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Oh god, I blew the midnight oil trying to draw this in my first week of class.
I debated so much about the mountie (Pro: Gorgeous swathe of red, Con: Doesn't really make any sense since they don't wear those outfits anywhere besides parades), the decision maker was that as an American, if there's one thing I know about us, it's that we'll assume everything takes place in America unless you include a horrible stereotype to tell people "Hey, this isn't set in America." The audience may be awful, but you have to play to them.
It's the hoariest trick in the book - make the audience sympathize with a protagonist you haven't shared any information about yet by having them have a really shitty day. If it's a real person, I don't like to try to get into their head too much, it doesn't feel right to put it onto paper, you know?
Character (herself?) is © NicNak044
Art is © Liimlsan
Note: Until further notice, the comic is private henceforth at the will of the commissioner. Realizing how it looks, however, I disclaimer that nothing sexual takes place in the cheap hotel room, so do up your trousers and go, as Ché sang.
Oh god, I blew the midnight oil trying to draw this in my first week of class.
I debated so much about the mountie (Pro: Gorgeous swathe of red, Con: Doesn't really make any sense since they don't wear those outfits anywhere besides parades), the decision maker was that as an American, if there's one thing I know about us, it's that we'll assume everything takes place in America unless you include a horrible stereotype to tell people "Hey, this isn't set in America." The audience may be awful, but you have to play to them.
It's the hoariest trick in the book - make the audience sympathize with a protagonist you haven't shared any information about yet by having them have a really shitty day. If it's a real person, I don't like to try to get into their head too much, it doesn't feel right to put it onto paper, you know?
Character (herself?) is © NicNak044
Art is © Liimlsan
Note: Until further notice, the comic is private henceforth at the will of the commissioner. Realizing how it looks, however, I disclaimer that nothing sexual takes place in the cheap hotel room, so do up your trousers and go, as Ché sang.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Comics
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1280 x 1714px
File Size 1.43 MB
Apparently someone in that traffic jam has a horn that goes "fuck" I want THAT on my car
I also wonder about your mixture of B&W and colored sections. Looks a bit like a Frank Miller movie adaption to me. And you could've hinted at the Canadian factor much easier, just let him say "abuut" instead of "about" The red does, though, give the page a strong center, you're right about that.
I also wonder about your mixture of B&W and colored sections. Looks a bit like a Frank Miller movie adaption to me. And you could've hinted at the Canadian factor much easier, just let him say "abuut" instead of "about" The red does, though, give the page a strong center, you're right about that.
You and the entire city of New York, buddy. (I considered "Honk Honk My Darling" and "Car Car Motherfucker" but settled for this one. An expletive out of nowhere is funnier than being offensively clever sometimes.)
I started this in black and white with the idea of just the text and mountie being red, then realized it was just as fast to make colors up on the fly. I do like the effect of that one black and white panel, the frustration having drained all the color out... And the warm gray inside the car next to a cold gray outside... I'm just flattered being compared to Miller, he's one of the only guys these days to use visual storytelling in raw form.
For some unknown reason, it's five or seven times as offensive to make fun of an accent as it is a visual image, it implies "you're not saying it the normal way." English has a problem with proscriptive language, and besides, they write it the same with a few more Britishisms thrown in - fact, it'd probably be better if they simply used their native spelling in the speech balloons instead of a mangled phoneticism. Shaw got about seven pages into Pygmalion before giving up and writing Eliza's Cockney shrieks as English unless needed. Besides, Minnesotans say "aboot" too, so the premise that Americans would ignore the Canada still stands. (Actually, I think I fucked up, since I think Minnesota has all these pine trees, and Ontario doesn't.)
I started this in black and white with the idea of just the text and mountie being red, then realized it was just as fast to make colors up on the fly. I do like the effect of that one black and white panel, the frustration having drained all the color out... And the warm gray inside the car next to a cold gray outside... I'm just flattered being compared to Miller, he's one of the only guys these days to use visual storytelling in raw form.
For some unknown reason, it's five or seven times as offensive to make fun of an accent as it is a visual image, it implies "you're not saying it the normal way." English has a problem with proscriptive language, and besides, they write it the same with a few more Britishisms thrown in - fact, it'd probably be better if they simply used their native spelling in the speech balloons instead of a mangled phoneticism. Shaw got about seven pages into Pygmalion before giving up and writing Eliza's Cockney shrieks as English unless needed. Besides, Minnesotans say "aboot" too, so the premise that Americans would ignore the Canada still stands. (Actually, I think I fucked up, since I think Minnesota has all these pine trees, and Ontario doesn't.)
Well, we don't use kilometers, so the very first panel of the comic should have tipped people off... I'm just bummed that I won't be posting any more of these.
I'm absolutely flattered, digital novice that I am. My commission prices are always negotiable for a friend ^^"
I'm absolutely flattered, digital novice that I am. My commission prices are always negotiable for a friend ^^"
Exposition's a problem of mine - I love verbosity in comics, Calvin and Hobbes was a childhood favorite - but I don't have much faith in my own handwriting. It takes take after take to ink these letters - the Q in Quebec is probably my proudest moment of this whole picture. I'm so glad you enjoy it nonetheless <3
Blame 9/11. My dad's from Detroit, he recalls a childhood of just popping over to Windsor when your older brother wanted to buy beer or get an abortion... Actually, they tightened security during the Vietnam war, trying to catch draft dodgers. And they tightened it before in the early sixties trying to stem the economic collapse when Britain started worldwide trading and American business interests fled. And in WWII for security. And during Prohibition. And during every war before and since, 1812 included. Fact, it's a wonder the borders ever loosen, tightened as they are. Thank the goddess for NAFTA, right? But hey, count your blessings. It's the longest border in the world between two countries, and we're nothing but friendly to them, passive-aggressive though we may be. It has the potential to be way worse.
I've heard tales of border guards letting you through as long as your accent's authentic. As long as you don't add an "AYY" on the end of every sentence like an American, it's obvious where it doesn't belong...
And the Canadian hotels are for people visiting American relatives, the American hotels are for honeymoon couples. The prices aren't there because Canada's cheaper...
I've heard tales of border guards letting you through as long as your accent's authentic. As long as you don't add an "AYY" on the end of every sentence like an American, it's obvious where it doesn't belong...
And the Canadian hotels are for people visiting American relatives, the American hotels are for honeymoon couples. The prices aren't there because Canada's cheaper...
Good job on the mountie; I immediately thought: Wait, something's wrong. Cops don't dress like that. Unless...? Eh!
The pileup, however... It took me a few moments to understand. At first it appeared like a car salvage lot. All cars grayed out = out of order, so it's a trash pile. Why are cops guarding a car salvage? Hmm, interesting. :P
The pileup, however... It took me a few moments to understand. At first it appeared like a car salvage lot. All cars grayed out = out of order, so it's a trash pile. Why are cops guarding a car salvage? Hmm, interesting. :P
It's hard to find reference that isn't Halloween costumes... I'm certain more people wore it for Halloween last year than actual mounties did.
Well, it's Ontario, so the roads are already basically car salvage lots - can't move an inch. Totally out of order. I'm glad it conveyed the chaos, at least! (And it's better than a New York traffic jam, I only needed one "FUCK" per panel.)
I think Ian Ferguson once made fun of their unofficial province song - I'll always love it - "A place to stand (still in the endless traffic jams), a place to grow (uncontrollably in every direction), we call this land (which we have completely paved over) Ontairy-airy-airy-o." What's the statistic, 25% of the entire country lives in that one little ring around the western shore of Lake Ontario? It's crowded.
Well, it's Ontario, so the roads are already basically car salvage lots - can't move an inch. Totally out of order. I'm glad it conveyed the chaos, at least! (And it's better than a New York traffic jam, I only needed one "FUCK" per panel.)
I think Ian Ferguson once made fun of their unofficial province song - I'll always love it - "A place to stand (still in the endless traffic jams), a place to grow (uncontrollably in every direction), we call this land (which we have completely paved over) Ontairy-airy-airy-o." What's the statistic, 25% of the entire country lives in that one little ring around the western shore of Lake Ontario? It's crowded.
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