I do think I'm gonna like Liz's new look.

She looks very, very tired, which suits her character just fine.

I like the new look. <3

I wonder, though: Is HIKYM also going to be changed to the new art style?

...If it ever gets updated again? <_<

I'm not sure what HIKYM has to do with that, since it has a different art style anyway. I hope there's no art shift in HIKYM, personally. It already ran long enough and I think is supposed to end some time. I'd prefer consistency in that case. I highly doubt Dreadful's art shift will affect HIKYM (at least not in a major way), same artist or not.

What about the writers (other than Lucas), actors who ad-libbed some of the most famous and loved lines ("I love you!" "I know."), the director (not Lucas!), etc?

It's only his movie by copyright law, not by right of creation.

Not that this has anything to do with the Dreadful, which IS yours through and through.

Even less so because you're not rewriting or altering old comics. Just producing new ones in a new way. This would be closer to someone complaining about Episode 1 using CGI instead of the models and physical props of Episodes 3-4.

Wow, Liz looks great in the new style.

I have to admit Kit feels a bit off but it's mainly because she suddenly seems a bit older. I'm finding that's only in some panels though, so probably just from settling into a new style?

HIKYM already pretty much IS in this style. It's just in color. The reason why I was able to switch styles so smoothly w/ The Dreadful is because of HIKYM.

Essentially I'm just drawing The Dreadful how I draw HIKYM. I mean, look at the last page of HIKYM. Look at Fang Lin. SHE HAS LIPS HOLY SHIT.

So...yes, HIKYM will be drawn in this style (but since it already was, that's kinda silly for me to say). The only reason the two styles may look slightly different is because HIKYM is in color and because I have developed artistically since my last page of it. The Dreadful is drawn in the HIKYM style, I'm just better at it now. The Dreadful being in black and white also changes the aesthetic a lot, so it looks more different than it actually is. Also the fact I'm writing The Dreadful and in total control of the page layouts could make it "feel" different (like all those silhouettes for instance). HIKYM has some more anime-effects, like speed-lines and whatnot, but the way I draw the characters is pretty much the same.


Yeah that's true... I was mostly thinking of it being his in terms of his story and copyright stuff.

If he owns it, I think he can change it if he wants. I think if people quit buying it then he'd stop. But that's not the case!


I've been thinking of doing a wallpaper of Liz, so I might do something sorta like that :)

For reference folks, here's a more recent color image by Matt that he did on commission for me.

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Color makes a real difference, but I imagine it is a real time eater as well.

It depends. Coloring can sometimes make things easier in the drawing because it covers up a lot of stuff and can allow for some short-cuts. Usually when I have to color a page I tend to rush the drawing more because I don't want to spend forever on a single page. I try to go fast enough on both so I can get the page done in a day or a day and a half.

That picture up there was done relatively speedy, but it was in this "new" stye. In fact, many of my colored pictures are. Like the Julia Chang picture or the "Lara Croft" picture, etc. (See my DA page for reference).

I actually prefer The Dreadful in the black and white art. I think the line-work looks better. If I ever decide to color it I'd probably do something more flat, kinda grainy and washed out. That would be a lot of work though, especially since unlike HIKYM I'm writing The Dreadful (writing takes up a lot of time sometimes).