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JD:
hey hey jeph how long will it take for you to be happy with your art?

Beaten by Nuns:
I don't really like the new style attempt. I know my opinion doesn't mean dick, I rarely post here, but screw it because I’m going to say my peace anyway. I don't like it. It looks too forced and unpolished. Honestly, I don't see what's wrong with the way things already are. It's a comic, let it stay a comic. It doesn't have to look real. The smaller eyes make the characters look alien-like, they don't match the faces - and I must point out that Marigold's face will be a hard transition to this style, so I say, if it ain't broke don't fix it. I don't think there needs to be any improvement, it's fine the way it is.

Carl-E:
Well, of course it's unpoilished!  It's new! 

Remember, this started as a webcomic.  But it really evolved, right before your eyes.  Jeph has always talked about making the art better, he's an artist, not just a comic writer - oterwise, it would still look like the first few strips, and without the developments in art, I doubt the characters would have developed the same way either.  I can't imagine "The Talk" in the style of strips 1 - 30. 

This is what makes this "comic" have so many followers.  It's not just the art, or the gags, it's the growth and development.  And like any growth, there are some growing pains.  It'll settle into something more stable and comfortable soon, since it's a daily strip.  That forces Jeph to practice and abandon what doesn't work well quickly (for the sake of speed, if nothing else).  Like the weather, if you don't like it, just wait a few minutes. 

The point is, it ain't Peanuts! 


It's funny - when I first started reading LICD, I started into the archive, and wondered how the art had developed so far.  With that strip, it was easy - the writer just changed artists, twice! 

Talk about unnerving!

vettechinohio:

--- Quote from: lunchmeat on 25 Sep 2009, 14:56 ---Marten's arms ans shoulders also look particularly good in that shot. (I confess, one of my major pet peeves I always had with your art was male arms. It's a small, silly thing, and in no way does it affect my opinion of the rest of your art.)
--- End quote ---

Agreed! It's funny how such little changes in drawing style can make such a difference. The first thing I noticed in #1500 was that Marten's shirt seemed heavier, or more well defined, and that made his arms and shoulders look more manly, for lack of a better word. I dig it!

Mr. Doctor:
I really like the new style, I mean.. for being very vew I think that Jeph did a great job.
The best things I've seen atm are:
- Hallenore second panel on 1496
- Faye second and third panel on 1497
- Faye on first panel on 1500
- My favorite atm: Dora's face o the third panel of 1500 .. really good. But I didn't like who she looked on the last one.

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