Mutants unite!

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:58 am

LOL, great ep kay

poor Castor....

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 6:02 am

DCI is built on his pain.

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 6:04 am

Originally posted by Kayless
DCI is built on his pain.

don't go to far though...... we as readers are not very sadistic..... or are we :eek:

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 6:08 am

Hey I love the little dude, but he's the group's fall guy.

It's not like he's got any other talents to help the others out. :rolleyes:

Osiris · Post by **Osiris** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 7:02 am

Good ep., Kayless! The hand drawn style is getting further and further ahead of the sprites too. :cool:

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:16 am

It's the last frame that really does it for me. I'm really proud of that shot of Castor getting an arrow to the ass.

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:40 am

Great work on the comic Kayless.
Why have you changed to animated instead of the BG screenshots?

Keep up the good work!

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:53 am

I switched hand-drawn artwork because there was only so much I could do with sprites. There were no facial expressions, limited movement options (no sitting or jumping gifs) and watching little gifs attack each other is rather boring (and thus few fights). I have a lot more freedom if I draw the comic myself

(this latest issue is a good example of the stuff I can do with hand-drawn art that I couldn't do with sprites).

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:02 am

That's true,
I would recommand a mixture like in nr.70

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:03 am

Too bad, Kay...

...*sniff!* but I do find the sprites cute, and very challenging nonetheless... I think, the one thing that added to DCI's charm was the creative and resourceful way :cool:

you used those sprites... maybe, when you design your plot you could figure out which ep would be sprite ed or cartoon ed.

But then again that's just my suggestion.

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:06 am

Originally posted by Kayless
I switched hand-drawn artwork because there was only so much I could do with sprites. There were no facial expressions, limited movement options (no sitting or jumping gifs) and watching little gifs attack each other is rather boring (and thus few fights). I have a lot more freedom if I draw the comic myself (this latest issue is a good example of the stuff I can do with hand-drawn art that I couldn't do with sprites).

Kay..I absolutely LOVE the new look of your comic :cool:

.....Great job

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:17 am

But the old sprites gave a feeling of nostalgia to BG fans. And beyond that something to go back to when the series has retired. It added a whole different element beyond the funny lines. It was something that we could build our imaginations with with the very sprites that we grew up with and loved from the BG series. We seeked this nostalgia and world in your comic with those sprites, and now that its gone, then that world is no more.

That said, its still a cool comic

My 2 cents.

Scayde · Post by **Scayde** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:24 am

Originally posted by Tybaltus
But the old sprites gave a feeling of nostalgia to BG fans. And beyond that something to go back to when the series has retired. It added a whole different element beyond the funny lines. It was something that we could build our imaginations with with the very sprites that we grew up with and loved from the BG series. We seeked this nostalgia and world in your comic with those sprites, and now that its gone, then that world is no more.

That said, its still a cool comic

My 2 cents.

Maybe that is the difference...I am a fan for the sake of the comic, and I see it as an extension of Kayless's talent. I am not a BG player, so that aspect holds no meaning for me

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:42 am

Originally posted by Stilgar
That's true,
I would recommand a mixture like in nr.70

Wow. You actually liked issue 70? Everybody else thought it was too eclectic. Nice to know somebody enjoyed the sprite/hand-drawn combo.

Originally posted by Maharlika
...*sniff!* but I do find the sprites cute, and very challenging nonetheless... I think, the one thing that added to DCI's charm was the creative and resourceful way you used those sprites... maybe, when you design your plot you could figure out which ep would be sprite ed or cartoon ed.

But then again that's just my suggestion.

I liked the sprites too. Originally I was only going to do a few issues hand-drawn (the crew gets hit by a Wild Surge that makes them hand-drawn instead of sprites)

but the files are much smaller than a sprite-generated issue (a big plus). It's also more unique, since there are a ton of sprite comics out there (though no others based on the BG games that I know of). Who knows what the future may hold. Sprites were a lot faster to work with, at the very least.

Originally posted by Tybaltus
But the old sprites gave a feeling of nostalgia to BG fans. And beyond that something to go back to when the series has retired. It added a whole different element beyond the funny lines. It was something that we could build our imaginations with with the very sprites that we grew up with and loved from the BG series. We seeked this nostalgia and world in your comic with those sprites, and now that its gone, then that world is no more.

That said, its still a cool comic

My 2 cents.

Well just go and depress the hell out of me why don't you.

J/K I love gifs and sprites and it's great to go back to a beloved old game and continue to get some use out of it. Hopefully the new DCI at least carries the spirit of the old.

Originally posted by Scayde
Kay..I absolutely LOVE the new look of your comic .....Great job

Thank you. But it's the kobolds who deserve the real credit.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:36 pm

Originally posted by Kayless

Thank you. But it's the kobolds who deserve the real credit.

Wow...those kobolds have them mad skillz goin on. It must have been difficult for them to make the transition from sprite to hand drawn...them having to actually use discipline to draw, rather then slap together a few sprites.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:03 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus
But the old sprites gave a feeling of nostalgia to BG fans. And beyond that something to go back to when the series has retired. It added a whole different element beyond the funny lines. It was something that we could build our imaginations with with the very sprites that we grew up with and loved from the BG series. We seeked this nostalgia and world in your comic with those sprites, and now that its gone, then that world is no more.

That said, its still a cool comic

My 2 cents.

Apart from the grammatical errors, I agree completely

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:05 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus
Wow...those kobolds have them mad skillz goin on. It must have been difficult for them to make the transition from sprite to hand drawn...them having to actually use discipline to draw, rather then slap together a few sprites.

Hey, you get can get a bear to ride a motorcycle if you shove a cattle prod far enough up it's ass. The same applies to kobolds and hand-drawn art.

Yikes, I just checked my E-Mail and got million little warnings that my private messages were filled up.

Kameleon · Post by **Kameleon** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:36 pm

As of now (or perhaps even earlier) TWC voting is back, get your vote in for the day where fans of other comics might not!

Kayless · Post by **Kayless** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:01 pm

Yes! VOTE! You know you want to!

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Mar 03, 2003 4:18 pm

Originally posted by Kameleon
Apart from the grammatical errors, I agree completely

Well the first message, which I thoroughly proofread and edited, didnt get posted because I got the stupid, "This page cannot be displayed" page. So I had to retype the thing, so thats the best youre going to get.

(yes, I know I missing the god damn appostrophe. I dont use those in short hand.)

@Kayless Who would email you dealing with pms?