Everyone, I’m sorry for the black and white comic. I have a paper due tomorrow plus I had a chance to have dinner with some friends from out of town I haven’t seen outside Facebook for almost a year, so I hope you understand. I’ll have it properly colored and word-ballooned sometime tonight.
Also, this Saturday will be another sketch day bonus of the behind-the-scenes head tests. Different theme this time as I’ve made my decisions on the linework and shading styles.
-EDIT- Everyone, I was checking comments when I caught something… At the time I post this there are 10,038 comments made through all the strips so far. You’ve all broken 10,000 comments on Selkie strips… That’s amazing to me. Thank you! <3
-EDIT- I finally got it colorized. I know a lot of you liked the black and white as a transition method, sorry to take it away. But I really liked the interpretation that panel 1 was a transition out of Selkie’s flashback, so I worked that in the background a different way. 🙂
Knifes and forks are for chumps.
. . . and steaks are for chomps.
I loved Heather’s reaction, XD I’ve had a few of those moments a few times.
No comment from the Fairweathers or Heather that Selkie just picks it up and chows down without silverware. Huh. Good for them!
Good for them, yes. Like Cal told Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird. “That boy’s yo COMPANY. Whatever he wants to do is fine”.
Todd, on the other hand, shoulda been all over her. He’s had her for a few weeks. Even if they didn’t teach her about a knife and fork in the orphanage, he should have. Aside from the “my God, that’s disgusting” thoughts of everyone watching, now the salt shaker is all nasty, from being in her steak-juice covered hand.
Ha ha, I didn’t even think of the steak-juice covered salt shaker. XD
They´re having dinner with elementary school aged kids. Getting things covered in food juices is a matter of “when” not “if”.
I could see her maybe having a problem with the knife and fork with her webbed hands.
And receiving condiments from someone isn’t enough reason to forgive them?
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OK, I’m sure the confiding earlier and the flashback helped.
Huh… I thought the black and white was intentional. At least in the first part. Symbolic of Selkie coming back to her senses.
same
same, same.
It could still be a very neat transition technique.
Ditto. It gives a good sense of Selkie being lost in her thoughts and harkens back to where she was at the start of the comic. Maybe color the last two panels to show her coming back, but as an artistic choice it is powerful.
I thought i was on shards for a second (i check both at the same time)
Yeah.
That last panel might be my favorite panel of the comic so far. That response is priceless. Also, I’m glad to see Selkie grow into a more mature person. It’s cool to see her character development even this early into the story.
Same. I thought the B&W was indicative of Selkie not being totally present. Then when someone asks her something directly, the guy appears in color, but she is still immersed in thought.
I like it better this way.
See there, Dave? You should’ve just not said anything. Everyone would’ve been complimenting you for your artistic vision, and you ruined it. XD
Like I’ve told Kat over at Sunset Grill, Dave: someone who provides free storytelling need never apologize for RL occasionally butting in. Explanations are appreciated, if you feel they’re needed. Otherwise don’t sweat it.
Like others, I thought the B&W was an indicator of Selkie’s mood; an accidental experiment that turned out well! You might keep that in mind.
Selkie and Heather’s exchange is sweet, with just the right hint of sadness. Selkie’s circumstances have taught her early on what really matters in life. That insight was dearly paid for, but it will serve her well.
Glad to hear about the comment count too. That’s an indicator of how engaged with the story we all are. Congrats!
People who feed me are my favorite people. Salt has been very important throughout history. It is a natural flavor aid, it is a preservative used on meat, and it is necessary for life. Salt in the cells of the body is what draws water across the cell wall. Wars have been fought over salt deposits. So yeah, salt is a big deal. I’d forgive her too.
Btw: I would keep the first panel as Black and White. Seems to be the consensus that even if it was accidental, it is a cool transition device. Love the comic.
How big of Selkie :}
Pass the salt, get forgiveness?
Seems legit.
To me, there is more to the 10,000 comment milestone than just a number. This is one of very few webcomics with 10,000 comments that are not judgemental or argumentative. I love that! I love that the comic has followers who post insightful and understanding comments. It says a lot about you, Dave, as the artist, about the story itself, and about the character of the people who keep reading. Some of us lurker types don’t comment often but we appreciate those who do. 🙂 This is one of two webcomics whose comments I not only read religiously but will scroll back through while waiting for the next comic to post.
Same here for the comments being half the fun, but the other webcomic where that’s true for me too, Templar Arizona, the comment section can get a bit argumentative in the sense that we’re arguing with each other about some tangent issue. Well, actually I think Selkie’s comment space gets some of that too sometimes. But that just goes to show how real the issues raised by the comic are, how strongly people feel about them.
I meant “argumentative” in the negative sense, where comments are aimed at criticizing each other’s views and not just towards discussion various interpretations of what’s happening in the comic. Seems like the arguing on here stays on-topic and geared more towards figuring things out than belittling any one point of view. That’s what I like!
Yeah, I meant that kind of negative argumentative for some of the comments on Templar’s past pages (but then the topics at the time were very, shall we say, argument-spawning), but on Selkie’s pages I don’t think I’ve seen character attacks… either at all or on misunderstandings only.
Well said!!
indeed, i like coming here for the comments just as much as the comic!
i vote for a real forum ^_^ i think we’d make a nice pleasant community.
I actually had a forum for a while. It was used for about a month then postings started to stop happening. General consensus was that the comment threads were easier. XD
bah! durn consensuses foiled again!
well for my part id post every day
I was going to comment on Selkie’s failure to use a knife and fork- but then I noticed that she hasn’t been provided with them. 🙂
Look again, napkin to her right.
I don´t think they were there in the black-and-white version.
nah thats just one of them fancy stripe patterned napkins, cant-cha tell? hehe
Oh, no I added that during the colorizing. That wasn’t there before.
That last panel made me literally laugh out loud. So spot-on for kids that age.