Once again I am short on ideas for this week's Capital of Helsinki strip. This one came to me out of nowhere. I know it's not a terribly original concept, but I did the best I could with it.
My main concern was that people wouldn't automatically be able to tell that the battling figures in the first two panels were sperm cells. I also had concern over whether or not people would be able to discern that the object being tossed in the waste basket was a soiled condom.
I think the sperm cells look spermy enough while retaining their anthropomorphic composure. Still, they kinda look like angry Pac-Men going at it. I hope that's okay.
I'm still a bit worried about the condom though. I made it blue because the sperm cells were already yellowish. And, well, there wouldn't have been enough color contrast in panels one and two if I made the condom yellow.
I know there are blue condoms out there but the yellowish ones are far more common.
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In also had issues with word balloon placement. I wanted the "Aw, crud" refrain to not reach the reader until they scanned the discarded condom. It took a bit of doing to find a good spot for the balloon to go.
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The only reason I made that hand in panel three dark-skinned was because my caucasian marker is starting to run out of juice. This sort of thing happens far more often than I'd like to admit.
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