Wherein Gregor realizes the trope he has become.
This page was tough for some reason, and I really wasn’t feeling the coloring this time. I think I might just be getting some kind of cabin fever from this scene, which is fortunate since this is the last page of it XD.
On the bright side, Ten is getting easier to draw. People who followed the Livejournal during Chapter 1 might remember how much trouble drawing his face used to give me XD. Now I just need to keep drawing him so I don’t forget how I’ve been doing it :B.
The vote incentive is a bunch of Everblue sketches all in one convenient image file :]
Oh, you may have noticed the new banner up there 
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Thanks for reading!
lol “Why yes. Yes they are. It’s a job requirement”. Oh, Ten…XD Although I have a feeling she’ll somehow or other end up leaving with him now anyway…She did work hard to make that ship.
Even if you weren’t feeling the colorin’ this time, it still came out nice I say. The glass in panel 3 is lovely. I want to touch it… *pokes page*
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 6:54 am
Haha, we shall see :B
Thanks
. Sometimes the coloring comes really easy and I get it done really quick, but other times I seem to forget everything I know and it takes forever… This was just one of those pages for me, I guess XD.
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XD I love Gregor’s face in the last panel. Like an ‘uh…wut’ moment. Awesome!
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 6:55 am
Haha, thanks
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Haha, great line there at the end.
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 6:57 am
Thanks! I made a last-minute change to that line so it would be shorter, more concise XD. Glad you like this one.
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Lol, loving the lampshading there at the end. XD
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 6:58 am
XD Thanks!
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HAHAHAHA XD Ten said at last one big truth xD Ane weeeeeeh! He is back to Mr. Happy xD
Don´t worry Ten, if you run out of patient, just tie her up and throw her on the boat. No one can hear you scream in the middel of the ocean, kakakaka
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Reader Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 3:07 am
>_>….
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:02 am
XDD
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That, Ten, is why they serve alcohol.
Something tells me Gregor’s had a rough time with his family plan. Epileptic tree says mummy-girl is his daughter. I’ll have her related to half the cast before the big reveal. Good to have your bases covered.
Still loving the lighting. The depth it adds has an interesting effect on the Japanesque styles, which tend to be rather flat looking.
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Jess Reply:
December 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Well, with Alvise [or whatever his name is, I'm too lazy to go spell-check] for a son, I’d be a little disappointed, too.. :B
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Random Bird Reply:
December 14th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Was his son already introduced? Can’t believe I forgot that.
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Ilmari Reply:
December 15th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Yeah, that soldier who was standing with Seta in the opening scene and spinning stories about sea-serpents. That’s Gregor’s son.
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Random Bird Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 2:02 am
Ah, I see. Thanks. I’ll have to read that chapter again, I guess.
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:26 am
LoL XD
He did run into some trouble trying to live that life. The military he left behind ended up breaking his family apart. More on that in a later chapter (hopefully) :B.
Clara is everyone’s relative *whatatwist*
Thanks so much :]. Sometimes I feel like I’m not coloring as well as I was a page before — maybe it’s just me XD.
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Random Bird Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Probably just you. As artists improve they begin to see more and more of the flaws in their own work. I’ve often experienced this as an artist, myself. That’s where we get our motivation to improve, after all.
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aj26 Reply:
April 13th, 2012 at 12:23 am
your not an artist if you don’t find flaws in your early work. (because you see it in your head)
the reason i said early work was because they are the ones with the most flaws. some can draw as good as real life.
(may my early sketchbooks burn!)
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Man,I still think I like how the colouring is in this chapter!Verrry atmospherical C:
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Thanks very much :].
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Nice lampshading there. xD
And the hands, you are getting better~ I don’t mean to sound like a 1-track record, but you are getting it down *fast*, subtly using hands and body language to convey meaning as well as the dialog. Everything from the way Gregor holds the dishes to Ten’s playful mannerisms are being captured beautifully. :3
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Thanks very much
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I remember I used to try to do a lot more with the characters hands, even in chapter one, but I think I got sort of lazy after I started coloring everything. Thanks for kicking me back into gear XD
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I can haz adventure tiemz nao? :B
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Haha, almost XD. One more big thing needs to happen in the chapter before the story can leave the city :B
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Bartenders: nature’s psychologists. Or at any rate, humanity’s precursor to psychologists. Love Ten’s line in the last panel, there.
Oh hey, new banner! … and you actually announced it in the comment, too. Bummer, now I can’t show off my observant-ness (*should* be a word*).
Can’t fault your colouring in this page, even though you seem to be unsure about it. But colouring is definitely one of your greatest skills, and perhaps you can detect problems I cannot. I do like the sunlight glow, though.
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Aw, I should have held off on mentioning it to see how many people noticed :B
Thanks
. I’m probably just thinking about it too much. Sometimes I notice little things that I’m doing wrong and they end up bugging me, even though they probably aren’t effecting the whole image as much as I think XD.
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I wonder if he’s happy with the family he has, heheh :3
BUT YES. Gregor knows too much, all this advice on patience with friends and similarity between two “different” people… I’m betting my pocket money he’s a ninja now :B
Maybe a little weird to say, but I like the perspective on the 2nd panel; has a nice view of Gregor’s work space and the other superfluous customers (along with the last panel) :]
Also scrolling down, the double Ten expression panels made me think it was animated for a second XD nice way of making it feel kinda movie like! Ten’s dialog on the last panel just put the icing on the childish cute cake, haha!
Where does Gregor buy those paintings? Heheh I must know 8D (UNLESS HE PAINTED THEM) (that being said he’d be an advice-giving ninja painter/artist bartender) (argh)
pretty, preeeettty shiny glass cup…except on the last panel D: looks like the glass cup is going over to the dark side :c
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 16th, 2010 at 8:43 am
Gregor’s job offers him the unique opportunity to see all kinds of people from this city and others. He’s talked to a lot of different folk and heard their stories, so he knows quite a bit about people… Also, there’s the ninja thing :B.
All the paintings in there were done by a single artist, and may have been donated or traded. I was actually thinking there should be a story behind them, but I haven’t gotten around to that yet XD.
Haha, I wanted to make the glass shiny there too, but I couldn’t justify it with all the shadows XD.
Thanks!
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The look on Gregor’s face seems to me to be saying “Heeeeeeey, I bet I could get my name in the paper with this kind of advice……” either that, or he’s waiting for the WA WA WA WAAAAAAAA sound to kick in. Those were standard in bars around that time, right?
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I stile like your comic. Kep drawing, and i promise ill kep voting
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Thanks :]. I hope you don’t mind that I’ll be focusing on redoing some old chapter two pages for a little while before getting back to new ones. I’ll continue to update the vote incentives with new art though.
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Your art is just awsome!!! It’s like really simple and detailed at the same time! And the story is a page turner, just read the whole thing and I really want to know what happens next!! Keep up the great work!
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 27th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Thanks so much!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the comic so far.
Hehe, unfortunately right now I’m in the middle of redoing a bunch of old pages, but normal updates should resume pretty soon. I hope that’s alright :]
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Haha, don’t know if you’ve ever watched Bones, but there’s a quote from one episode that fits this perfectly. “How do you know these things?”
“Hey, I’m a bartender. I’m practically a psycologist.”
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Blue-Ten Reply:
December 28th, 2010 at 11:26 am
Haha, I think I remember that one
. I try to watch Bones as often as possible :B.
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I love your comic. I just got through it up to this point and can’t wait for more! Keep it coming. Its a really interesting plot with great characters. (and the artwork is fantastic. probably the best i’ve seen on any webcomic) Keep up the great work. Can’t wait to read more.
Also Gregor is a ninja.
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Blue-Ten Reply:
January 13th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Oh, thanks so much!
I’m really glad you’ve enjoyed the comic :]. So sorry for the late reply.
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