Spent last week out-of-state visiting my sister and brother-in-law. Had a great time! Thanks for putting up with Selkie Lite last week while I was off gallivanting. In other news, Lynni’s timing was not very great, here.
For so very long have I been looking forward to drawing Panel 8.
Little State of the Comic note for this week. I mentioned on the previous strip’s notes that I would have to miss Friday’s strip and maybe even Wednesday’s, if you recall. I am on a trip this week and am[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dagger Stare, like Incandescent Light Bulb Head, is more classic cartoon iconography. Mina does not have super dagger-manifestation powers. Well, not at this point of the story, anyway...
Lineart on this one is complete crap because my scanner isn’t working, so I had to take a picture of the drawn page with my cell phone. It makes a compelling argument for going back to computer-inking, I tell you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An early draft of panel 4 was a dream sequence bit I cut out from a much earlier point in the comic. In that original draft, Plo Quar (her mother) shifted to a 1930s cartoon style complete with big white gloves and noodle-arms, gave Selkie a left-handed salute while saying, "So long, Screwy! See ya in Saint Louie!" before jet rocket flames erupted from her feet and she blasted off into the dreamscape's stratosphere. It's a really fun idea, but I think a simpler rendering distracts less from what the imagery suggests about Selkie's inner thoughts.
Selkie’s mom has a role in this. – – – – – So Elder Scrolls Online early access began last weekend, and I am DEVOURING this game you all. Meet my Argonian Templar, Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit.
Someone needs to get a fish-flavored sugar-free ice cream cone after all this.
Selkie doesn’t have experience with sarnothi written language and she’s not fourth-wall enough to read her own speech bubbles.
Tried to re-create the way young me used to draw and write for this page, including the use of actual ballpoint pen and notebook paper and holding the pen in the really ham-fisted way young me held it.
In some variations of the selkie story, the selkie continues to visit her children secretly in seal form, or even visits the fisherman husband as a seal to stare sadly at him. This portrayal is one of the versions where she flees outright the moment she has the opportunity.
As of the time I post this, unless there is a last minute upset after counting the Hero Inititive extra votes, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has won out over Selkie in March Madness. Thank you, everyone, for your votes and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I'd censor the beach scene but it's so non-detailed I barely see a point.
