Comments on: Chapter 7 – Page 1

By: Soul_Fire_Slasher

Soul_Fire_Slasher — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:39:51 +0000

And you all thought that this was a metaphor for the heads of house being close-minded…

By: zead

zead — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 02:26:43 +0000

it looks natural because hand written notes rarely line up exactly along the left side, you expect a certian uneveness of the lines and an exaggerated stylized interpretation of handwritten variation combined with the majority of the lines being long enough to \almost\ match makes it work.

By: sprocket

sprocket — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:25:33 +0000

So I’ve been pondering over the suggestion. It would be an interesting effect. And possibly more photo-realistic – slightly warping the glyphs and lines of text as it follows the contours of the crumpled texture. But that misses a rather important part of the artwork, I think.

Textures are used throughout the comic. But they aren’t used in an attempt to add realism. Sometimes the use of texture is even jarring. But it works because the texture choices are an emotional cue. They add to the feel of the scene. Film Noire has the play of light and shadow. GA sets the tone with texture.

With this particular panel, it looks almost like the writing is inked on film laid over crumpled paper. But that’s too literal a take on the image. The parchment texture is there to add an emotional feel to what we’re reading. And like all the other panels, the texture adds an almost surreal feel to the ongoing story.

Granted – that’s my take. I could be reading too much in to it. This is, after all, Erica’s work.

By: barsukthom

barsukthom — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:20:25 +0000

So THERE! pflbbbt!

By: A passer-by.

A passer-by. — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:29:36 +0000

It is actually our capitol which has our largest ignorance-fueled machine installed, as opposed to the house of government proper. Though it might be one’s bias towards those parties in power in the given instance.