GAPlus Sample
PENCILS – INKS – UNLETTERED – HIGH RESOLUTION
ANNOTATIONS
T: I think we did a pretty good job of justifying this exposition, all things considered… the guy’s just rambling, trying to keep his mind off the way his internal organs are crying “ABANDON SHIP.”
Sky elves and shit elves have roles to play in upcoming chapters– in fact, a shit elf will be appearing very shortly. Oh, you already recognize him? Winter elves probably have a role to play too, but we’re still discussing just how as of this writing.
Phil: One of the things that I want to applaud Erica on in particular is the notion she had that different elves have differently shaped ears. This is only logical, if their different sub-species adapted to different environs/ways of life.
I am also just a huge fan of the Winter Elves. When Erica asked what they looked like, I’m pretty sure I told her to just flip through an L.L. Bean catalog.
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I like it
Those early pages are beyond amazing. Who knows if I would’ve been reading GA today if it wasn’t for that art style to pull me in and nail me to the wall.
I second this, one page was enough.
You’re missing an “if”.
[To the extent that >if< they deal with humans at all…]
Seeing as this is an old page being used as an example for the bonus stuff (very cool by the way) I don't know if it's a big deal or not *shrug city*
I was about to suggest water-marking the unlettered and high-res versions, but I don't know how many GAPlus-ers would comlain that it defeats the purpose. Eh. Hopefully no one willing to pay for the status would be dickish enough to reuse the artwork in any fashion.
Keep up the awesome job :)
Actually the “if” doesn’t fit. “To the extent” refers to their level of interaction with humans, not the level they are pro-nature.
I don’t know why you think I was referring to anything about the wood elves’ level of being pro-nature. I didn’t mention it.
“To the extent that, whether or not they deal with humans at all, it’s to kill us for being a blight upon nature.”
“To the extent that if they deal with humans at all, it’s to kill us for being a blight upon nature.”
Whether or not they interact with humans.
If they interact with humans.
Whether or not = if.
The sentence, while readable, does not make sense grammatically without the “if”.
Though, again, I don’t think the creators will see it as a big deal considering it is an old page, so I’m going to drop the matter.
:)
Actually, the ‘if’ is out of place. It’s just ‘to the extent that’ + clause. The ‘if’ makes it sound clumsier.
Uhh… Actually I’d say that it would flow best in my mind if it were ‘when’ where everyone’s suggesting the ‘if’, or making the ‘to’ at the beginning of the sentence into ‘as far as’. I don’t know. It just stumbles out when trying to read it. Maybe that’s me.
Aha, I see, so you’re saying that “to the extent that” is an adverbial sentence equivalent to “if”.
“To the extent that they deal with humans at all, it’s to kill us for being a blight upon nature” then means “If they deal with humans at all, it’s to kill us for being a blight upon nature” ?
Asking out of curiosity, I’m a non-anglophone.
Nope, the sentence is fine as-is. He’s saying the full extent of wood elves’ interaction with humans is in the form of killing. Obviously that isn’t completely true, but his error is not a grammatical one.
Agreed, and besides, who is going nail a guy dying a painful death on a battlefield for grammar?
Wow, it’s been a while. I thought you’d totally redone this page, had to go find it to check. XD
Also, what about the coffee cup stain up there? Intentional?
Erica composed all the comics digitally, so yeah: I believe it was intentional.
The coffee stain effect appears to be part of a larger crumpled paper effect applied to the panels. It adds a lot of shadowing and texture to the image, and works a lot better than you would expect crumpled, coffee stained paper to work.
Just set the effect for about 10-15% opacity, and you’ve got a simple and effective art effect that looks great.
Also, just found the “DLC” page. Nice! But I’m surprised at the lack of “Angry Byron” Avatars.
Also, in the future, would you consider putting more wallpapers up? I’m not asking for a date, of course. Just the possibility. Or will that be a “G.A. Plus Only” sort of thing?
Yeah, there will definitely be more waves of wallpapers and avatars as more pages are created. No set schedule or plans for it right now, though. There may yet be some GAPlus-exclusive downloads in the future, but nothing we put here on the main site for free will ever be moved to the subscription wall.
I see all Wood Elves have tattoos. Or, at least these two and also Syr’nj do. Which is all the Wood Elves I can remember seeing. But I have shitty memory so, meh.
I think it denotes certain affiliations with a particular layer of Wood Elf society, I seem to recall it being a plot point.
I believe it is a trait of royalty within the Wood Elf society.
That would be a specific pattern of tattoos, not tattoos themselves. I understand they are in a way like tartan patterns for Scottish clans.
Aw, I see that what’s in store for me isn’t in store
Still, the wallpapers are very cool – this is pretty much exactly how I do wallpapers.
Hey, why doesn’t John have a wacky bio like the rest? His is all serious and factual one. :P
You could always just play “Yackety Sax” while reading it.
I forgot how pretty the Wood Elf’s gown is. I may have to make my dryad larp PC one.
If you ever do so, post pics! We’d love to see it!
Did Erica ever do a full length sketch? I’m trying to figure out the bottom of her dress. Dammit, those are BRANCHES on the top.
I may end up making this for Labyrinth of Jareth at this rate…
What you see here is all of that dress that we’ve gotten from her.
Labyrinth of Jareth? You mean The Labyrinth of David Bowie’s Crotch?
Guilded Age is obviously a very carefully crafted story. The 2010 Preview, after chapter 2, already had the troll chieftain who fights them in the Savage Races Arena, and the shadowed face of the businessman dude whose name escapes me!
William H. Macy.
Huh. I would’ve thought Winter Elves would evolve smaller ears, so they’d be easier to keep warm. Those things look like they’d be hard to stuff under a hat.
This page, sadly, reminds me of how much I miss the old art’s style. Maybe because it was what I was used to… But at least a part of it is the sheer amount of Smug that was squeezed into that one expression on Payet’s face. It reaches a level that requires capitalization.
And I thought I was the sensible one. Thanks for stenitg me straight.
For those who (like me) are reading this for the first time, I am having trouble with the whole “broken-fourth-wall/gaming universe/PhilipKDick alt.universe” thing going on. I am very (very) tempted to go see if there’s a new post yet on “PowerNap.”
BUT, I am nothing if not stubborn. I *will* see this through.
And, also, one has to trust the storyteller(s). Even when things get uncomfortable. *Especially* when things get uncomfortable. After all, it’s not like they’re suddenly writing crap.
Btw, “PowerNap” is rillyrilly good. Check it out if you haven’t yet.
(Speaking of uncomfortable reading [you’ll see what I mean], if you live under an even bigger rock than I do, and haven’t yet read “The Hunger Games” series, stop wasting time and do so. Hella good. Yes, it’s for kids. Problem?)
I’m curious about the Winter Elves being guardians of forgotten lore – if someone suddenly remembers some old lore, what happens? Do the Winter Elves go on a book burning spree to remove it from their libraries?