Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate it. I aaaalmost wimped out and did a Thanksgiving drawing in lieu of an update. Almost. XD Instead, come back this Saturday for a Sketch Day Bonus which may be Thanksgiving-esque. 😀
A concept sketch for Big Tammy can be seen here. I drew this in ballpoint pen on notebook paper very shortly after I introduced Keisha Wu Moonsong and Sandy (which was practically back at the beginning!). You can see them at the top row since they were new and I felt like drawing them at the time, but below that are some early background-character sketches. Big Tammy is the girl with the ponytail (which I think may have influenced Jessie's design a bit, so Tammy's ponytail will probably be lower when we cameo her next strip to distinctify her a little). The Indian girl with the braid became Savitribai (seen in the foreground of panel 1 here.) He hasn't made a visible appearance yet, but the hippie-looking kid with the glasses and poofy hair became "Star" (the little boy whose parents wish him to be un-named on the seating chart). I have yet to find a use for the kid with unruly hair covering his eyes and the butterfly-eater.
Concerned for Big Tammy, even though this is the first we’ve ever even heard of the character. When I grew up, the kid who won the fight got it worse than the one who started it…
Yeah, it’s a teacher trait- they only ever see the retaliation.
(Oh no! Zorlond got Dondonesque started!)
“Screwed”? In front of a kid and their parent? That’s… very bold.
(BTW, I am not offended by the word. I’m just surprised by her candor.)
the problem is the word Screwed has several meanings… the literal attaching something to something else with a screw, messing with something, and the euphemism for intercourse. in my neck of the woods, it was very common for the teacher to tell us to ‘stop screwing arround’ when we were doing our own thing in gym before the actual instruction began.
Don’t forget, on the first day, talking with the teacher about Selkie’s “condition” she said being different can suck. https://selkiecomic.com/selkie151/
And, as she said, they say that in cartoons, now.
For me screwed always means “in big trouble”, unless it doesn’t fit the context, only then will my mind look for other meanings. I think the sexual meaning isn’t as often used for that word, since there are other more direct ones.
That girl has a mouth on her! She probably just considers it a milder alternative to Franklin Ustes Carl Kirk…
Hmm. Big Tammy isn’t on the seating chart.
Special Ed kid?
Different class. Mina just got stuck with the problem.
I once had an encounter with a girl who could probably be described as a “Big Tammy” when I was in grade school. If the fight went down anything like that one then Amanda probably got sat on. I know I did, and I wasn’t the one who actually started the fight in the first place. Some other kid pushed me and made me run into this really big fat girl who took exception to the fact that I shoved her.
Then she refused to listen to the fact that I didn’t push her on purpose, knocked me down on the floor pretty hard, and then kind of power slammed me with her but. When the gym teacher finally decided to intervene I had nearly been crushed by her behemoth posterior. Not only was it exceptionally painful, I was kind of a small fragile kid, but it was also enormously embarrassing.
What’s with her blushing?
I read it as her being embarrassed about the prank math sheet, because, even though she didn’t do it, he probably thinks she did, and it is kind of her fault for leaving it where her girlfriend could mess with it.
The embarrassing situation.
I hate to say it but the mouth make’s her look drunk or… um like she enjoying herself? I can probably find abound 100 porn manages with that face. It’s kind of disturbing to see it in this comic.
I’ve seen some of those same images myself, so I think I can see what you mean, but I don’t really see “that” in just the mouth alone. I feel like her expression as a whole gives it a safe context.
To be fair, if you comb through enough naughty comics, you’ll find pretty much any look attached to such situations. Especially in manga. I thought here her expression just means she’s kinda stammering out of embarrasment.
I love the blush! She actually looks kinda’ cute
Well, Todd is still upset because he’s under the impression hat it was done by one of the teachers or teacher’s aides…and that it was done DELIBERATELY by them. He doesn’t have the whole story yet. When he does, I’m betting he’ll still be upset but he’ll apologize for any outburst he may have made. He’ll be forgiven, of course.
I wonder if he’ll demand Jessie’s termination or not. He’s well within his rights to do so, and the school may be open to a lawsuit. I guess we’ll see.
Todd doesn’t strike me as being vindictive; he’s more even-tempered, the occasional outburst notwithstanding. I think it’s more that he’s in protective-parent mode right now and wants to fully understand the situation.
Her pink eyes scare the hell out of me. I’m not trying to be mean, they just REALLY stand out and that’s all I can see on this page lol they’re scary looking.
but the peachcoloured eyes make her so CUTE! I LOVE her eyes! really dislike her hairstyle though >.< Not badly made, just don't share taste with her apparently ^^
Jessie Flower? Like Toph’s voice actress? XD
oh no, has Jessie been crying? under her eyes look red.
On the off chance that you’re not joking, Jessie’s albino.
What, albino? No, Dave just held the camera at the wrong angle and her eyes came out eerie red colour…
I hope she’s not albino; they look gorgeous but that genetic package usually comes with a whole lot of health problems even beyond sun-sensitivity. I wouldn’t wish that on Jessie. She’s one of my favorite characters in the strip.
Not that calling her one of my favorite characters is exactly fervid praise, since I have twenty-some favourite characters so far…
Jessie is indeed an albino.
Ah. Is that another cause of her understanding for kids who feel ‘different’?
Tell me, does Jessie need to take special precautions to go out in the daylight? Contact lenses, extra sunscreen, things like that? I can’t recall whether any of the characters ever mentioned ‘she always smells of summer’ or something similar. ^^
Are the circles under her eyes related or unrelated? I hadn’t noticed them before, and I’ve never heard of them being associated with albinism, but I haven’t done much reading on the subject either.
Just for future reference, some albinos (not all) have pink pupils in their eyes. No pigmentation to turn them blue, or green, or brown, or grey. The whites of their eyes are white, just like everybody else’s.
Many albinos have the usual range of eye colors, just no pigmentation in the skin or hair.
just to clarify…you mean the iris, right? the pupil is black, and the coloured thing around it is the iris. wich in some albinoes is pinkish/redisk due the no pigmentation letting the background colour of the bloodvessels through. atleast that’s the explanation I’ve gotten about them sometimes having pinkish irises…
and no, I am not saying this to be picky or rude or anything, just don’t want ppl being confused between iris and pupil 🙂
Gasp! 4E! Shun the Fourth Edition!
Yeah, go Pathfinder. ^^
Picking fights with any kid who has been nicknamed “Big” is a sure recipe for disaster unless you’re VERY good at fighting, or very quick on your feet. ^^;
It’s going to be very interesting when Todd, Selkie and Amanda find out that Amanda is Todd’s biological daughter, with all the hatred that Amanda has been brewing between herself and Selkie. Traumatically so, I suspect… Oh, dear.
When it comes out. And we all know it will. I’m seeing at least one; “I’m the REAL daughter.” confrontation on the horizon.
Huh I had no idea she was albino. Still though, those eyes man. Gives me the shivers! Maybe it’s because she looks very tired/manic though.
Oh and just for future reference. Do you reject fanart? I mean, certain things, are they just not permitted? I’m not talking about porn fanart. I mean if I were to draw Selkie in Panty and Stocking style, would you be opposed to it since it’s a fairly sexual show? That and the clothing style is a little promiscuous looking. Also I wouldn’t know how to make her flat chested in that style. I guess it’s simple enough, but I think pointy boobs are funny as hell and fun to draw.
It would really depend on the drawing. I’d have to see it to make an informed decision. That being said, if it is closer to PG-13 than R I would probably share it with an NSFW link instead of a direct showcase. As I said, though, how I treat it depends on the drawing itself. Feel free to email it to me and I’ll give it a look.
Well I don’t have something right this moment. I will when I do though.
I hope it won’t be too rude of me to offer an art pointer. I think this page is lovely and quite well done, but it will make the eyes look more natural and focused if you draw the pupils slightly toward the center. I find it helps to imagine two lines showing the line of sight of each eye crossing at the point the person is focusing on.
Did Jesse get fired, she looks like she’s been crying, and all the stuff she’s carrying, did she empty out her desk?