I think my page names are becoming less like titles and more like amusing phrases. I figured out a while ago that having one-word titles all the time was not going to do after hundreds of pages. (Yes, hundreds. I'm planning on finishing ToK as a comic and judging from the written version it'll be damn epic…)
More startled Xeari! And Vark is just being calm as usual, albeit in a silly way… I wonder how this will turn out? x] It feels good to have a little fun in the story now, after all the fighting and bargaining and what have you. It also lets me figure out how the hell I'm supposed to draw emotions on Dragons.
I had issues with the fourth panel. At first it was going to be Vark basically shouldering Xeari towards the ledge, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to draw that. I thought about it for a while, and figured it'd look pretty strange anyway, so I had him headbutt her like he does in panel five. And then I decided to pick a godforsaken angle at which to draw them. It looks better now than it did the first few times I tried to draw it, trust me. Drawing the bottom of a Dragon's jaw isn't something I'm used to. In general I think the quality of the drawings on this page are pretty good considering the angles at which I drew.
On one hand, it feels good to ink traditionally again. On the other, I made so many mistakes it's hard to believe… so thank goodness for Photoshop.
In an attempt to maintain continuity I shaded the Dragons according to my light source, which is the sun shining straight towards them and the mountain. In consequence there was some pretty drastic shading, which I think helped me understand… Dragon shapes? I guess… But having giant blocks of shade seemed a bit much, so I made them a bit lighter. A little trick I used when shading dark areas like night and inside the cave… :) — Comment replies: Kali: Thank you :)
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