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🕑 Added 2021-02-23 04:01:00 +0000 UTCFluctuating Rhoda
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I really like this idea, and if space allowed, my avatar would have shown up in a final panel to praise Rhea for her idea.
Granted, it's a basic "Pinocchio's nose" concept (his nose grew when he lied). Plenty of people have done spins on it, undoubtedly including ones similar to this, so it's not exactly destroying the universe with the power of its originality.
I can still like the idea, darn it, and might do a future storyline in which something like this is the premise.
But TIME...!
I didn't want to fall further behind on my schedule just to indulge this idea, however, and it takes a lot of varied Rhodas to demonstrate this wrong answer. I needed to figure out a way to make this comic quickly, or scrap the idea entirely.
I decided to experiment with layering methods similar to those found in (relatively) low-cost animation. Each Rhoda had a long hair layer, a base layer, and then a layer on top of all that with individualized details.
Given how many individualized details there are, one might expect that not to have helped, but it really sped this up. It's a very contextual thing I can't do all the time (especially since it depends on a mostly static pose), but in situations it could be useful in, I'm going to keep the method in mind.
A New Age
This is something that would have been very difficult to do with my old production style, and that's entirely because I used to ink the thick outlines before everything else. This meant trying to work with layers as described above came with extra complications whenever anything affected those outlines.
Nowadays, the slightly thicker outlines are added as one of the last steps, so that's not an issue at all. This sort of layering nonsense is definitely something I'll be making use of in the future.
Comments
Windscion
Query: In Wednesday, Feb 24, 2021 EGS panel 5, is Ellen petting Elliot's hair? I'm getting vibes of "I will hug him and feed him and call him Elliot."
Steve
I wanna see confident and flirtatious!
M.
Thank you for starting my morning with so many versions of one of my favorite characters. :) Extra curvy Rhoda is the best. Wouldn't mind seeing that in a stand-alone colored version like you did for that one imagine spot of Grace in the change blindness storyline. "I can still like the idea, darn it, and might do a future storyline in which something like this is the premise." Oh I am so much in favor of this. :) Something with Rhoda's magic going haywire, maybe?
Matt R
That extra curvy Rhoda is lovely
Serith
Omg, nervous and really flirty at the same time equals SHORTSTACK! That would be super cute!
Jared Fattmann
My takeaway here is that adorable nervous Rhoda is still fairly flirty. (Well... and if confident Rhoda gets any more flirty, every stitch in that outfit is gonna blow).
Stephen Gilberg
Some guys (not me) have a thing for flat women. That could be a problem for someone like this.
The Sunroses
this is so cute omg... chubby rhoda is adorable <3
