Page 82 – Who are you?
Duh, what does it look like they’re doing? Taking care of loose ends. That fake doctor is the same mysterious guy last seen skulking outside the burning apartment.
I really don’t have a problem with medical staff. Honest! They’re not ALL evil, it’s just the way the story turned out. And, after all the praise about Jane’s mom not being a jerk like some fictional parents–well, now I feel bad. 🙁
I’ve been using the 3D model I made for this room quite a bit, because some serious stuff is about to go down. Return on Monday for more adventure!
First clue that they weren’t real medical professionals?
An injection probably wouldn’t work on Jane. If she doesn’t need to breathe, it’s very likely that she doesn’t have a beating heart or blood flowing through her.
I’m glad you made the two hypos different colors. I was confused for a second. It looked like he took the one from the tray.
And that3D model is swell! I want to try that sometime!
The situation with Jane’s health is that the longer she’s near her magic necklace the more lifelike she becomes, with a beating heart, blood, body heat, etc. But, if she ever lost her source of power (wink-wink) she slowly reverts into the traditional icky mummy corpse.
I’ve enjoyed using the free version of SketchUp, but highly recomend setting aside a few hours to watch and play along with the tutorial videos. Those will save you days or weeks of hair pulling.
Hey, the story is the story. If there’s too much sobbing about it, just practice saying “That’s an excellent idea–but it won’t work here”. 🙂
The page looks great, as always–did you use a model to make your 3D model?
Thank you. The script was written ages ago. So, I’m stuck on this runaway train until the end of the book. Which should be sometime in early November. 🙂 Then on to writing Book 2 for the rest of the year.
The third party models used in this scene are: the chair, the little green orb thingy above each bed, tea cup and bowl. The rest are primitive shapes to block in just enough detail to get decent camera angle references.
I, too, came over from Groovy, Kinda. (Hi, Charlie!) And so far I’ve enjoyed every page. The really old-fashioned comic look isn’t something I’ve seen in other web-comics, and it’s really working well with the “old-fashioned futuristic look” you’ve got going on here. And the stilted language style makes me smile.
The bandaging on her face allows for a surprising amount of expressiveness, I have to admit. But her body language is REALLY well done, most of the time.
I’m really enjoying this and will be adding it to my bookmarks.
Hi Tru!
I second the expressiveness of her face despite the bandages. I didn’t realize how hard that was until I did that cameo. You really make her expressions come alive Andy.
Uh-oh, is that a scalpel I see next to the pink hypodermic?
Yep, a strategically placed scalpel.
Jane started out with more realistic bandages … for about 3 pages, then I switched to drawing her face normally and adding lines around it. Kinda like how anime eyebrows float on top of hair, her face rises above the gauze.
Welcome, Tru. Welcome! And, thank you. May your stay be eternal. 🙂
If you stick around, Stephanie from Groovy, Kinda has a cameo in a few pages.
Oh, you wouldn’t…
{evil grin}
one little teeny thing: How *fair* you means how pretty you… how *fare* you asks how you are
wouldn’t mention it but was a little confused by the text.
Thanks. That’s on my fix list.
I really love your expressions for Jane. The eyebrows atop the bandages are easy to accept– if we can accept Iron Man’s eyes bulging through his mask, Batman’s brow furrowing through his cowl, Rorschach’s blot patterns shifting with each panel, etc., then this is perfectly in the realm of awesome things only comics can do.
Well said, Neil.