Well, asked one of my cartoonist friends to give Aquapunk a hard crit, and boy did he comply. He said a lot of really good things, though. I knew what I had so far needed improvement, I just didn't know the whys and wherefores. Apparently illustrators have the same problem when trying to go from single images to sequential visual storytelling types, and I'm starting to realize just how much of a challenge this is going to be to overcome.

I'm going to go back and redraw some panels, and I'm working on a page to stick between 01-01 and 01-02, because my plan of not having a real establishing shot until after the action is over isn't turning out to be such a good idea. So I'm working on that.

I also really want to learn simplicity from asian cartoonists. As it is, I'm having a hard time avoiding complicated coloring, so as I get better, I'll probably go back and fix these first pages which are still just a little more complicated than I want.

In other news, CTHS is going well. I was really really inspired by Joana LaFuente's coloring in the Blurr spotlight (I liked how she made all the white and gray interiors look... not boring and grayscale) so I went and decided to rip her style of coloring all in the name of artistic education. :D

CTHS updated today, AP should be updated tomorrow.