Elliwiny: Come on Jack, you’re going to be murder-voguing at some poor guy’s cell phone at the end of the week. Baron’s selfie habits are harmless! Baron kicking Atticus out of the selfie will never not be funny to me,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: You know, I think back then I was really nervous about giving speech bubbles room so that they wouldn’t overlap the art and overcompensated, which is why you see these panels that are maybe not zoomed in enough for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: I remember the purse X-ray taking FOREVER. I actually did a little research into what those machines see, and put the disassembled gun in there, mixed with makeup tubes, but also not being fully satisfied with how the effect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sin and I agree that front loading all this exposition adds some friction to readers who are just starting out, but my real regret is all that empty floor space. We could have had more room for some more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: I’m still happy with how the tall panel turned out, actually. Sin killed it with the foreground plants. I’d also like to point out that there was a script note that told me to focus on Sara’s ass at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sara’s face is the biggest reason I went back and revisited these early pages in chapters 1 and 2. I just sort of settled into a design I liked better as I drew her more and more! And her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Ah, the infamous blonde baron. I have a complicated relationship with his hair. I have a perfectly acceptable shorthand for what it looks like in these early pages, but as my style evolved it got harder and harder to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Before we did Opportunities I would do these flash comics, where you could control the panel progression with arrow keys! I loved how you could do stuff like… make somebody blink slowly or subtly change an expression with a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: When figuring out the pacing and paneling, Sin and I really wanted this strong feeling of PLACE. The story takes place in and around a single hotel, for starters, but understanding the plot relies heavily on knowing who is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Sin is just so unbelievably good at layering information, especially in scenes like this. Kyan and the gang are talking about their leave on earth, but in the subtext you can glean so much about the greater universe –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…