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©2009 *Kaheaniehal
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Prologue, Page Twenty of Cryptic Allusions.
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That concludes the prologue! :3
And it's laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate. It's early morning now.... I should sleep.
I have my driver's test today (behind the wheel).
Yes.
I believe I shall..... sleep.... >_o

And for anyone who was wondering, it's supposed to be daytime... not sure if that's apparent or not. Astral woke Reza up sometime in the morning(as the scary wolf-guy got her during the night).
Gaaah I gotta figure out how to make things really apparent/obvious with time-of-day stuff.

Illustrations by *Kaheaniehal
Written by ~Songdog-StrayFang
Cryptic Allusions Concept © ~Songdog-StrayFang and *Kaheaniehal

Written Material: [link]
:icondonotplz::iconusemyartplz:

Also sorry if the style seems kinda inconsistent lately. I'm experimenting here and there, trying to figure out what I like. So far, I like messy-ish backgrounds. They're fun, and help bring focus to the characters more.
Plus one of my favorite webcomics ---> [link] <---- has a really messy style that I adore. <3

Critiques


:iconlatofoot:
This is not a critique of strictly this page the the whole prologue of Cryptic Allusions.
I'll just go in order of the list two the right.

Vision: The over all point of this comic stands on a ladder of sorts; it starts off as a shaky first step of a young girls adventure, to firm steps of despair and tragedy, back to a helping hand of a stranger.

Originality: the concept of animal hybrids in stories have been done before however to mix creatures such as wolves and coyotes in such a way is a first for me. One does wonder if it will make it as a substantial web comic or will it be cursed to roam the Internet looking for an audience that has already had its fill.

Technique: This comic is ascetically very pleasing, it starts off with pleasing coloring and descriptive panels ranging from cartoon like style to show play to an incredibly realistic style to show the fear and pain of the characters, even when the comic changes to mostly black and white the shading and art style looks very professional obviously the illustrator has a lot of practice and should continue her work as such. However one does wonder why the artist chose to go to black and white, when colors where as astounding as they were. The righting goes hand and hand with the illustrations.

Impact: although the comic gets its point across, it does lay on a shaky foundation. The audience is seaming thrown into a position of feeling sorry for a character we know very little about. Whats her personality, her strengths and weaknesses her past endeavors. This is the problem I see with most comics/ stories these days, there's not enough backing to go along with the intense happenings of the story, it's like the artists want to get to the juicy parts first and leave the intro to nothing but a montage told normally in the third person. Without the spine the body could not move.

Overall this is a very good comic and I hope to see more in the future.
I hope this helps. ^_^
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:iconagii:
heehee~ :w00t:
aww, man. i loved every page of this. i'm so sad that the prologue is over! :noes: but.. but.. it.. it c-can't.
it's so cute, though! ehe. i hope that they... y'know. :jackdirt: :heart:! hahaha.
WHOOO FOR DRIVER'S TEST! :love:

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save a whore. ride a pole dancer.
:iconwildfire41:
YAY FOR DRIVERS TEST!


and the comic is fantastic so far x3.

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Avatar made by ~Songdog-StrayFang Give her some love =D!

\"Reagan...Smash...Reagan....Smash\"
*punching*
"What's that?"
"Oh it's just Reagan. Just leave him alone, he'll tire himself out."
"Reagan sleepy"
:iconkaheaniehal:
AND YES. I PASSED.

I ES A HAPPY CAMPER.

The prologue is over... so the story shall begin! :D

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I am the milkman. My milk is delicious.
:iconagii:
JHFDLKAYFHDK YESSS :la: :woohoo: !!

yayyy~ :meow:

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save a whore. ride a pole dancer.
:iconkaheaniehal:
Thankyeeeeeeeeeee!
I passed the test too! I can drives now. <3

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I am the milkman. My milk is delicious.
:iconwildfire41:
NICE! Just be careful, yes? No moar Kahea because of an acident would be a sad rest of my life DX

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Avatar made by ~Songdog-StrayFang Give her some love =D!

\"Reagan...Smash...Reagan....Smash\"
*punching*
"What's that?"
"Oh it's just Reagan. Just leave him alone, he'll tire himself out."
"Reagan sleepy"
:iconkaheaniehal:
I would be sad if there was no more kahea either. D:

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I am the milkman. My milk is delicious.
:iconwildfire41:
D=

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Avatar made by ~Songdog-StrayFang Give her some love =D!

\"Reagan...Smash...Reagan....Smash\"
*punching*
"What's that?"
"Oh it's just Reagan. Just leave him alone, he'll tire himself out."
"Reagan sleepy"
:icontheroguez:
I think with grayscale and time of day, the ground should be dark and the sky just white for daytime (maybe a few white clouds and a light gray sky too). I thought it was night. but going back and fixing that would be a pain D:

either way, you have a nice, original style in both character and comic setup. keep it up!

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