Forest fire: an ABR backstory.

[CrimsonAngel]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g27-5.png
Updates Saturdays... and sometime Sunday.
archives
The begining (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g5-1.png)
Introductions (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g6.png)
Don't say it- (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g29-1.png)
She warned you.. (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g2737.png)
You sure? (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g558.png)
D'oh! (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g526.png)
God, not again (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/8.png)


Banners
Put this in a spoiler when it's in your sig. (by me.)
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g2-5.png
By Sneak
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5127/forestfire.gif
By Trakerhttp://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq355/g24601/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.gif
By the_Q
http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpbex.png

[CrimsonAngel]

First comic! (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g5-1.png)

Comments?

[Nameless]

I like the art.
It's very playful. :smallsmile:

[CrimsonAngel]

I'm trying to make up for the fact this is my third comic. :smallfrown:

new comic... (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g6.png)

From now on, it'll update saturdays and sometimes sunday.

[The Neoclassic]

I like the art, but why are all the lines a little bit squigley and uneven? Like, on the characters, they are slightly bumpy... ?

[CrimsonAngel]

I like the art, but why are all the lines a little bit squigley and uneven? Like, on the characters, they are slightly bumpy... ?

Hmm? If it's the trees, ground, hair, and staff, it's because I drew all thoes myself, and the trees and ground is like that because trees and dirt isn't perfectly strait. :smallconfused:

If that's not it, could you please tell me?

[Lyinginbedmon]

Point of note: You don't need to note every piece of movement with a line, we can be allowed to assume his arm moved without there being a line indicating it.

[Traker]

I like it. The spoiler go's in my sig.

[CrimsonAngel]

@Nameles:Cool, thanks. :smallsmile:

@Lying: Noted.

@Traker: What spoiler goes in your sig?

[The Neoclassic]

Hmm? If it's the trees, ground, hair, and staff, it's because I drew all thoes myself, and the trees and ground is like that because trees and dirt isn't perfectly strait. :smallconfused:

If that's not it, could you please tell me?

It's not in how you drew the lines (I'm not saying your drawing is sloppy) it just looks like when the drawing was exported, rendered, or resized, the smoothness on the lines (all of them, it looks like) was lost slightly. Like, when you change a filetime to a jpg, you know how sometimes it'll make everything look a little bit fuzzy and uneven? Kinda like that. I didn't notice it with your previous comic; are you using a different program or resizing things differently?

Anyway, the lack of smoothness is pretty subtle, and if I'm the only one seeing it, maybe I'm just going crazy...

[CrimsonAngel]

It's not in how you drew the lines (I'm not saying your drawing is sloppy) it just looks like when the drawing was exported, rendered, or resized, the smoothness on the lines (all of them, it looks like) was lost slightly. Like, when you change a filetime to a jpg, you know how sometimes it'll make everything look a little bit fuzzy and uneven? Kinda like that. I didn't notice it with your previous comic; are you using a different program or resizing things differently?

Anyway, the lack of smoothness is pretty subtle, and if I'm the only one seeing it, maybe I'm just going crazy...
Did you click on the comic to zoom in? :smallamused:

[CrimsonAngel]

She broke the fourth wall. (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g29-1.png)

[Traker]

@Traker: What spoiler goes in your sig?

Oops I ment to say banner.:tongue:

[CrimsonAngel]

Oops I ment to say banner.:tongue:

Thanks. :smallsmile:

[Lyinginbedmon]

Wow, do Orcs have seriously bad peripheral vision or something? Couldn't they have just gone around the wall? Or even fired over it?

:smallbiggrin:

[CrimsonAngel]

*witty coment about how the wall is miles long and I spent to much time mking look cool, I didn't actualy think about that.* Theres- um -People- there and- um- they have bug- um weapons and- um- big animals?


Orcs are stupid.

[The Neoclassic]

Did you click on the comic to zoom in? :smallamused:

I clicked on it once to follow the link but I didn't zoom in at all. It probably is some sort of display issue though... Dunno why my computer hates your comic so. :smalleek:

[CrimsonAngel]

You have to click on the comic, after you click the link.

[Falgorn]

Nice comic, Crimson. Good to see somone else making a backstory comic, so I'm not alone! Oh, and the fist comic is done for me.

[VampireRot]

Nicely made comic, but I do not totally agree to it due do its main charecter being a druid. :smallannoyed: Go orcs! Kill those tree-huggers! Muhahhahahhaha!

Well sense its opposite alignment week, I shall present my good sides views...

Excelent comic! I like the goat people (Fawns?). Go team Good! :smallsmile:

[CrimsonAngel]

Nicely made comic, but I do not totally agree to it due do its main charecter being a druid. :smallannoyed: Go orcs! Kill those tree-huggers! Muhahhahahhaha!

Well sense its opposite alignment week, I shall present my good sides views...

Excelent comic! I like the goat people (Fawns?). Go team Good! :smallsmile:

Your gunna find out why Derik hates vampires.

[Shades of Gray]

At first I thought the paper said "Drink Daily", a reference to the satyrs. :smalltongue:

[VampireRot]

Your gunna find out why Derik hates vampires.

Sweet! I hope they murder his friends and/or family! Or burn down his forest! Or kick a bunny rabbit!

Thats not very nice, I hope the vampires are killed by Derik! Such abominations should not exist in this world!

[The Blackbird]

Cool, another ABR backstory:smallsmile:

But... Crimson Angel you are gonna finish this one right? Could not help to notice that you have had two other fancomics that all just stopped

[CrimsonAngel]

At first I thought the paper said "Drink Daily", a reference to the satyrs. :smalltongue:

I reread that and I realized the news paper went from "Druid daily" to "Daily Druid". :smallconfused:

And the heading went from "Orcs advance" to "another village"

[The Neoclassic]

You have to click on the comic, after you click the link.

:smallredface:

Thanks very much!

[CrimsonAngel]

Anyone feel like a baner contest? Winner gets a cameo apperence as an evil guy? And a trophey?

Note: If you are in ABR, your character probably never interacted with Derik in his or her backstory. If someone in ABR wins, post a different character. Try not to make it to complicated. (that means you fayt)

[Sneak]

Well, here's a quickie banner. Just something I wanted to try out.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5127/forestfire.gif

I can make it prettier later. Especially the text, that needs to be messed with.

Was in a generous and artistic mood. :)

[CrimsonAngel]

oooo. *poke*

[Lemming]

Well, here's a quickie banner. Just something I wanted to try out.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5127/forestfire.gif

I can make it prettier later. Especially the text, that needs to be messed with.

Was in a generous and artistic mood. :)

*Eyes pop out of head*
Prettier?! How are you gonna do that??!! :smallwink:

[CrimsonAngel]

I made this while I was gone.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g2737.png

Also I'll add the character bios I made to the first post.

[Nameless]

Yay! Action time! *waits*

[Darklord Bright]

Well, your art is really good in my opinion, but your writing could use some improvement. There were some fairly easily avoidable mistakes in these comics (Such as "Loose" instead of "Lose", or "Were" instead of "Where") but for the most part they are fairly understandable mistakes. Other than that it's just some basic grammatical errors that make it a bit hard to register what message the character is trying to convey at that moment (Like a sentence being said in the opposite order someone would in all likelihood say it). As a starter, I would simply recommend running all of your sentences through Word or something before you use them, but even Word can get it wrong, so use it wisely. Or just get someone to look through it before you finalize it.

Other than that though, I really do like your comics, so don't take offence to anything said - it wasn't meant in a derogatory way, I'm merely trying to help. :smallwink:

[The Neoclassic]

Or just get someone to look through it before you finalize it.

Beta time again? :smallbiggrin:

[CrimsonAngel]

Beta time again? :smallbiggrin:

Yes, yes it is.

[CrimsonAngel]

comic 5 (http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g558.png)

I accidentaly posted the wrong link last time. Enjoy.

Comments?

[Gourtox]

Yay! I'm in a comic! Awesome comic by the way.

[Mad Mask]

One thing I don't like about the art is that the characters all seem to have scruffy, untidy or too much hair that covers too much of their head. Also, I find that the characters look too much like plush toys, and the art seems ragged and uneven, looking more like scribblings than comics.

[T-O-E]

Yeah, there's definitely an issue with the hair.
Try to add/straighten/alter some nodes.

[CrimsonAngel]

Ah. I dry the hair with meh tablet.

[Mad Mask]

Does Inkscape have Simplify ? It's an easy option when you lines are ragged like Crimson's.

[CrimsonAngel]

Does Inkscape have Simplify ? It's an easy option when you lines are ragged like Crimson's.

It looses shape and turns circular.

[CrimsonAngel]

Inkscape is eating up my memory, I'll go delete stuff I don't need no more, then I can work on making the comics longer again.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g526.png

EDIT: fixed the number.

[Assassin89]

Very bad M. Night Shymalan impersonation?
Check.
That was random.

[Person1123]

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq289/person_1123/forestfire.png

A banner for your contest, Crimson. I want to be a random chaotic villain!

Oh, and if it weren't for the spelling, this would be great!

[CrimsonAngel]

Mayme a little smaller?

[Green-Shirt Q]

Anyone feel like a baner contest?

Copycat. I was the first to do that with My Name is Q. :smallannoyed::smalltongue:

Anyway, your comics are looking pretty good, so far. I think I'll post a banner later. Keep up the good work.

[Traker]

My banner (sorry if its not very good I'm trying though)

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq355/g24601/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.gif (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5912326#post5912326)


he made that Hut/tent thing

[Green-Shirt Q]

I have made a banner for the contest. With Kathey. I had to do this from memory because the forums were down, so excuse the imperfections.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpbex.png

[CrimsonAngel]

I have made a banner for the contest. With Kathey. I had to do this from memory because the forums were down, so excuse the imperfections.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpbex.png

:smalleek:/:smallamused:

[The Blackbird]

I have made a banner for the contest. With Kathey. I had to do this from memory because the forums were down, so excuse the imperfections.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpbex.png

On one of the threads I remember seeing the "Q Official Seal of Disgust" For this you need a "Q Official Seal of Awsome":smallbiggrin:

[Green-Shirt Q]

On one of the threads I remember seeing the "Q Official Seal of Disgust" For this you need a "Q Official Seal of Awsome":smallbiggrin:

I currently give out "Official Q Seals of Approval" to anything that is made entirely by me or has my characters appear in it. The seal of disgust was a one-time thing.

And I don't think I would give seals to myself. That's a little weird.

Also, thanks. To be honest, the girl in the banner is actually a sprite I modified a little, so I didn't entirely make it.

[CrimsonAngel]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/untitled-2.jpg

[The Blackbird]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/untitled-2.jpg

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT:... KAHN!!!

[Bayar]

I have made a banner for the contest. With Kathey. I had to do this from memory because the forums were down, so excuse the imperfections.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2qnpbex.png

It would have been more awesome if you would have drawn it entirely by yourself and not copy paste edit something from the internets.

[Green-Shirt Q]

It would have been more awesome if you would have drawn it entirely by yourself and not copy paste edit something from the internets.

I am aware.

But since I got into Sprite comics, where I do nothing BUT take stuff from the internet and edit it, the habit is a little hard to break I think.

[CrimsonAngel]

Just thought I'de like to share this with you.

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3173544&p=1

(Watch the video.)

[CrimsonAngel]

It's not necromancey if I do it, right?

I'm planning on starting this again, so heres the new templates. If enough people support this idea, it's a go. :smallsmile:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/g74-1.png

[Traker]

YAY. its gona start again. *do's little jigg*

[Keris]

Holy screen stretching image, Crimson! Spoiler plz.

Some notes on your new templates:
The fauns seem stupidly small now, as they were almost human sized before, and they are lacking the backs of their knees, but that may be a stylistic choice on your part. In my opinion the arms of the characters seem too short, and the legs too long, and I think they could do with being a bit thicker. The orcs heads also seem a little too large for their bodies.

[CrimsonAngel]

Back of their knees?

[Keris]

Back of their knees?

This bit:
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z257/kerisrain/path2886.png
The comparative faun is from this comic (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0273.html).

[CrimsonAngel]

Oh well. :smalltongue:

[X2]

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[CrimsonAngel]

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[Silverraptor]

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[CrimsonAngel]

The newer comic 6!
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/CrimsonAngelChris/8.png

[X2]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeey it's back!

Huzzaw!

[CrimsonAngel]

With better art.