page 13 of that. Howdy. i may be thinking about these remakes too hard. Here is another half a page which did not have a counterpart in the old version, whose primary function is to cover up an error I made before that nobody noticed and/or cared about. I had implied before, through not implying anything, that there was a forking path or some way of getting lost while going up the hill, but all distance views show that the path is straight and impossible to get lost on. So I needed to show that the creature was confused before it got on a path. Initially the DUNK sound effect was FADUNK and the sound of a wall moving, but there was no way to prove that withouth showing it or having a character be aware of it and it seemed excessive. I’m not sure that being able to cover my old mistakes is an even exchange for having lost all sense of line weight or background gag application.
Worst of all, now that lizard thinks it’s the main character!
Why is that fool walking like it means business? I know that it doesn’t!
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Rock & Roll Loofah sez:
I don’t think there’s necessarily any harm in clarifying the geographic relation of things to one another; that was indeed one of the issues with the original versions of the early pages, so your concern is not a misplaced one.
Concerning the varying line thicknesses, the only one which really jumps out is the bow tie fool in the first new panel, wherein the outlines are so thick (even in relation to other objects in the panel) that it actual looks like a form of unusual stylization. Also, that thing has never before looked more punchable (as you yourself might phrase) than it does in the tenth new panel (which is stating quite a lot, considering its normally high punchability quotient). And I certainly cannot approve of the new exterior decorations in the third panel!
Also, a smaller version of Muffineater’s car would appear to have become waylaid in the ill-kept lawn. The makings of a terrifying plot twist, perhaps?
Rororivis sez:
I nearly doubled the full resolution page size from 5000-somethingxeh to 10000-somethingxeh after I inadvertently overheard that 1200 dots-per-inch was the “minimum” that a to-be-printed image could look good with solid, non-blended lines. I think this is still a bit under that, but they do at least look better at the level of magnification I typically work at relative to the actual size of the drawing (even though it looks exactly the same online and I never had a problem with the printed ones, even back when they were only 3000somethingxeh). However, having a large image means I need to re-assess what the appropriate size for my right click eraser brush. 32 pixels is clearly too fat… that explains to an extent why the panels seem even more crowded than before with the same amount of objects.
The bow tie creature thinks it is in charge. I am doing what I can to convince it otherwise, but for some/no reason that emboldens it further.
I could not find the tiny car, but I am opposed to the lizard being able to meet up with alternate editions of itself. It is not entitled to have that much in common with anybody.