Re: Of Tiny Nitpicks And Character Design.

From: David <vulpine_at_mac.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:01:18 -0000

Ok, this fox is more a lurker than a commenter, but this bit of nitpicks has too many nits in my opinion.

#1: On a long shot like this, the tongue/flap would be essentially invisible; there is such a thing as too much detail.

#4 and #7: You said it yourself, the studs are usually intended to be almost invisible in normal circumstances. In the case of furkind, I would imagine that rather than being bright silver or gold which would stand out even against black fur (or especially so,) jewelry would come with a darker-colored clasp, perhaps a titanium shade of grey that would tend to blend with any shade of fur but white. Again, too much detail when you're telling a story.

Last panel: If you paid attention to all the profile image before this one, you can clearly see that the shading you call 'nipple' is where the shirt curves to meet Sari's ribs. While it possibly could be taken out of context and seen as you describe, I had to honestly look at this a second time after reading your comment to notice the similarity.

Now, if Jim had wanted to avoid such a misperception, he could have made Sari's nipples apparent even through bra and t-shirt the way I see so many women's nipples in public. Since many women's bras today don't actively hide them behind heavy seams the way they used to 40 years ago, you almost get the impression that young women today <i>want</i> you to see them. In fact, I've even seen some bras go so far as to help exaggerate the effect (not that Sari's mother would approve.)

--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Inkwell" <inkwell_01@...> wrote:
>
> Panel One: Tiny line to show back skirt/short-pants tongue
> above Manila and Sari tails. ;)
> [Editor's Note: Hey, It's a small panel and it's a far shot.]
>
> Panel Four: Sari's left earring hold-on back studs missing?
> [Editor's Note: Small studs embedded in black fur can't
> be seen.] Okay, I'll buy that.
>
> Panel Seven: Same as Panel Four earrings?
> [Editor's Note: Why not.]
>
> Jessibel JMH's full design, or Cheetah?
>
> [...and lastly...weirdest unintended illusion, Last Panel:
> Sari's chest can look like a giant boob with nipple facing down.
> Nice shape too. Hopefully can be used in the future on
> another character. [:>] ]
>
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