Now this is a page I struggled a little with. Worried it might come off as too minimalist. Or too dramatic. Or too hard to interpret.
In the end I decided this was the best way to show Tanna’s inner feelings. Her depression spiraling down. It may be a bit dramatic but when you’re a teenager you just feel your feelings a lot stronger.
Sometimes the smallest things feel like the end of the world.
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I bet every teenager can relate to the past few pages.
You try something hard.
You see progress.
Someone makes fun, because they don’t see the progress.
You’re mortified.
I think under “too much drama” you meant tears in the first panel. But I think I little shiny-sparkly bit on the lower-side of her eye would do no bad. But in the same time it might seem too much. I really don’t know right now. I guess you should try and copy it and make a teary-eyed version to see the difference. It’s really up to you.
On the whole, well done. You fail to disappoint me.
PS. I’m the kind of person who is NOT easily amused.
@Daniil
Glad you’re enjoying it so far.
For this I really pulled on my experiences as a teenager. It was like you don’t know what emotions truly are until you go through those “magical years”. You not only have to cope with everything changing and everyone expecting you to “act like an adult” but along with that you have to learn how to control these emotions that are constantly exploding inside of you.
I think that’s something most of us can relate to.
I personally liked it being dramatic because that’s honestly how I felt sometimes. Just didn’t know how it would go over with the readers. XP
I don’t think it’s too minimalist or too dramatic, save for the simple fact that this is only the tenth strip. Kinda early to hit us with something like this, don’t you think?
@Marscaleb
That’s something I thought about before going this far. The way I figured it was I’m planning on playing with drama and emotions throughout my story so I decided it would be better to do it from the get go instead of presenting a light-hearted story then suddenly doing a 180 with the dramu. I want the readers to know what they’re getting into from the beginning.
I really want to avoid Cerberus Syndrome.
Nothing is quite as depressing as an eternal void mocking you.
elf teens… so is she like 70 or something? or do elves grow faster in this universe? lol
Explained in one of the filler pages later.
This is so, so true. This is why I’m reading this comic and working on its TV Tropes page. It’s because it strikes a chord with me, and it’s something I can relate to. (It’s also because it’s funny as anything and actually interesting, but that’s less relevant when I’m looking at this strip.)
Anyway, your use of black space is something I haven’t seen to that extent before, and it works very well.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
It’s really flattering that you say that my comic is something you can relate to. I try really hard to explore real emotions and capture them on the page. And even though my characters are ‘fantasy’ I really want them to come across as ‘real people’.
AND I really, really appreciate your work on the TV Trope page!! Going to all the extra effort… WOW! Thank you so much!!!