I was so happy to draw this page because I got to draw something with light and stuff.
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Para-Ten is an online graphic novel created by William Gibbons (Ashwara). It is about a girl who was washed down a river and winds up far from home. She embarks on a journey home, encountering fantastic things, beautiful things, horrible things, disgusting things. It is an exploration of balance, patience, and courage.
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William N. Gibbons is the creator of Para-Ten. He inks the comic with a brush and colours it in Photoshop with a Wacom tablet. William is currently attending the Art Institute of Boston (at Lesley University), heading towards a BFA in Animation. Feel free to E-mail him with comic related stuff, philosophical quandries, etc.
For more illustration: view his deviantArt
Paveline would appreciate any help on her journey home. The current incentive is this wallpaper. Request desired size after donating and I'll send it to you!
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Nice page. The light colors look simple, yet beautiful.
Keep it up!
It’s beautiful. I love the ocean <3
I hope we get to see more of it
okay, I love this page, but I have one issue with it.
You have her exclaiming “the ocean?!”, and have a nice frame where we can see where she is, but you aren’t showing us the ocean. The house could be on a river or a lake, for all we know.
Show us, don’t tell us.
I think a better from would be either 1) pulling back more so you could see more of the water and see that yes, it is indeed the ocean or 2) show her view out the window where we see the ocean. I would personally like the first option, because I really do like the frame you have and you have a really nice composition going on in it.
Well I wanted to kind of show and tell. I thoguht the context of the house was more important than an actual view of the ocean. I think that based on the envirnment it’s clear that the ocean is there, and the magic of comics is that you can reinforce ideas shown in images with words.
Also in the next page is a shot behind her with an actual view of the ocean. The curses of updating one page at a time. Ha ha.
You do have good points though, and it’s something I thought about myself. I will roll it around in my head a little.
P.S> I think I figured out how to make replies appear like a thread!
I really like the layout of this page, and how one can almost feel the difference of sunlight outside through the picture.
(Also, I want to live in a house like that. Meow.)
nice pacing… keep them coming
Thank you! Pacing was a big problem on my old comic, so I tried to combat that here. So I’m glad it’s going well to you! Ha ha.
Okay, I see what you are saying
I am sure with the next page it will make more sense hahaha
I just wanted to offer some friendly critique to make this comic ~*the best in can be*~
Whoa… LOVE that last panel!
Uwaaah! The shot of… P… p–… “Plunkard”?! “Pleinar”? “Plainer”? Uh, the cute main character looking out the window is so cute! *w*
I have to agree with Lauren here, the exclamation “ocean” without us actually seeing it struck me as something quite weird at the first sight. When I think about it, maybe in comic the visual is more important part that the words? But apart from that, I love this comic… I’m sucker for stories about journeys… and your drawing style is really beautiful and original.
It reminds me of Link’s grandmother’s house from LOZ: Wind Waker.