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So that’s the end of this week.
I hope you’ve enjoyed meeting these rock giants.
I’ve been so excited to introduce you to them.
Next week…well….I guess I’ll leave it a surprise.
In the meantime.
Rather than posting some old designs for Dreamland. I thought I’d “doodle” a bit in photoshop for today’s vote incentive.
This is just a photo I had for reference. The girl reminded me of Nastajia. So I simply painted over her and had some fun.
A bit more photo manipulation than it is painting.
Just a fun 15 minutes of doodling in photoshop.
Hope you like.
Have a great weekend.
And see you all on Monday!
Scott
HAHAHAHA!
If we don’t have to? Hmmm. *giggles.* The potential threat is being left to hang out in the open!
Absoballyloutly LOVE the rock giants Scott.
ANd photoshop truly does work wonders, doesn’t it?
good gravy. now THAT is a vote incentive.
Alternate dialog:
Panel 3: Are you retarded?
Panel 4: Maybe you shouldn’t’ve given him a sword then…
I would love to see the original of that photo too for reference… ^_^
Really, Alex. You should have remembered that, seeing how you HAVE A ROCK GIANT FRIEND!
Vote incentive was *amazing.* I’ve never wanted to visit DreamLand more than right now. And now I see that the new eye color is perfect. Any chance of getting her in the Centaur Village outfit on the cover of one of the books?
Loved the threat, and I agree with Sahari about seeing the original photo 😛
Shouldn’t Alex know better by now? I mean, he only GREW UP with one of them. Way to have faith in your friends Alex!
awww, how cute! “not if we don’t have to” together with those expressions makes me think there’s an unspoken “please don’t make us, ewww” there. 😉
the last panel might miss a “duh”… then again, I’m not sure they know he knows a rock giant. 😀
but maybe there’ll be a “duh” moment for alex first thing next week. 🙂
LOL scott you owe me a new monitor.
i was drinking some soda and when i saw that i just laughed hard and totally forgetting i was drinking my soda.
hehe so funny was his response after few seconds
I allow myself to cherry-pick. My comment is to be understood as a small detail within a webcomic close to perfection!
I was just wondering – if you get the chance of a “version 2” of the scenario for animation, the only small detail I would change is by Alex:
It’s fine to have an immature Alex that grow into adulthood and maturity during his adventures. But Alex bis eing consistently stupid (understand: not “spontaneous” or “thoughless” but just dumb, definitively lower brainpower, to the point that I wonder how he got to college – unless there are special colleges for stoopid people in his country; but then why would Dan also be there?).
That’s disturbing and this sorts of hampers the empathy the reader develops with a character, which is very important for enjoying the story. For myself, I can empathy for Dan, Nicole or Nas, but definetly not for Alex.
My 2 cents…
Rock Giant: “We’re vegetarians. So you would still be on the menu.”
Alex: “HEY!!!”
Hey Scott did you use a photo of Megan Fox(Transformers1 &2)as a model for Nastajia or is it someone else? Sahari is right,you should post the original pic!
Definitely!! I can see why Alex goes ga-ga for Nastaja!
And we have a winner!
The winning mascot choice is. . . . .. . RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE!
Would anyone like to try making a logo for Winsor McCay University? Preferably something that could be used as a t-shirt logo.
Well, I reckon he’s dumb for the sake of comic relief sometimes.
Can’t blame Alex nor Scott. Its story-telling. btw: what the rush? I rather enjoy Alex having his dumb moments than an over-mature, sober guy who doesna even know how to spell “smile”.
“Vegetarian”… Hm… I can’t remember fully, they eat trees right? But then what about our ‘other’ favorite rock monster from the never-ending story? Is eating stone like being a vegetarian? The stones might have vegetation inside so… But then again… What do you call someone on rock diet? Rocketarian? Rock-et-eer? Stone-hearted? Dang i will think about this all weekend.
Petrarian. B-)
I like Alex the way he is. He can clearly handle himself in the rough situations now, he knows he needs to protect Nastajia, and from the training montage, he’s making progress in his training to be a warrior and fight for Dreamland, so yesterday’s “dumb” moment is more like his personal nature. I think even Nastajia prefers that he has moments like these, though it might result in playful teasing or scolding.
Oh. Um.
I can’t post here.
She’s um….nekkid.
🙂
Understandable.
I compare Alex to Neo of the Matrix.
He questioned everything. Couldn’t understand much that Morpheus taught. Muddled his way through the movie. Only once in a while gaining a new power or a bit more knowledge.
His biggest lines were….
“Whoa”
“Trinity! I need you!”
“I know Kung Foo”
Etc.
But when you see the movie in a whole. It’s not so disturbing.
Part of this may be the “one page at a time” method of reading.
No. Not Megan Fox.
Oh and if the vote incentive pic is the result of “doodling” in Photoshop, I’d LOVE to see what you come up with when you sit down and expect to make ART. That pic is BEAUTIFUL. I’d love to see a similar (ish) design if the movie turns out to be animated.
Nastajia exist! Please, Scott, introduce her to me. I will paint my hair to look more like Alex 🙂
Best vote incentive you ever put up to date Scott! P.S. you mentioned somewhere you wanted to do the Dreamland Chronicles as a Live action movie rather than CGI and I could not see it until this vote incentive. now I am energized and excited about it.
great incentive Scott. I’d leave that link up for several continuous days, my guess is you’ll rocket up the chart. Good realistic translation for Nastajia.
you know, you can crop it to just a head shot like 😛
Is it possible this was the person that inspired Nastajia? She is lovely. Whoever she may be, I bet she would love to have a copy of your drawing. I’m sure she would be thrilled.
Wow, incredible work on the vote incentive. Any chance you were a fan of Diana Ross as Wonder Woman while growing up? That was teh first actress to pop in to my head for the role, because she also had killer eyes.
LOL. Priceless….
Hey! What are you doing looking at nekkid pictures anyway? Does Donna know about this?
Oh, wait, you’re an artist. Nude modeling studies and all that. Never mind. Carry on.
🙂
Ha. Yes. One of the perks. I don’t get beaten up for having nude pictures.
🙂
But honestly. After 4 years of nude figure drawing. You really don’t see naked men or women the same way again.
I’m really no fun at bachelor parties.
That’s a possibility.
Oh, no. Just some random girl who looked like how I sketch her when I draw her.
I really like how the Rock Giant personality comes across on this page. It emphasizes how they are pacifists at heart.
I was a bit concerned that rock giants would come across as a copy of Peter Jackson’s Ents. I’m glad to see they have a completely different personality.
Did you mean Lynda Carter?
That vote incentive was great. Whoever the model was she is beautiful!
I love the rock giants too.
I agree! I love all the other vote incentives too… but this one is different and you did an excellent job on it =D
Yep! This is how I interpreted it. After all, Rock Giants aren’t just vegetarians, they’re also pacifists. The idea that the “Not if we don’t have to.” line implied a threat really doesn’t gibe with the way they’ve been just standing around staring at him blankly most of the time since Alex appeared. I took it as more of a “You don’t actually WANT us to do that, do you? Cuz I don’t think any of us would like that.” type of thing.
How close was the final tally? When I voted the Terrible Tachyons were tied with the Rodents of Unusual Size at 17 votes apiece with the remaining option trailing closely at 16 votes.
Rodents of Unusual Size 40% (36)
Brook Trouts 27% (25)
Terrible Tachyons 33% (30)
Heheheheheheheh!
“Not if we don’t have to”
Just love that line!
I agree, I love the “Not if we don’t have to line.” And I ROFL at Brent’s and Silverwolf’s comment. I, too, LOVE the vote incentive.
*cracks up laughing*
Yes, that is one of the greatest PERKS of this line of work. 🙂
Ahahahahaa…. aaaaah… beautiful.
God I looove the ‘We’re Vegetarians’ rock giant.
I just imagine him with this deeeep voice, you know, like the guy from The Green Mile… the one with powers… ummmm… ok, you get the pic.
Asides, they look at each other like ‘is he serious? he is… is he???’. 😛
that cracked me up. lol no fun at bachelor parties, bah, im sure you’re tons of fun *nods*
anyways. i guess that is a perk of being an artist…wish i was that skilled so i can have that excuse (kidding) though i am actually pretty skilled now than i was back in 6th grade. x3
Scott, if that vote incentive is your “doodling”… Wow…
vegetarians? i thought they ate rocks?
btw, nastajia was hot in that picture.
Aw, I understand both of you. It’s part of the hero’s journey. Odysseus travelled it, Sigurd traveled it, Frodo traveled it! The characters in these pieces of lore, well they changed over time. Odysseus was too pridefull, Sigurd was too arogant,and Frodo…well he sacrificed everything…um Samwise traveled it, he went from being timid to being “Samwise the Brave.” So, Alex has to travel his journey. And just a few weeks ago he decided to set goals for himself and not be selfish. I say that’s major progress on his part!
Yay!!! um…I could try…don’t know how good it would be, and I definatally don’t know how I would post it….. maybe I shouldn’t do it…
they eat rocks in the neverending story. And when I think about it, they are better like this, eating rocks just kinda seems like canabalizim
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!! 😀
AWESOME dramatic pause. 😀 😀
Logo ideas:
Dream big!
Soar into your Dreams!
Where Dreams come true!
Well, I was going to ask if the picture was what Donna would like if she were Nastaljia, but now that seems a bit awkward to ask considering additional details that were revealed about the rest of the picture. I like the fact that the vote incentive itself is still G-rated, though.
Lithovore, instead of carnivore, herbivore, insectivore, or omnivore. Lithic being, I think, the Latin for ‘stone’.
Petrolithic refers to the stone where oil deposits are found, paleolithic refers to items of the stone age, and so on.
Then again, to a species that are herbivores, carnivores would seem like cannibals, since they’re eating others like themselves in that they’re eating other animals. Often including eating the truly intelligent types, the herbivores!
Ethical vegetarians have my respect for their stance, (an Ethical vegetarian being a person who CHOOSES to no longer eat meat for ethical reasons), a medically mandated vegetarian has my sympathy because of having no choice but to give up meat, but me, I’m a proud omnivore. I like a good steak or poultry, can take or leave seafood, but I’ll get into a fight to keep my salads and veggies.
Sure! Give it a try! The logo should have the college name “Winsor McCay University”, the mascot, and the mascot name (R. O. U. S. for short if size is a problem). If you want to add a slogan like the ones suggested below, go for it!
The best way to post is to upload it at imageshack.us then post the URL that you receive.
I second that.
And the “We’re vegetarians” rock giant I heard with a really high, unimposing voice.
correct. technically lithics in anthropology are considered to be “worked” stone however. i suppose if you eat it it is worked
me, omnivore as well.
And mice are very intelligent, if you get my reference
LOL! I was looking up rodents of unusual size for inspiration, and there was a picture of Prince Humperdink. The implication is magnanimous given Humperdink’s personality.
Just a thought for everyone who wonders why Alex doesn’t know the rock giants are vegetarians: yes, he grew up knowing Paddington, but he didn’t spend every waking moment with Paddington. (Actually, technically, he didn’t spend any waking moment with Paddington … ) Alex the kid popped in and out of Dreamland sporadically. Isn’t it possible, and maybe even reasonable, that rock giants, or maybe even just rock giant children, are a little shy about eating around other people, and Paddington only ate when Alex wasn’t around? So it’s entirely possible that Alex has never seen Paddington eat.
Food for thought, eh?
😉
Also, don’t forget to keep voting through the weekend! http://topwebcomics.com/vote/4274/default.aspx
WAHAHAAHAAAAAAAA -sniff- *>-<*** I wanna be a slow reader wahahaaaa
Offstage: Mrs. Rumblebottom, the very giant even for a giant, mother is furious at Nicodeamus for trying to hurt her son and her son’s friends.
See here:
http://yfrog.com/jmmrsrumblebottomj
PS: I did this on something called HeroMachine, it’s really cool.
salad & veggies = what food eats
😉
You made that with HeroMachine? Cool! Which one did you use? I didn’t recognize the pose …
http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine2/
(I use these a lot for character portraits for RPG characters, since this is about the only way I can “draw” a character … )
You don’t necessarily have to be very smart to get into college in the U.S. — I would know, since I teach community college. I agree with your point about reader empathy, though.
That is wonderful!
*pfffft*
So true XD
Its the new 3.0 version, its still has kinks that are being worked out, and the guy is still adding stuff. Body, Male alternative.
Thanks! ^^
I did my gravatar on it.
Here’s the link for 3.0
http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/
I like their way of thinking; Do we HAVE to eat you? Well, we’d prefer not to but if you put up too much of a fuss…
That and HOLY COW! That’s what I call incentive alright. For us, for Alex, anybody with eyes…
Wow, I love how great Alex’ armour has become. The reflection is incredibly smooth.
And oooh!! that Nastajia looks a lot like my girl! =D
Your girl has blue hair and pointy ears!? 😯
(Just kidding … lucky dog … )
😉
the realistic nastajia vote incentive is gone!
could you post somewhere else for those who missed it can see it?
please and thank you
PS art: AWESOME
Vegetarian rocks: Very awesome xD Don’t know why, but I already love these guys! They just seem…like pretty cool peeps.
You might find what you’re looking for in the Dreamland Wiki …
😉
@Scott: I deliberately didn’t post a direct link to the pic’s location in the wiki, because I remember you had a problem with someone putting up a past vote incentive on another site. So if you object, let me know and I’ll quietly remove it; otherwise, I can go ahead and post the link for those who missed it (or not, and we can leave it as a scavenger hunt to draw people to the wiki!). Totally your call!
cute facial expressions on dem giants
I bow to you master scholar. 😀