Crow's Feet Aspirations
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In my head, I try to keep a track of what the other characters OUGHT to be doing while we focus mainly on Suzanne. It really...
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"That swimsuit was a lot of work to draw, I should make the next one simpler"
-promptly makes a HARDER to draw swimsuit.
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Billy was first shown way back in Page 112. If I think I can I like to show or hint at characters earlier then the moment they're...
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I decided halfway through making Surprising that I didn't like the bulky hood design. This is just me giving myself an...
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I made sure to make the process of Suzanne learning to use her tentacles slow.
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I'm glad I was able to keep late-teens Suzanne young looking but also have her at her full height. The "Short Teen" trope is just...
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Being attracted to someone who doesn't reciprocate? I think lots of people can relate to that.
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I'd like to think that at this point people would start having theories about the setting of Octeal.
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Mysterious Rooftop Lady is getting pretty annoying by the point.
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At this point I didn't really know how to show a character in heavy shadow... no... she doesn't have shadow powers.
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The page that finally convinced me to put the mature tag on Octeal. In hindsight, this is hardly the only mature concept the...
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Oh ya he's 19 he won't read into that~
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Too scared of embarrassment to do cool things... damn.
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It's that damn V-shape again. I can't escape it!
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I've tried to keep a good balance between Suzanne learning to use her tentacles unrealistically quick and boringly slow.
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When you said underwater ruins I expected something a little more... I dunno, ancient!
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Jabali keeps her composure quite well.
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Differences between powers is something that's varyingly handled really well or really poorly. I sure hope I'm the former.
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Jabali is a fun character. She has a background in professional wrestling and is all about showmanship.
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Making less-then-likeable characters the butt of jokes is a time-honored literary tradition.
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Bianka, "Oh great, hot guys.... whatever..."
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... ya... I do sneak lore hints into the background scenery and dialogue.
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Guilt is a pretty big part of Suzanne's personality.
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I grew up in the lower-middle-class myself. When I was young I couldn't distinguish between the wealthy and the...