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The Ramblin' Rodian

by: Trak Nar

date posted: Sep 17, 2007 8:32 AM | updated: Sep 17, 2007 8:35 AM

Night of the Talking Dead

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Greedo's HAN-ting #8!

Greedo's lil story is long, complicated, continues and I was fighting off a headache towards the end of drawing this week's strip. Though 'fore I tackle the next strip, I have a few questions...

In panels that're dialogue-heavy, should I type-set the dialogue or is my handwriting legible enough to keep lettering the dialogue? I was debating this when I was working on today's strip. Most of the time my lettering's pretty legible, but since my tablet is a bit more sensitive than a pencil, it picks up the lil shakes and twitches and can sometimes make hand-lettering a bit difficult. Though, type-setting also takes away any sorta emotion I can put into hand-lettered dialogue. So I'm kinda on the fence about this. It'll boil down to legibility whether or not I type-set dialogue in future strips.

Also, I'm colourblind and I'm pretty sure Greedo's colour pallet changes sometimes each panel, even though I myself can't see it unless it's a really, really drastic change. If it's a really drastic change, please lemme know and I'll make a pallet to use for Greedo to keep the colour consistant in future strips.

Anywho, Greedo's story will continue next week. Same HAN-ting Time, same HAN-ting Channel-- err, blog.

And the pic's relevence? None, I just thought it was awesome.

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	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 8:45 AM Awesome work! And nope, the lettering is just fine and the colors are consistant. As for his body - didn't Wuher turn him into booze?

	Trak Nar The Ramblin' Rodian
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 8:55 AM Yep. Somewhere in the cantina, someone is ordering a Greedo on the rocks. Shaken, not stirred. =P

	The Stooge Star Wars Joke-A-Day
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 9:07 AM I like your hand-lettering... when the letters are unique, it adds an element of style. (Unless, I suppose, it's illegible. But no worries there on your part.) As for the coloring... I'm colorblind too, brother! So I'll be of absolute no help there.

	Captain Peabody
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 1:53 PM Another good one.....and the colors look fine to me. Keep it up!

	gencrs Technical Manuals from The GFFA
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 9:23 PM Colors look fine and the lettering makes the strip unique. Great job on these strips. You have a power, I couldn't possibly have. I have no drawing skills whatsoever. Since you're color blind what does the color look like to you, if you can describe it? I know there are different levels of color-blindness. Can't wait until next week.

Trak Nar
The Ramblin' Rodian

date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 9:49 PM

Since you're color blind what does the color look like to you, if you can describe it?

Some light-bluish colour. I mostly have difficulty with contrast and I'm red-green colourblind apparently. The thing is, I never really knew I was colourblind until several people pointed out to me that I do "interesting things with reds and greens." Dark greens will look black, same with dark reds. And colours I picture in my head never turn out the same on paper... until I started working in Photoshop and using pallets.

	Trak Nar The Ramblin' Rodian
date Posted: Sep 17, 2007 9:52 PM An example of the red/green problem? I swear that there is no green at all in that Greedo avatar. He looks blue. Like a teal blue or something. =/

	ketal13 HanAnWan
date Posted: Sep 18, 2007 8:01 AM I love Greedo's mug. As the guys mentioned above, the hand-lettering really is a nice touch. The color looks good too. As for Greedo's avatar color, I'd say it's teal that leans more towards the green side of the spectrum than the blue. Somewhere in the cantina, someone is ordering a Greedo on the rocks. Shaken, not stirred

Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi
I was a Teenage Jedi

date Posted: Sep 18, 2007 5:09 PM

Yep. Somewhere in the cantina, someone is ordering a Greedo on the rocks. Shaken, not stirred
Brilliant.

...Though, if memory serves, Wuher was trying to create a drink to impress Jabba, right?

And like those who've come before me, I agree: the lettering's fine, as are the colors (so far, at least).

By the way--I really like the way your Greedo looks. That shot of him in the center panel is priceless!

	tooclonecrazy You will never find a more wretched hive of nerds and geekery.
date Posted: Sep 20, 2007 11:58 AM Like a teal blue or something. I see it the same way. Am I color blind? That would suck. Anyway, I love those comic strips. I like the handwriting. Keep em' as you got em'! tcc

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