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Chapter: Chapter 5: Fledging
Well that’s not ominous at all.
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In the geek sector, I am enjoying Kirby: Planet Robobot. I like that Kirby games are very creative and charming but a lot easier than Mario platformers. I really like a lot of platformers, but I also really stink at that genre as a whole. Timed jumps and spikepits aren’t my friends.
I’m also having fun with Tearaway Unfolded and LittleBig Planet 3 on the PS4. I’m decent at Tearaway and had 100%ed the Vita entry, but as much as I also like LBP, I kinda REALLY suck at that one. Nevermind, though, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry’s voices make all the frustration worth it. XD
So it is him. I dare to say I…
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Ka-lled it.
Pardon the terrible pun, I just couldn’t help it 🙂 So there we have it. One question answered, half a dozen new ones replacing it instead. Yay for more mysteries!
I really like this page. It’s not a big surprise (I mean, if I put it together, anyone else can too, haha) but there’s still power behind it. The background is great, too, it tells a story by itself. You wouldn’t need to see any previous pages to recognise that Ka is the leader here or at least someone high-ranked. I love this detail that blends into the background without being hidden in any way, and it’s done quite well here! Also, the general atmosphere of a thunderstorm is captured so well here, especially the colour palette! (this is somewhat of a pet peeve of mine when it comes to art, so I’m happy to see it done well here x)
If I may mention one thing I’m not such a fan of, it’d be Sleet’s head here, or rather, the way it’s blurred. It works well at adding a feeling of depth, but for some reason it draws attention, and once you focus on him it becomes somewhat uncomfortable. No idea how to improve that, sorry; perhaps blurring him slightly less, or making his nose sharper than the rest of his head?
Agh, I thought I’d responded to this days ago, then just remembered my response got lost when my wi-fi hiccupped (which it does a lot, maybe it needs to hold its breath?).
Firstly, thanks you (sincerely!) for an honest and polite critique! The internet often only goes two ways: YOUR STUFF IS 200% PERFECT or THAT LOOKS SO AWFUL, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? And I find both pretty irritating. I do agree with you that the blurring feels off – it’s a technique I still feel I haven’t really nailed yet. I’m probably not going to go back and adjust this page only because if I go in to fix one thing, it usually dissolves into hours of frivolous adjustments. The curse of being a perfectionist! But I will be trying to improve on that in future pages. 🙂
I’m glad you like the storm effect, though I didn’t think storms were that difficult to depict? Then again, I love rain and as a kid often sat outside on our porch watching flash lighteningstorms blow through. Until my mum would drag me inside because lightening was striking in our yard and branches could well start flying off the trees… Haha, country life adventures!