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Published: 2010-06-25 08:15:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 6044; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 89
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Finally got hold of a copy of issue one... the colors by Sotocolors turned out quite nice
some issues with word balloon colors and placement though, hopefully we can avoid those for future issues 
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Thanks for giving me the opportunity to learn and reference from your work:
Absolutely beautiful:
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aw, you're welcome! if you like do check out the new book: www.amazon.com/Charlie-Chan-Pa…
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Great job, your visualization of the characters is spot on keeps with the theme and title.
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thank you! I didn't know it had made the DD!
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I love the art, but... did people actually talk like that at any point in history?
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Heh well it's adapted by Nancy Butler from the novels - I suppose at the least they used to write like that. I do think as an adaptation its a little too text heavy - but with classic novels its a tricky line to walk, how much of the original text to leave or out, I don;t think there'll be a solution that pleases everyone
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Ohh, it's from a Jane Austen novel I didn't know. Then say no more
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didn'tknow that had happened... thank you!
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Hey Sonny! I am actually going to be leading a discussion on your S&S artwork in an English seminar about graphic novels and multimodal literacy...I absolutely love your illustration style and the way you have captured SO PERFECTLY the spirit of the original novel. I was wondering - when doing an adaptation that relies heavily on dialogue (and where little "action" takes place), how did you go about deciding what the characters would be DOING in each scene? Was it difficult to match up the actions of the characters with the dialogue taking place, especially in instances where the dialogue was unrelated to the actions of the characters in the panel? What resource materials (if any) helped you with these decisions? (Because whatever you did, it flows beautifully! Your work is just brilliant)
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thanks for the kind words!
i did have to look at a lot of visual reference material - books on regency era architecture, fashion and furniture, plus all the tv/movie adapts i could get hold off - both the BBC and emma thompson ones plus other austen ones like pride and prejudice
the challenge when i first got the project was to see how we could make it a visually engaging comic, given the amounnt of dialogue and relative lack of action. one visual gambit was the use of cartoony (or 'chibi' in manga terms) characters; i though it provided variety as well as heightening the comedic aspects of some scenes (in tv/movies they might use music as an indicator, something not quite possible in comics!
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Wow, thank-you so much for the detailed response! And yes, that was exactly what I was asking about. It was really great to hear directly from the artist, it definitely added that extra dimension to my presentation, and the class was very enthusiastic about it! It was nice to hear about the processes behind your illustrations, and it led to a great discussion! So once again, thank you and I'll be keeping my eye out for your latest work
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So pretty. I picked up the first issue a few weeks ago, and really loved the artwork!
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thanks! still can't get over those eyebrows!
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I was just about to mention the word ballon placement and I read your notes...
I wish you could have dictated the font size and placement of the word balloons for this project. Most panels look really good, but there are a few where it seems that if you had known exactly the size of the font and where it was you could have drawn larger figures or been less consevative in your layout.
But this is a minor detail (imo). I'm really enjoying reading this and I think your art strikes the right balance for this classic literary work.
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thanks! me and nancy do hope to fix any issues for the trade edition, esp those related to production issues, so any feedback definitely welcome!
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Your printed copy of your own comic strip. Congrats!
Your art style is really nice..
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heya hmm coloring was done by a studio called sotocolors, but in any case its digital coloring
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awesome, I love the technique where you use digital coloring with textures to make the colors look traditional. its what i strive for in my own work and it is done very successfully here. very nice pages, indeed.
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