Elliwiny: I remember this one being really challenging to lay out. We’re switching POV to Vigi, who’s got to connect Sara to her newly –stolen– obtained keycards, and subtly get an assist from her luck power to dodge Jack. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: Heheh, it’s funny because Ben’s dead
Elliwiny: We establish later that Atticus was supposed to send the memo that Colin is confused, but anybody can send an email, Sarah!
Elliwiny: Knowing where everything is, and where everything is within that space, is SO important to Opportunities. Especially because we don’t really do ‘cuts’ between characters – when we swap POV we usually have a visual hand-off as well, with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sincerely: We’re back! Sorry for the break it was because of *~depression~* but we’re back at least for chapter 4. I reread some of the later stuff recently and was reminded that I really, really, really love Opportunities. Even if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sincerely: Villains aren’t allowed to have apple products. Please don’t tell apple that we gave several of our villains apple phones.
Elliwiny: There’s a lot of outlines of people in these meeting scenes, and I vaguely remember that it’s because I got overwhelmed by the scope and Sin suggested I go about it that way. Looking back, there really isn’t anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elliwiny: I don’t know what to call this panel layout, where there are things going on at the same time in different places and the panels are staggered to visually separate them, but it’s become one of my favorite layouts.
Elliwiny: I said before that the smart thing to do would be to shoot a text to your co-conspirators warning them about the calls, but then again…
Elliwiny: I learned SO much about commercial kitchen spaces while doing these two pages. Sin worked at a restaurant at the time and had all the good notes. Sincerely: Kitchens! How convenient that with the bankers and the aliens using[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…