Chapter Five - Holi-Daze

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Like I was really going to have Roy killed by a lake monster.

Now Rick, maybe.

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[insert witty commentary here]

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Same as the previous I did this on a single page, still trying to catch up a bit.


Where has Roy found himself?
What is that ominous shadow?
Will I make you wait until next week to find out?

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Okay I've dropped behind a little bit on my posting schedule this chapter (and I really need to catch up) so I decided to try a simpler way of doing the strip this time.
Usually I draw each frame individually on a seperate A4 page and put it all together on the computer. Since it takes me about 30 minutes per frame this way I decided to try doing the entire strip on a single page, which took about an hour or so, but of course there's a quality trade-off since the individual fames are drawn a quarter of the usual size. The quality drop is really noticeable on frames 2 & 7 but it's still better than filler so I may use this technique again in the future when I need to.

On a story note:
After a few jokey strips the story has started moving again.

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Nothing worse than swimming through the warm patch.

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heh heh heh

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This one sees me once more experimenting with different poses and actions, some like the running look okay but the leap into the water looks dreadful.
But overall I'm happy with this one.

Later

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Yeah late again.

I'm seriously reconsidering my official update times.

Ah, the promise of seeing half-naked girls will always wipe out any other thought.

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The only comment a guy should ever give a girl about her appearance is, "You look great." All other comments are destined for disaster.

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For those who are wondering, night swimming = sex. It comes from a story that director Kevin Smith told about his little daughter walking in on him and his wife having sex, for the full story go pick up a copy of the Evening with Kevin Smith Collection (because I can't remember which one it was in) and enjoy the laughter.

The Slow Ride joke comes from a real life incident, one of my mates took 57 attempts to pass Slow Ride on easy (Guitar Hero 3).

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Whoa is this one a late one. I was in a bit of a funk thanks to some stuff that I had to deal with, decision made, Ignore those fuckers until I need to deal with them again.

I made this one as unsubtle as possible, enjoy.

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I get the feeling only about four people will get the main joke here, the rest of you please enjoy the physical humour.

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Well I'm back.

Yeah big woo hoo.

On a side note I've been getting some tips from people on how to improve my artwork. Yeah lost cause I know but fuck it, can't hurt to try.

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Uh I don't have any comments for today due to my brain just exploding, long story, not important.

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Hey look at this I'm early for once, you can thank a lack of sleeping for this.

Now I'm off to bed.

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No rest for me, straight into the next chapter.
You guys can look forward to the introduction of more miscellaneous side characters this chapter including one who makes Rick look almost not like a loser. Almost.

I decided to change the girls hairstyles just for the hell of it, unlike the guys who will have the same hairstyles until death or baldness.

There is yet another little obscure anime reference in here but I'll leave it for you to find yourselves.

Chapter Four - Rivals and Robots

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This little piece is my tribute to classic robot anime including a subtle reference to Mospeada.

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And Mr B.F.M. is victorious.
Like you couldn't see that happening.

On an artistic note, I forgot to convert some frames to greyscale so you can see what I meant previously about the off-white paper. No I didn't leave it on purpose.
On the plus side the paper gouges like crazy so I should be done with the shit in no time.