story. Well, I lied… I forgot all about the spirits! Hilarion is tallest among humans and q'etyana, but some of the spirits cane be a lot taller. In Loaus's case it has to do with his other form being a moose. Kati, who will appear at some point and of who I have an art peace in the homesite's gallery, is a lot taller than even Loaus because he's the mother spirit of trees. So between the spirits you'll se a lot of height differences. There will also be very short spirits.

I decided to color the last panel because it's the first time Loaus appears in this comic. You might recognize him, by the way. He's in on of the Christmas cards. Check back if you don't remember.

Answers to comments:

Friedenmann: Thank you! :D

Mina_lunga: Does it look like that? That was not my intention really! And no she has no tears, sorry if it looks like that. My intention with the page was to show that there is a lot of strong feelings there. Mostly feelings like regret and sadness. That's what I was aiming at. And the line that goes under her eye is not tears, but… Now I donä't ahev the right words to explain it! But you'll se that those lines on her face she has on the previous pages as well.

But now… I'll try to get a second page up tomorrow to make up for the long break, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to get it done in time, because I won't be much at home. Well, if I won't get it done in time it will come on next weekend. ;)