Sore Thumbs: SORE THUMBS Archives: Monday
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August
31,
2009
zanthar
· 4 months ago
Ces looks odd in the first panel.
gdawg
· 4 months ago
If you don't see Jimmy's pupils hiding behind his hair, his eyes look VERY evil!
YellowRex
· 4 months ago
I like the translucent hair effect.
owengieni
· 4 months ago
I like how panel 3 came out, but that's about it. Still finding a style but getting closer. Zanthar, you're right about Ces looking weird in the first panel. I'm not happy with it, but the idea behind it was solid; I've been trying to change up Ces' expressions a bit. I fear she suffers from 'sameface' and I want her to be more expressive. I'll work on it. Try to make her sexy without a constant pout.
BiBBi83
· 4 months ago
Yeah, this is the first page in the new art style that just doesn't sit right with me. Especially Ces. The last panel is great, though! May I ask why you're changing the art so much? It's unavoidable, that the way we (the readers, ofc) percieve the characters will change with their changing looks. Is this the goal? Were you getting stuck with the "old comic"? I know it's not a whole new comic, but it's definitely not the same as it used to be in any sense. And I do get the whole "alternate timeline" or whatever it is, I just don't know if the comic will ever revert to its former self. Oh, and sorry if you have already explained all of this in previous threads. (In which case I'd just like to know which one, so I can go read it for myself.)
PB
· 4 months ago
Nothing wrong with experimenting with your art style until you find something you like. Lesnick's "Girly" had an enormous leap from art style throughout the years and now it's a lot more lively and energetic than how stiff and dull it was before. Personally, I welcome change since there were a lot of things I wasn't a big fan of in the art style before, though it had its good things that I wish showed more often.
You're right though, the third panel is great, you can really see the action in it. Not a big fan of Jimmy and Cecania's hair in this page since it's getting a little out of control. I get you want to make see-through hair for your style, but it's being overdone. (which is why the third panel is good, because it's not overdone there) Harmony still has great hair, though I'm not sure how I feel about removing the whites from her eye style. Her shoes are great in the last panel, though the feet are a bit small and it doesn't make much sense that Jimmy isn't using his arms or hands to lift her up instead. Overall your backgrounds and lighting just keep getting better. They're so vibrant here and you can really feel the ambience. The car in the first panel could have been better, but hey.
Well, that's pretty much it.
owengieni
· 4 months ago
Awesome guys! Love the feedback. I take all this stuff to heart and I feel it'll make me a stronger artist. One of the good things about working on a 3X a week comic is that style evolves at a pretty fast rate. Obviously color throws a real wrench in the works but so far it's been pretty fun. Anyway, i'll change up Ces' hair as soon as there is a moment in the story that allows it. Glad most people are digging the backgrounds as well, that's been where most of my focus has been lately, trying to figure out a look that works.
caseykitten
· 4 months ago
LOL at ces in the first panel, she looks like a middle age asian lady x] and jimmy looks adorable x] backgrounds ftw ! seriously, i think i'm gonna be using this comic as a ref for my own stuff, 'cause i never know what to put in the background ><
EliteWoofy
· 3 months ago
Perhaps the funniest part about reading this comic on and off recently is that my custom when first reading through a webcomic is to read the latest, and then start from the beginning. I started reading this comic the day AFTER the reboot, so about 10 comics in I was wondering...how on EARTH is this going to end up like THAT?!? The comic is hilarious, the art is wonderful, both the old and the new. The story has been compelling all the way through. Over the past couple weeks of reading SORE THUMBS, I feel that I've found myself a new favorite webcomic.
I can't wait for the comics in the coming weeks, I'm really wondering how this is going to tie in. It just seems like, reading through all of the current comics at once, that the "new" world must tie into Jimmy's fix somehow, and if nothing else Jimmy would still be aware of it, evidenced by his recognition of Ces. Also its my belief that he's retained his powers, because all of Harm's stuff being "mysteriously broken" seems like something he could do with his powers in order to get back in the story, or at least to further the plot. His powers might be weakened by his last battle with Osama, and of course the recreation of history, but he'd probably have enough left to break random junk in Harm's house.
BTW--taking bets on whether Sawyer owns Ces' old house now, as he's clearly rich now.
Chris Crosby
· 3 months ago
Thanks for the kind words, EliteWoofy!
kaezrer
· 3 months ago
Everyone make your guesses: my fabricated currency is on the old man who lives in the Xbox 360.
draconi
· 3 months ago
owen, it pains me to say it, but im not a fan of ces in the 1st pannel, or jimmy in the last. probibly becuse you can barely see his puples. *shrug*
and just for the sake of gambleing, my guess is that the house is owned by someone we havent met yet.
or perhaps the pregnent man-butler and his child.
EliteWoofy
· 3 months ago
Mmm, I could definitely see the butler. Imaginary money is still on Sawyer though.
As we're all gambling... my moneys on Rondel. Hell, they're in Mayflower, New Jersey: The Birthplace of Rondel Mayflower. (you see it just before Ces hits Jimmy..)
Under A Pale Grey Sky
· 3 months ago
oh, something i forgot to mention: Ces is starting to scare me with some of her new facial expressions..
caseykitten
· 3 months ago
man i love your new avvie draconi ! =]
schadenfreude63.myopenid.com/
· 3 months ago
Extremely meh. I see extreme bias and stilted dialogue.
draconi
· 3 months ago
seesh kitten took you long enough to notice it! XD
All Comments
May I ask why you're changing the art so much? It's unavoidable, that the way we (the readers, ofc) percieve the characters will change with their changing looks. Is this the goal? Were you getting stuck with the "old comic"? I know it's not a whole new comic, but it's definitely not the same as it used to be in any sense. And I do get the whole "alternate timeline" or whatever it is, I just don't know if the comic will ever revert to its former self.
Oh, and sorry if you have already explained all of this in previous threads. (In which case I'd just like to know which one, so I can go read it for myself.)
You're right though, the third panel is great, you can really see the action in it. Not a big fan of Jimmy and Cecania's hair in this page since it's getting a little out of control. I get you want to make see-through hair for your style, but it's being overdone. (which is why the third panel is good, because it's not overdone there) Harmony still has great hair, though I'm not sure how I feel about removing the whites from her eye style. Her shoes are great in the last panel, though the feet are a bit small and it doesn't make much sense that Jimmy isn't using his arms or hands to lift her up instead. Overall your backgrounds and lighting just keep getting better. They're so vibrant here and you can really feel the ambience. The car in the first panel could have been better, but hey.
Well, that's pretty much it.
One of the good things about working on a 3X a week comic is that style evolves at a pretty fast rate. Obviously color throws a real wrench in the works but so far it's been pretty fun. Anyway, i'll change up Ces' hair as soon as there is a moment in the story that allows it. Glad most people are digging the backgrounds as well, that's been where most of my focus has been lately, trying to figure out a look that works.
and jimmy looks adorable x]
backgrounds ftw ! seriously, i think i'm gonna be using this comic as a ref for my own stuff, 'cause i never know what to put in the background ><
I can't wait for the comics in the coming weeks, I'm really wondering how this is going to tie in. It just seems like, reading through all of the current comics at once, that the "new" world must tie into Jimmy's fix somehow, and if nothing else Jimmy would still be aware of it, evidenced by his recognition of Ces. Also its my belief that he's retained his powers, because all of Harm's stuff being "mysteriously broken" seems like something he could do with his powers in order to get back in the story, or at least to further the plot. His powers might be weakened by his last battle with Osama, and of course the recreation of history, but he'd probably have enough left to break random junk in Harm's house.
BTW--taking bets on whether Sawyer owns Ces' old house now, as he's clearly rich now.
and just for the sake of gambleing, my guess is that the house is owned by someone we havent met yet.
or perhaps the pregnent man-butler and his child.
As we're all gambling... my moneys on Rondel.
Hell, they're in Mayflower, New Jersey: The Birthplace of Rondel Mayflower. (you see it just before Ces hits Jimmy..)