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NapalmzondeZil Zeki: Your comic was pulled off very well. Great color and your lines are clean and the way you vary their thickness helps give more depth to your pages. Capella's rescue of NZO was sweet and fit the theme well. One thing though, I would add an establishing shot of some kind at the beginning of page 2, just to let people know there was an environment change. There was some excellent coloring at the end and at the beginning and you transitioned well between it and the black and white. Also, nice job on drawing crowds of people.
Kenken: I'm disappointed you didn't submit something [edit: kenken did submit, but his entry was barred for lateness.]
GreyflameZel-Ziki
Unfortunately, I found your entry this round somewhat more confusing then your last, and I had to read it a couple times through to put together all the pieces. The shift between your last round and this one also seemed kind of abrupt, but you carried over enough elements of your plot for the continuity to run smoothly enough. While not full color this time, the colors that're there are still looking pretty solid. Good cliffhanger ending has me looking forward to your next round.
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NapalmzondeTobi: Your art styles is nice, great expressions, as before(jail in panels 7 and 8)Storyline is simple, a little short but concise and finished. Maybe get a bit more of your opponent's character developed though, cause from my understanding, Plagu is pretty swift. However, I still found it an amusingly campy end. Great job.
Ouro: Haha, I appreciated the cameos, and your ocbc references, pretty nostalgic. You did a decent job of establishing environment this time around which is good, but now I would work on your expressions here. Like on 2-2 second to last panel, most of your lines arent really completed, it makes it seem a little unfinished. Try to vary the strokes of your pen, with thicker lines in places you wish to emphasize. Also, maybe do some sketches of your opponents char before drawing them in the comic. I know it can be difficult getting them right as your not familiar with how to draw them, but jail's expressions could have been better with some preliminary sketches. Again thanks for the cameo and submitting your conclusion, even though it will be after the deadline
My vote: I don't think it would be fair for me to judge this round.
GreyflameMy vote: OuroborosI
Both entries appear to be done sort o last minute. Neither really picks up from the last round, which around here (in the sense that OCBC isn't generally as focused on long-term canon) isn't necessarily that bad thing, but it does leave the reader sort of starting from scratch. Tobi's entry, while a little shorter, seems also to be a little more complete. It's also more straight forward; after identifying the opponent, launching some jokes about them, then ending the fight. While Ouro's entry doesn't give as much specific attention to the opponent's character, it gives a lot more attention to an actual plot, with reference to a previous OCBC tournament. The cliffhanger feels a little too abrupt and leaves me wanting more this round then next round, but nevertheless I feel Ouro's more ambitious storytelling earns a win.
FlamesphereThis was kinda hard to decide. Both opponents didn't have much of backgrounds as I hoped for this round
Ouro: First page into your comic, you forgot to capitalize "I". I didn't even know where your comic was taking place, which made me more confused on what was happening. I did like the idea you were having about the C1 chip and I was getting pretty interested, but your abrupt ending kinda killed it for me.
Tobi: Like ouro, you didn't have much backgrounds in your comic, save the few panels with trees suddenly in them. I did chuckle a bit on your ending, I'll give you that, but it's something that I've kinda seen before.
Close call, but I'm gonna go with the comic that stuck to the rules for this round closer.
My vote goes to Ouro.
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NapalmzondeMostAcidic: You have a great coloring style on your first page with an eye for highlights and shadows at nighttime. It almost looks like crayon, but you picked the right colors and make it work. Not much in the way of story, but I guess that's forgiveable cause your opponent didnt submit. Good poses, especially on page 2. and I am glad your finals went well, Thank you for submitting.
Happy: Wish you could have submitted something.
Greyflame Well I read your comments Acidic and I think they tell most of the story. It's a shame you ran out of time, but you had time enough to get something in for kudos for that. No depth of story at all this time around, but with a conflict and resolution it's at least marginally complete. My biggest critique besides completion is the texting. The font is huge, bold, and often offcenter, which adds up to be rather visually jarring. Fix this and things will probably look a lot better.
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NapalmzondeSSBFreak: You have a pretty decent story here. The backgrounds are a little boring but THANK YOU for taking my advice on using an establishing shot so we know where this is taking place! Most people just jump right in, and don't even include it. I think using skeletons or wire frames could help you out with some of the more difficult poses as well as hands which seem to give you a little trouble, and would prevent your characters from having sticks for torsos too. Also, showing rather than telling would help your story. Your audience should be able to tell from how you draw that the bullets froze in midair, rather than having to have the Commander exclaim it. I am glad that you started to vary your shots rather than using all square frames, and your style remains pretty consistent. You've got some good shots in there like the last one on page 1(amusing) and Fyx's fire on page 2(good use of black.) In terms of style it is good for cartoons, but there are some things you can work on to make it stronger, like anatomy and stuff. Otherwise pretty decent storyline.
Panda: Once again, great coloring on Page 1, but maybe try to get all your linework fully fleshed out before doing so. Amusing storyline(tipitoes), I can see that if you had more work on it, your pages would have been great. Great expression work on Fyx and you really emphasized your opponents storyline as well as your character's. Some scenes were really great, like the ping pong battle, but some could use more panels of explanation, like Ykk's disappearance. Good job and great style again.
My vote: Pandachu
GreyflameBoth of you did a pretty good job of picking up from the last round and running a solid continuity. Art wise, Panda's entry showed stronger skill in anatomy, layout, etc, but considerable sketchiness and resorting to photo-pasting for the dart board, etc hurt things considerably. The solution there is fairly straightforward - take the time to clean things up. I know you have the skill. For SSB, I would giving traditional media a try if you haven't; that may solve some of the wirey lines. That sometimes has the opposite effect for people, but finding a way to add some mass and flow to the lines could do a lot of good. In any case, I commend SSB's dedication to creating a very thorough and extended entry, but in the end the length itself became sort of an issue. I try never to discourage people from doing more, but when entries get longer it becomes especially important to make every page count. In this case, things drew on for a fair bit without a lot of intensity to keep the reader's attention. Panda's entry packs a similar amount of development, but manages to keep things more interesting with strong pacing and vibrant emotion.
FlameSphereTough choice here. Both opponents stuck to some of the rules of this round, and both were pretty fun to read
SSBFreak: I'd say be careful with the alignment of your text in your word bubbles next time. You might want to put them on the centre instead of left. Besides that, I'd like to see you experiment on your line variations too. because your lines are the same size, everything and everyone looks like they're in the same view when you have the same line size. To fix this, you can use a bigger line size so your subject looks closer to the reader. Other than that, It was a good entry.
Pandachu: Though you're entry seems a bit rushed to me, I do like that you focused a bit more on SSB's character. The creativity you led on was pretty entertaining and a bit funny. There are a lack of backgrounds in your comic though.
Pandachu gets my vote
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GreyflameMy Vote: kscat5220
I found both entries here quite enjoyable. This wasn't an easy one for me to judge - I had to write the second half of this judging a few times in hopes that I could word the subtle difference that led to my decision. Both of you have simple yet engaging styles, with lively writing to match. While I believe Niichts' entry shows stronger lineweight control and perhaps a little more polish overall, Cat's is still visually pleasing. Besides perhaps being a little heavy on small panels, there wasn't anything that really brought me out of the story. So stories it is. Each was plenty fun, but there were some issues nonetheless. In the case of Cat's, the first and second half of the entry only seem vaguely related. In conjunction with the fact that Marinus doesn't show up for several pages, the beginning feels detached from the rest of the story (and a bit confusing as well.) Once things got going though there was a better sense of purpose and direction. Niicht's direction was more evident early on, which earned some points. On the other hand, the destination felt less rewarding. While Cat's left me wanting more, I felt more content to read Niicht's entry then let it slip out of mine. Now, Niicht's entry is also more self-contained, so wanting "more" isn't necessarily as critical; however, it's still important for the piece to leave enough impact that the reader would want to come back to it and share it with friends. While Niicht's accomplished that last round, this entry - while certainly good - lacked that certain edge I felt. I prefer to keep judging as objective as possible, but ultimately this sport is about appealing to the reader, and by a narrow margin I found Cat's entry doing a better job of lingering in my mind.
FlameSphereBoth entries we cute, funny, and obviously, stood close to the rules. I'm pretty glad these two had backgrounds in their entries, and both were easy to follow and read. Both are pretty even to me here, but for the most appealing, I'm gonna go with Kscat.
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