Comments on: Things Change Starts http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/things-change-starts { Derik Badman's Writing on Comics (mostly) } Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Stephen Frug http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/things-change-starts#comment-4859 Stephen Frug Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:17:09 +0000 http://madinkbeard.com/blog/archives/things-change-starts#comment-4859 I just read the first two episodes. I liked them, but I liked the second a lot more than the first -- it was not only more interesting to me, but I actually thought the drawing was better, too. And since I mistakenly read them out of order (you might want to note that it's the latest strip at the top of the page -- unless you did and I missed it), it also seemed a bit redundant. Two minor comments. First, I found the photo of the books a bit jarring, since it was a photo admist all of the two-color drawings. Interestingly, I didn't find the movie still at all jarring. I'd suggest toning it down somehow -- you could put it in black & white, but less radical solutions might work too. You could simply lessen the contrast a bit, or wash the color out a little. One trick I've used in occational situations is the photoshop watercolor filter -- it makes things just "cartoony" enough to pass. Second, the picture was so big it barely fit on my screen -- but the 3x2 format didn't seem essential. Have you considered 2x3, or just making it smaller, or maybe scaled to the window, or something? Oh, and I love the basic idea -- the following Ovid. It looks great -- I look forward to reading the entire thing! I just read the first two episodes. I liked them, but I liked the second a lot more than the first — it was not only more interesting to me, but I actually thought the drawing was better, too. And since I mistakenly read them out of order (you might want to note that it’s the latest strip at the top of the page — unless you did and I missed it), it also seemed a bit redundant.

Two minor comments. First, I found the photo of the books a bit jarring, since it was a photo admist all of the two-color drawings. Interestingly, I didn’t find the movie still at all jarring. I’d suggest toning it down somehow — you could put it in black & white, but less radical solutions might work too. You could simply lessen the contrast a bit, or wash the color out a little. One trick I’ve used in occational situations is the photoshop watercolor filter — it makes things just “cartoony” enough to pass.

Second, the picture was so big it barely fit on my screen — but the 3×2 format didn’t seem essential. Have you considered 2×3, or just making it smaller, or maybe scaled to the window, or something?

Oh, and I love the basic idea — the following Ovid. It looks great — I look forward to reading the entire thing!

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