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XyzaDT — To Hide Out or To Make Out?

Published: 2008-08-05 17:20:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2588; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 26
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That is a hand print on Kage's face. Torin has a black eye and some cat scratches. Ya don't mess with the female soccer players (especially while they're dressing.)

This is... completely random... It doesn't (and may never) really have a place in the storyline. It's one of those gag comics which starts with 'I want to see this one thing happen' and ends up as a sequence (since it wouldn't make any sense at all otherwise.) As far as Kage's dialogue... Sometimes it seems to me like an awful lot of shit hits the fan after Torin and Kage meet. But then, a lot of good things happen too, so... [Shrugs]

I spent the entirety of a day on this; worked from start to finish in practically one sitting. WOOT! Though my hand may fall off now... For once, I am happy with my boys' faces in every panel! I could die happy at this moment... The lines were sketched and inked, then I scanned it and went to town in Photoshop, playing with the halftones. I probably overworked it a little, but oh well. ...I like it.

Oh yeah, and that doorknob? Totally off the top of my head. Hence why it makes no mechanical sense.

Materials/Tools: a variety of Micron and PITT pens; sketch paper (the not-so-shitty kind); Wacom Graphire tablet; Photoshop 7; (note: that photo used for the second panel is my own)

Torin Zalman, Kage Kirkwood, and art are Copyright LAJ (me.)
For more info on Torin and Kage, click here.
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Comments: 18

Katakana1 [2017-09-01 21:34:08 +0000 UTC]

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Xaelias [2011-04-18 13:17:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm just fan ^^
I really love this

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XyzaDT In reply to Xaelias [2011-04-18 22:54:50 +0000 UTC]

Hooray! And thank you.

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WolvenBloodLust [2010-02-20 22:40:08 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love this!
And your characters! Halariously funny! XD
I love it, I love it!

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XyzaDT In reply to WolvenBloodLust [2010-02-24 23:08:12 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, thank you!

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AskoII [2010-01-24 18:52:50 +0000 UTC]

What else is it to do apart from make out in a broom closet?

I love their bruises by the way

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The-Wall-flower [2009-11-24 18:10:19 +0000 UTC]

I lol'd. This is amazing. xD

The body language here is really well-done. I always find it annoying when comic artists over-do the whole "List an emotion/reaction here and point to the character" deal. I mean, c'mon, half the fun of visual art is interpretation. Also, each panel is very clean and neatly done. Great job!

Silly Kage. Making out is the ultimate answer to every issue that has ever existed ever.

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XyzaDT In reply to The-Wall-flower [2009-11-26 04:54:22 +0000 UTC]

Ahahaha! Thanks!

And... I tend to like subtlety... Unless I'm going for over-the-top comedy. Lately I've been trying to let interpretation be a bigger part of how I tell the story. It's so hard for me not to point out every tiny little detail (of a character's thoughts) sometimes... NO CONTROL FREAK! DOWN! BAD!

Yup. Makes everything better.

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The-Wall-flower In reply to XyzaDT [2009-11-27 02:01:25 +0000 UTC]

I know the feeling. Even if you know everything about the character/s, you have to draw a line somewhere. Telling/showing everything gets boring and it takes away half the fun of the audience figuring out the character for themselves (and thus coming up with their own interpretation).

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XyzaDT In reply to The-Wall-flower [2009-12-19 00:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Yes yes yes. I am learning this. :3 (Or trying, haha!)

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The-Wall-flower In reply to XyzaDT [2009-12-19 05:55:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm still learning it, too.
My earlier work is so damn painful to read because of that.

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pdang [2009-06-15 23:51:34 +0000 UTC]

LOL, I love the story of Torin and Kage. They're just too cute and funny. If you ever have a manga and/or anime version, let me know . This is some good stuff!

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XyzaDT In reply to pdang [2009-06-22 20:33:32 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, thanks! When I have something like that, I'll be waving it all over the place, believe me.

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Heartzville [2008-08-05 23:26:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh gee, this is really really funny, and cute as well.
I love the ending.
"We could make out to prove we're..."
They have such bad luck. XD

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XyzaDT In reply to Heartzville [2008-08-07 16:39:17 +0000 UTC]

Moo hah hah... I know, right? Poor guys...

Arigato!

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DessuKohai [2008-08-05 17:36:24 +0000 UTC]

cute.

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XyzaDT In reply to DessuKohai [2008-08-05 17:43:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks.

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DessuKohai In reply to XyzaDT [2008-08-05 20:08:11 +0000 UTC]

welcomes! ^-^

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