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Amazing! Beautifully made.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 21:41 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 23:13 |
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 Updates, yay! Beautiful as always. What can be lurking!
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 22:22 |
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Oh no, little bird!  Seriously, this is incredibly fantastic in every way. I hope you get it published because I will definitely buy a copy.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 05:22 |
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Citizen Insane posted:I am really loving this; it reminds me a lot of something that might be in one of Kazu Kibuishi's Flight anthologies. Those greyscale panels of the 'Bad Birds' just about took my breath away. Can't wait to see more! This this this! Oh man, see if you can't get it in Flight 9! edit: Oh, nevermind. I just found out Flight 8 is the last one.  That just bummed me out... See if Image comics might take your submission? I don't think they are limited to just American submissions...
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 18:39 |
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I cannot understand how people get this good at drawing. It boggles the mind.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 20:54 |
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Kikka posted:I cannot understand how people get this good at drawing. It boggles the mind. Practice. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of practice. Occasionally a modicum of innate talent, but mostly practice.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 21:43 |
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Klaivu, I have to say that I am really impressed by your artwork and storytelling. And as much as I would love for you to keep updating your post with more of the same, I want to point out that if you plan on publishing this book at a later time that it might not be such a good idea to put the entire thing in an open public forum without at least some form of watermark or signature on the work. You pretty much are taking away any reason at all for people to purchase your hard work. If that is what you want to do and are fine with that I can say for one that I am happier for it because I'm on edge waiting for more. Just be warned that people will happily take your hard work from you.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 23:02 |
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Dredge posted:Klaivu, But people will generally buy stuff that's already been presented in a digital format. Anyone who runs a successful webcomic can attest to this. And this forum is kind of obscure. It's not like it's being exposed to thousands and thousands of people. Also, it's so rich visually that people will want to have a printed copy. I'd much rather see this on the page than just on my screen. Can't wait for klaivu to sign a deal and get this out there.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 23:22 |
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Quantify! posted:It's not like it's being exposed to thousands and thousands of people.
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| # ? Sep 2, 2011 08:08 |
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Above Our Own posted:Thread views to date: 21,147 I highly doubt every single one of those views is unique. In any case, someone wanting to make a profit off of the pages as they're presented here won't be very successful. To print with any modicum of quality you'd need the uncompressed high-resolution/-quality images, otherwise it's going to end pretty badly. At least, I think it's safe to assume klaivu isn't planning on sending 77kb jpg files to a printer when he reaches that step.
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| # ? Sep 2, 2011 14:27 |
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Above Our Own posted:Thread views to date: 21,147 Just because klaivu doesn't already have an audience of millions doesn't mean his work is BAD. The work is obviously very good, but the place to find an audience is not Creative Convention. I'm sure when it's published a thread in GBS would be a thing to do (among more traditional marketing maneuvers that don't just reach goons). I'll praise the work there and any other place online that would be receptive to it. I try to talk up good works online and do my little part to help people make money.
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| # ? Sep 2, 2011 15:44 |
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Above Our Own posted:Thread views to date: 21,147 How do you check the views?
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| # ? Sep 3, 2011 00:44 |
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Magikoopa189 posted:How do you check the views?
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| # ? Sep 3, 2011 00:53 |
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Oh my god I've just discovered this and each time I went to a new page I hoped to god it'd be a finished comic by the end! Now I'll have to just frantically refresh and hope! LOVE it, beautiful story, beautiful art.
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| # ? Sep 3, 2011 11:49 |
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I'd like to echo peoples' praises and also commend you on how you're handling feedback. I'm glad to see that someone who produces work of this caliber can still humble him/herself when confronted with honest and constructive criticism. If you had your druthers (or feathers, as it were), would you ever consider adapting this to an animated short (perhaps keeping the same art style and rewriting some of the dialogue)? It's not a suggestion, just a curiosity of mine.
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| # ? Sep 4, 2011 06:05 |
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Quantify! posted:It's a column on the forum pages that list the threads. It goes: Thread title, Author, Replies, Views, Rating, and Last Reply. Oh geez.  Thank you.
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| # ? Sep 4, 2011 22:41 |
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Sorry, no updates this time  Dredge, Quantify!, tifosibella: I did consider this argument long and hard before I posted anything here. It's true that somebody could presumably steal this for web content, or a person might not buy the comic because it's available online. But it's also true that people buy comic books that have been available online. My take on the issue is that you'd need conclusive data to be able to tell which method leads to more copies sold - posting your work to be read online with a webstore on the side, like many webcomic artists do, or going the traditional marketing route. I'm really not sure, and think there are convincing arguments on either side of the issue. But really no quantitive data, so the arguments are all qualitative. I think it's a bit of a shot in the dark either way. I'm thinking I'll definitely watermark future pages, and possibly the ones I've posted here as well. My sabbatical is at an end, I'm typing this on my work computer. The workload might be a bit much now, but I'll still be working on the comic. The updates might be a little less frequent now, though. I wasn't familiar with the flight anthologies at all, too bad the upcoming one is also the last one. But I'll still look into them because they seem like interesting reading.
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| # ? Sep 9, 2011 06:52 |
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I'm sure most people will be more than willing to wait. An alternative to a water mark would be to hide you signature in the line art somewhere on at least 1 of the pages, forgetting about selling a moment the more important thing is protecting yourself against imposters.
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| # ? Sep 9, 2011 10:41 |
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klaivu posted:I wasn't familiar with the flight anthologies at all, too bad the upcoming one is also the last one. But I'll still look into them because they seem like interesting reading. They are excellent reading, if just a little bit on the pricey side. Apparently that's why they chose to end it with volume 8, a lot of people weren't buying them for $30 a pop anymore. I was. I highly recommend them, though.They're still going to continue Explorer from what I know, though, which is like Flight for children. (?)
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| # ? Sep 9, 2011 13:15 |
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paisleyfox posted:They are excellent reading, if just a little bit on the pricey side. Apparently that's why they chose to end it with volume 8, a lot of people weren't buying them for $30 a pop anymore. I was. At the very least, I wish they'd cut the price and just go for digital-only distribution. Flight was awesome and I'm sad to see it go.
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| # ? Sep 9, 2011 13:52 |
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pipes! posted:At the very least, I wish they'd cut the price and just go for digital-only distribution. Since this thread is full of people who do enjoy a well-told sequential narrative, I'd like to remind everyone that Craig Thompson's Habibi is coming out in about a week and you should be buying this. Guy took over 5 years to complete it, hopefully if he gets millions of dollars from people buying his book he can get the next one out a little quicker.
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| # ? Sep 9, 2011 17:32 |
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paisleyfox posted:They are excellent reading, if just a little bit on the pricey side. Apparently that's why they chose to end it with volume 8, a lot of people weren't buying them for $30 a pop anymore. I was. Wow... I had no idea Flight was ending. I've only purchased the first four because I was in the US and the exchange rate was good, but I fully intended on buying the rest soon enough. I LOVE them and sadly always aspired to have a piece featured in them. Boo.
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| # ? Sep 10, 2011 21:43 |
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I have nothing to contribute except to say that this is just phenomenal and I didn't expect to see artwork this good from the thread title. Reminding me a little of Bone and also Blacksad. I make those comparisons with utmost sincerity.
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| # ? Sep 13, 2011 18:48 |
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Moorreee pleaeaaaasseeee. Seriously though, every time I see this thread bumped I get excited! Can't wait for the next update, even if I have to be patient for it. 
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| # ? Sep 14, 2011 17:05 |
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    Work leaves little time for this project. Four pages in three weeks is sloooow. I have to work more on weekends. I edited the panels with the knocking hand out of my prior update, as they're a part of these pages.
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| # ? Sep 27, 2011 17:17 |
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I am on the edge of my seat.
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| # ? Sep 27, 2011 22:37 |
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This is great stuff, you're very talented.
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| # ? Sep 27, 2011 23:39 |
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klaivu posted:^^ All of them. Usually I procrastinate, surf the web a bit, go make coffee etc. But this time I was able to just paint for the six full hours. I had the 3d boxes rendered beforehand though. I love how you paint your tones first and then lines. It's refreshing!
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| # ? Sep 28, 2011 09:32 |
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Still loving that spider 
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| # ? Sep 28, 2011 13:15 |
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This poo poo is the best. THE BEST  e: i don't mean "poo poo" as in "poo poo", but as in "the poo poo"
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| # ? Sep 28, 2011 14:22 |
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loving the new panels! I'd vote this thread 5 if I hadn't already done it.
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| # ? Sep 28, 2011 21:34 |
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This is simply the most phenomenal thing I've seen in ages. So far your story has taken me on a rollercoaster of emotions, and I hope it's not too cliche to say that. I will be buying a print for my sister the moment it becomes available. C'mon little jay, I know you can do it
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| # ? Sep 29, 2011 02:39 |
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    Thanks for the comments, guys. thegloaming posted:If you had your druthers (or feathers, as it were), would you ever consider adapting this to an animated short (perhaps keeping the same art style and rewriting some of the dialogue)? It's not a suggestion, just a curiosity of mine. If I had my druthers, I'd be past considering it and already working on it. Oh yeah, for those who are curious, I'm using a digital watermark now. Five more updates remaining ... klaivu fucked around with this message at Oct 1, 2011 around 16:48 |
| # ? Oct 1, 2011 16:45 |
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Found this thanks to the GBS/Finer Arts exchange, it's wonderful! You rock, klaivu.
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 04:03 |
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Yep, same as Angerbeet. Found it via the GBS thread. This comic is wonderful so far
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 04:10 |
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Klaivu, I am terrified of spiders but your comic makes me wish I had a spider buddy.
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 09:39 |
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I'm another lucky one to find this in the GBS thread. Your art is amazing and I love the story, I hope you have a happy ending waiting for our hero. I have no doubt you will find a publisher for this and I will definitely be buying the printed version. klaivu posted:Here's some slightly older stuff. So you created the official poster for Rare Exports? Well done fellow finngoon. 
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 11:18 |
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This is stunning. Simply stunning. But WHO IS AT THE DOOR ?
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 21:19 |
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Another GBS refugee just here to say your work is beautiful and can't wait to see where it goes.
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 22:02 |
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| # ? May 18, 2013 23:13 |
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I wish I hadn't found this until it was done. OP you make the sort of content I feel compelled to share with other people. Wherever you work, they should be paying you to continue this.
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| # ? Oct 2, 2011 22:35 |
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