So those background colors got away from me a little bit. This is what happens when I experiment.
Setting stuff: there’s a lot of low-key “magic†in Chalt that’s not properly theurgy (the stuff Anthem does), sorcery (the stuff Varaxunax or those Southland assassins do), or the various racial technologies (Ulenite min-tin, wyrdish electricity, etc.). Among them are the flower-arts practiced by certain lineages. The ability of artfully-arranged flowers to turn aside demons and pleromas may be no more magic than the ability of armed guards to turn aside robbers, but except to the wisest of Chalt’s inhabitants, it’s not exactly clear how things work.
Oh, also! New good webcomic, Delilah Dirk! Beautifully drawn, and the creator is a pro. And apparently he’s drawn it all already, which means that unlike all the other beautiful webcomics that languish after a few months (I am, of course, too polite to name names), this one might actually offer a satisfying story arc.
Caught! Like a rat! In a thing that catches rats!
Exit bison guards.
The comic is looking GOOD, and no matter what you say those backgrounds are extraordinary..
Heheh, yeah, the backgrounds are looking a little Bob Ross-y. And that’s not a bad thing! =)
Hey, thanks. The backgrounds on this page look good and they were fun to draw (it’s hard NOT to have fun with a sponge, even a digital sponge in Photoshop), but they look so different from the main art that it’s hard to make this type of environment interactive. I’m still experimenting; by the time I finish this comic (in…actually, wait, I don’t want to think how long it’ll take) I’ll hopefully have settled on a final style for the backgrounds.