PMD: Explorers of life

[arnisd]

N'aw, I didn't miss you or anything either. ;) XD

Ooh yes, what a good comic that is! I think it's really effective!

Yeah, I like little surprises like that. :D Your comic has a lot of layers which others can sometimes lack. You seem to have really fleshed out your characters which is awesome. ^-^ And oooh, interesting about the spoiler! O:

I like that you draw them so tiny because I think a lot of comics forget about height differences. But yeah it is cool to see the scale since most of the time we'd imagine it in game.

OH NO I'M SORRY!!! I went back and had a look and now I see that she's a riolu! xD The tail, the round silver plates on the hands instead of spikes...duh! I think it was the panel with the open maw with teeth was what threw me off since riolu are normally drawn with simple round faces. I love the way you drew her though. *v* And yes, true, she is standing on a chair so that'd make her tiny if she was a lucario. xD In the next panel when she's walking though, she looks tallish. But hey, at least it's still in the same evolution chain! xD

Haha awesome. Question, how much of the comic do you have planned? O: I often wonder how far people plan ahead. Some people are pretty fine with having a loose outline and rolling with it, but I get the feeling you have a lot of solid plans. O:

Aw that's good then! :D Go you! And that's okay, haha. I'm glad you came to PXR!

They're fleshed out? I mean ofcourse they are hahaha.... joking aside, been trying to think of backgrounds for most major characters already introduced or still to be. Other than that the world doesn't only revolve around them and stuff happens that they're not even aware of but will come into contact with eventually. Though I am trying to dial back on the exposition drops... especially for Ral since he's been doing most of them and make some smaller refs to the world around works as well eh still really learning from all of it.

The original pmd games with sprites made scaling so weird, some sprites really didn't differ that much in size as everything needed to fit.
And went back as well and she does look tallish, should have moved her closer to the screen.

Well I looked through my small notebook in my cellphone and my script word doc and at the moment 14 chapters have been given love with details (14 including the ones already out), amount of details vary and these range from just single words and lines I can associate images and conversations with to lines of dialogue. So there's definitly room for expansion and editing. The ending is not entirely planned out since I'm struggling to pick one of two options of potential events before the final happening, which would influence things to incredibly different paths. That said some things happening at the end are already set in stone it's just the things leading up and around them.... But we're not there yet, I still got time and the split won't come up till like chapter 12, I can send you a spoiler in pm if interested

[Suicune's Fire]

They're fleshed out? I mean ofcourse they are hahaha.... joking aside, been trying to think of backgrounds for most major characters already introduced or still to be. Other than that the world doesn't only revolve around them and stuff happens that they're not even aware of but will come into contact with eventually. Though I am trying to dial back on the exposition drops... especially for Ral since he's been doing most of them and make some smaller refs to the world around works as well eh still really learning from all of it.

The original pmd games with sprites made scaling so weird, some sprites really didn't differ that much in size as everything needed to fit.
And went back as well and she does look tallish, should have moved her closer to the screen.

Well I looked through my small notebook in my cellphone and my script word doc and at the moment 14 chapters have been given love with details (14 including the ones already out), amount of details vary and these range from just single words and lines I can associate images and conversations with to lines of dialogue. So there's definitly room for expansion and editing. The ending is not entirely planned out since I'm struggling to pick one of two options of potential events before the final happening, which would influence things to incredibly different paths. That said some things happening at the end are already set in stone it's just the things leading up and around them.... But we're not there yet, I still got time and the split won't come up till like chapter 12, I can send you a spoiler in pm if interested

Yes, they seem like it anyway! xD Yeah that's completely true. I think exposition can be important, but yeah, you've done it pretty well so far. It's hard to squeeze it in without feeling like you're shoving it down people's throats. I know the feels, haha.

Exactly! So it's interesting to see them at a more realistic scale. xD Haha that's okay.

That sounds like a great way to plan. :) Yeah for sure. I mean, endings you can flesh out along the way without too much issue usually. Sometimes it takes a different route to how you expect, too! My stories used to do that all the time haha. Ooh I prefer not to be spoiled but if you ever need help with anything, feel free to shoot a PM my way! :D

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Good plan, Ral! But hahaha Grey...you have a lot of work to do with your attacks. xD I love the way you portray his failure to be a pokemon, by the way. It would totally happen that way! Not being used to your new body and failing to produce the right moves. xD Love it. Hope it works out!

[arnisd]

Yes, they seem like it anyway! xD Yeah that's completely true. I think exposition can be important, but yeah, you've done it pretty well so far. It's hard to squeeze it in without feeling like you're shoving it down people's throats. I know the feels, haha.

Exactly! So it's interesting to see them at a more realistic scale. xD Haha that's okay.

That sounds like a great way to plan. :) Yeah for sure. I mean, endings you can flesh out along the way without too much issue usually. Sometimes it takes a different route to how you expect, too! My stories used to do that all the time haha. Ooh I prefer not to be spoiled but if you ever need help with anything, feel free to shoot a PM my way! :D

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Good plan, Ral! But hahaha Grey...you have a lot of work to do with your attacks. xD I love the way you portray his failure to be a pokemon, by the way. It would totally happen that way! Not being used to your new body and failing to produce the right moves. xD Love it. Hope it works out!

Yea Grey isn't a pro at attack moves, it might take him a long time before gets the hang of things. I mean he hasn't mastered flying/ levitating yet either. Buuut things will work out, since they're the heros afterall

[Suicune's Fire]

Yea Grey isn't a pro at attack moves, it might take him a long time before gets the hang of things. I mean he hasn't mastered flying/ levitating yet either. Buuut things will work out, since they're the heros afterall

I really like that detail though. :D It's kind of refreshing to see that everything isn't easy at the get-go, which a lot of human-turned-pokemon stories don't really focus on. Nice job. ^-^