Mar11
GRAB LIFE BY THE HORNS
on March 11, 2013 at 12:01 amCharacters: Cyril, Davis, Ecta Livingston, Floyd, Lord Tiberius Skärva the Fourth, Lorelei, Slice Finnegan
Altermentality:
Thanks for all the birthday wishes, guys! We even got some new fanart. (Go take a look!) You guys rock! I felt surrounded by love all weekend and I am grateful. In my 23rd year of existence, I’ll be out of college and it’s up to me to make and direct myself. I want to improve as an artist and a person as much as I can. Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Your titles sure get funny.
Poooooor poor Skearva. Poooooooooor Skearva.
I guess he’s still too shocked to get mad. Lol Ecta’s enjoying herself. And seeing Floyd always makes me smile for some reason. Must be the shirt.
You’re doing a fantastic job with the backgrounds. I like how you texture walls and floors and thing now so it’s not just a flat bg color.
I’m glad you think so!
And I’m glad to hear it about the backgrounds, too… I still hate being in the castle though, the CEASELESS DULL OVERBEARING MONOTONY OF IT… hm. That was a quote from the play I was in but it just kind of came out.
I really am curious what brush you use for those walls; I want indoor effects like that when I rekick back up my webcomic. I’m indoor too much also.
Holy cow captcha gave me its phone number! “800-323-1088 Mandmap” O_O
One of these days I will make a little tutorial of my favorite brushes. There are really only about four or five I use for absolutely everything. I also want to make some kind of fonts listing…
O___o I dare you to call it >:D
I would love you forever for that brush list, lol.
I’m afraid to call it; what if I get charged long distance to Taiwan? XD But now I’m curious . . .
Ecta is gleeful. It’s freaky. Floyd’s line was the best, hands down.
Poor Ecta, she’s never allowed to be happy, it scares people
Happy Belated Birthday Courtney!! I don’t know why I didn’t just say that in the last strip; Now I feel dumb. Not saying anything AND not donating… >< Still hope it was a good one, and much love as always!
…still waiting for the rage. And happy Ecta is almost eerie…
But Flyod wins everything in this strip. YAY FLOYD.
Oh, did you not? It’s not like I’m keeping a checklist of who wished me happy birthday and who didn’t. XD But thank you!
I have no idea why, but I think those backgrounds look really good.
Really, it’s probably the contrast with Cyril’s face though.
Ouch.
happy birth day! the look of smugness on ectas face is just amazing
Yeah. She’s mouth-above-eye smug. That’s how smug.
Skaerva’s trying to be angry, but he is just too upset.
At least he didn’t blow Davis up like The Wizard did.
Yeah, he’s a good person to work under, he really is. As good as villains get, I suppose… since the Third died, anyway.
Happy Belated Birthday from me too! At least I got you on time on your Deviantart page, lol. I’ve got a present for you, but it’s late because I fell sick too. XD Oh Irony, you . . .
I like how Skaerva’s more freaked out than mad. I guess spending hours in that barrel with that bard had the effect of scarring him for life, lol.
And I LIKE happy Ecta; she’s funny. XD And Floyd wins “Best Expression” for this strip.
“Dforted retaken” . . . is Captcha trying to say “The fort is retaken” with a lisp?
Oh no! I hope you’re feeling better now…
Whoops, Happy belated B-day! Sorry it’s late. Hope you felt better for your big day.
I did, thanks!
Green links. You have a thing for green, I’m guessing.
I love how you got Davis’ eyes to look a bit glassy, if that isn’t just the was it usually is. Does it hurt to be picked up by the horns like that? Davis should go to HR and say something about that.
Green’s pretty cool! I guess it’s my third favorite color after yellow and then purple. Put them all together for instant Mardi Gras!
I started putting little shines on all their eyes a while back. It’s just most obvious with his.
I don’t think it actually hurts. He’s more just panicked at being off the ground so suddenly. Now, if you picked him up by the ears… that’s something Ecta can keep in mind.
OOH! Something that’s been poking at me for a while now; do you have any sort of headcanon for how everyone’s voices sound?
I don’t know why, but it’s been bothering me lately.
Haha, other people have asked this, and my answer is always the same. I’m really bad at imagining voices! Me and Victor don’t care, really, so it’s up to you.
The most I can say is that each character’s font is supposed to be their “voice” and was chosen to fit each personality, but also suggest something about their manner of speaking. So characters who speak in all caps (Like Skaerva and Davis) I imagine are more gruff and snarly… Blank and Cyril both have kind of dorky fonts, almost Comic Sans, so I imagine they are nasally and annoying… Slice is very bubbly… they are just meant to be vague suggestions!
happy b-day!
(yes ik late happy bday)
It’s ok, you guys can go ahead and keep telling me throughout the year, I don’t mind
Whoa hey, happy belated birthday! Goodness me, how could I have missed it? Forgive me. T_T
And I just caught up to the comic and I still love it! I most of all like all those wacky expressions you draw, especially Skärva’s ‘not amused’ face. Heh. x3
Oh! Also, a while back, completely out of the blue, I had a dream that there was a cartoon based on The Fourth airing on Cartoon Network. It was pretty epic, and a shame it was just a dream.
Anyway, keep up the good work, I apologize for my quietness, and I hope everything’s going fine!~
Aww, hey! Don’t worry about it! It’s not like you owe me anything! XD
Agh I’ve had daydreams like that. I just would really love to see these guys animated someday. Might have to learn how to do it myself.
Things are alright! Life-wise, I’m staying afloat! Thanks for the concern. *hug*
Happy belated birthday!
Where the hell was I?
Anyways, this kinda occured to me last night, but Cyril reminds me of Jolly for some reason…
HAHAHAHA what
He’s not… I mean… well, maybe. I dunno.
Also, thanks!
Well. . . YAY? D: Well, at least nothing’s happened. Yet*
Also, here’s a (Copy, Pastes) Link to a forum that’s turned into an RPG!
“Don’t tell everybody I said that. . .XD” – Liminori
http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/75119
Ooh, those guys are really getting into it! I was once involved in something similar. Wonderful times. Don’t really have time for it anymore, I’m afraid!
Davis has a green tongue O.O
I now know -TWO- characters in awesome webcomics that have such dramatically chromatic appendages!
Well, Floyd has one too. All Lurkins and demons have green tongues. And actually Davis has always been displaying his up there on the banner for you to see
I LOVE TONGUES. I dunno if drawing has helped me appreciate things more, but I’m totally apt to be working on something and suddenly be overcome with love and fascination for hands, ears, eyebrows, whatever. But as a linguistics major I especially love tongues. The human tongue is AMAZING and it does so much for us.
It is rather useful! Tasting is fun! HURRAH!
I’m so terribly late! D:
Happy Birthday, and don’t let the horns get ya either!
Thank you!
Weird stuff has happened to me since turning 22. I wonder if it’ll always be this way now…
You know, I didn’t notice before, but Floyd looks amazing with that medallion! New touch to his already awesome sense of fashion, anyone?
Also, captcha asks: ToAst religion)?
Yeah, it really looks like bling on him. Flava Floyd
Toast religion? Like “Cheers! To religion! *clink*” Or like, worshipping toast? I would prefer a bagel religion.
Thank you Floyd for being the voice of reason in the last panel. I’m sure Skarva appreciates that.