I had so much fun with this one. There are of course the SF2 references, of which my recollections are hazy and mixed with later fighting games – this I thought was appropriate for the character of the user, so I didn’t bother researching too much to refresh my memory.
The big experiment I did was to try the flashback scenes using manga-style screentone. This was a breeze to play around with in Clip Studio Paint, even though …
Challenges
… it was so hard to get things to “pop” without relying on the crutch of colours. Screentones do so much work, most importantly directing the reader’s eye, while still implying colour and volume and all the rest of it.
I think I may try and do some future comics entirely like this!
Rewards
This is probably my favourite one yet. It’s an ambitious topic but hopefully the punchline comes out sweet more than bitter. This is the kind of comic that I would only have attempted, and finished, with the mindset to prioritise play over perfection, and quantity over quality.
