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The Far Reaches Webcomic » Archive » [Comic 243] Lost Treasure? — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:00:23 +0000

[...] him gesturing as he talks. He’s so prim. Oh well. For those who are new this goes back to the 500 year prologue which talked about the Great Boranese Emperor and lost treasure. Also Dr. Jols, Gilrec’s old [...]

By: Outlandish

Outlandish — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:54:28 +0000

Oops, thought I had uploaded the fixed version, but I forgot. Thanks for catching that.

By: Erulisse

Erulisse — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:21:02 +0000

Don’t mean to be rude, but don’t you mean “whose” in the first sentence of that narrarative box down near the bottom of panel one?

By: TheDeepDark

TheDeepDark — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:04:26 +0000

You detest sarcasm? *gulp* I may have to be really careful what I post here than…

I do like the artwork, by the way.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:07:11 +0000

Yeah, I also noticed. Didn’t think to comment on it, since it seemed so obvious. Tho I guess I should have, considering how rare it is to find others who understand what/why I find humorous. (irony, especially of an intellectual bent, but excluding sarcasm which I normally detest) The way the reference was included fit perfectly… And the retort was even more perfect for this use.

By: Outlandish

Outlandish — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:40:38 +0000

“Sounds a whole lot like the opening to the Fellowship of the Ring to me.”

Yup, that was kind of the point. It’s was a bit of a spoof. I wondered if anyone would notice. It’s very cool everyone likes the new style so much. I’ve just finished the next page. I’m not totally happy with it, but it certainly took much less time and still looks pretty decent. And you’re right. Manga does get overused. There’s still a lot of things I like about manga, but I don’t like it when artists just mimic the look. I do still like the chibis, though.

By: Minor Key

Minor Key — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:59:36 +0000

“History became myth, myth became… mythical, and some things that should have not been forgotten were lost”

Sounds a whole lot like the opening to the Fellowship of the Ring to me.

Anyway I love the new style, seems more… comic-y. And I like that though you’ve started out as manga, you’re slowly developing a more unique style of your own. This is something I totally support- finding original styles. I think, personally, anime is a bit overused especially in the webcomic world.

I love this new style.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:57:27 +0000

Yeah, Outsider was the one I was referring to. Tho part of the reference was that the backing story actually makes it so that the “clean” and “shiny” 3d stuff fits better than gritty dark stuff would in the places he’s using it. It’s not just a matter of doing a good job with the 3d, or with the story, but of making the two fit together properly.

But I will point out that the speed these pages are produced at, and the quality they have, are very good. And I especially am impressed with the skill demonstrated in the drawings of “tech” and architectural stuff. Space Opera may follow different rules than Hard SF, which make it easier to fudge things, but it is harder to depict consistently, since there isn’t a solid background upon which to fall back.

By: WolfCry

WolfCry — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:31:27 +0000

In a graphic novel/comic art is still important, it helps convey characters feelings, all the action, environment, you can however simplify things to make pages easier to churn out (eg,cartoons). Which has already been done with this comic. I like the pencil look,it’s softer, could be used to make it grittier (if desired), but I also enjoy the ship models and other 3D work. The shiny and gritty parts give a nice contrast, all gritty just makes it dull.

Kriz, GG still updates two/ three times a week, how does it suffer from the scourge that is color to you? Color made the wonderful detail of the comic pop more, and the wacky machines that much more fascinating.

Ashley, I’m guessing you’re referring to “Outsider” ( http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/ ) it would help if you said which comic, might get people to go and read it, hint hint. Anyway, yes, he spent time delaying the comic due to making the bridge model (among other things), however he has said that he won’t stop the comic anymore for modeling things. He’ll still do the 3D work where appropriate, but when it’s not essential he’ll just draw it in. The idea was to save time in the long run (which it will). He does have a top notch backing (story and character wise) to his comic, which makes it not only pleasing to the eye but an interesting read.

Anyway, love the pencil, keep the pages coming.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:15:01 +0000

The fancy 3d stuff was really well done, but didn’t fit this particular comic’s feeling as well as this pencilwork is. As standalone pictures, they’d probably do pretty well, but as John mentioned, they were too “shiny” for this setting. (kinda like the newer SW movies just not feeling right, because they were too clean) Sometimes having really good graphics actually detracts from an otherwise great story, but if you take them separately, both the graphics and the story are nifty.

Tho I must admit that I’ve only found one SF webcomic that managed to use 3d while positively, and where it actually made it better. Of course, that one is also attempting to make sure it has a cohesive universe behind it (meaning science, which isn’t as important in a Space Opera) and was able to make valid reason for the 3d. Tho with a ~1.5 year hiatus to make ship models, obviously some things are suffering.