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The Chess Fairy, page 1

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Well, this is it: the first page of my new comic. (Yes, the title will make sense later.) It definitely looks better colored. ;)

TRANSCRIPT
Caissa: I'm not like everybody else...
Caissa: I have visions of the future. / They've never been wrong before.
Caissa: And that's why... / ...I can't just let the future happen.

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Apr 24, 2018, 8:47:42 PM
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I wanted to comment on your character lineup first, but it might be easier to do this one first. Unlike that one, though, I don't quite know what you want from this one, so I'll read the Comments here first and then give it a go.
*reads*
Okay I didn't get anything from that! :XD:

I don't know how much you want your feedback to revolve around technical issues or mistakes, so I'll start with something that's got more to do with major planning and such: The text boxes. They're not good. They're a great idea, but not well executed. The problem isn't that they're handwritten. no, things like that can be just fine in a traditionally drawn comic. I would know. ;) The main problem is a problem people often have with word balloons when they don't plan the comic right. :shoutbox: The boxes are absolutely tiny! The boxes themselves need to be larger, because it's too hard to find them on the page, and the text inside the box is crammed in there. There's not quite enough space around the letters. There's also not enough contrast between the letters and the saturated colors around them. This is why word balloons tend to be white inside! :bulletwhite::bulletyellow: Then the text is so small you were BARELY able to write it in there. It looks like it was even more of a struggle to write than it was to read.  
The problems with the text also lead me to issues with your scanner. The paper must have either curled, or plain not fit into the scanner, causing already hard-to-read text to become blurred. If you have to have this issue, you should take it into consideration when planning your pages that words on the left edge will be blurred. It also looks like your scanner crops out things that are on the edge of the bed like mine does. You either want to plan for that, too- perhaps by drawing a border on your pages that you won't draw out of- or not drawing details too close to the left or bottom edges. 
Other than that, it looks like this page was well-planned, but not well planned enough, because it looks like you ran out of space for images and word boxes.

You shouldn't need to provide a transcript for your comic. Plan spaces for the words better, write them larger, with room to breathe inside the balloons and/or boxes, and perhaps use a much blacker pen, for contrast's sake.

Conceptually, this is a good idea. I like it. Just don't let it get too corny or predictable and it should go great as long as you don't have any plot holes.
And this is a good first page. And I love how the title doesn't make sense, but will. That's brilliant.