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Post by csj on Mar 8, 2012 3:50:58 GMT
Now we know why they never got caught.
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mariposa
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Hi, I'm Elise!
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Post by mariposa on Mar 8, 2012 5:41:19 GMT
Am I the only one wondering why the levels don't line up? Yes? Okay, I'll just keep to myself, then...
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Post by atteSmythe on Mar 8, 2012 7:00:36 GMT
I figured that the space in the wall was that he was really opening a door through the wall of their house (or wherever they are) and into the next building. Adjacent buildings frequently have floors of differing heights.
I remember the buildings on my college campus' engineering quad (a pretty good miniature of the rambling halls of the Court, IMO) were all built decades apart, but all connected. At ground level, and perhaps for one level above and below, everything lined up pretty well. Beyond that, you'd have weird long sloping hallways, half a set of steps in the middle of nowhere, etc.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 8, 2012 7:46:44 GMT
I figured that the space in the wall was that he was really opening a door through the wall of their house (or wherever they are) and into the next building. Adjacent buildings frequently have floors of differing heights. I remember the buildings on my college campus' engineering quad (a pretty good miniature of the rambling halls of the Court, IMO) were all built decades apart, but all connected. At ground level, and perhaps for one level above and below, everything lined up pretty well. Beyond that, you'd have weird long sloping hallways, half a set of steps in the middle of nowhere, etc. We had one of those at my college but the buildings had all grown together and were covered with a brick facade like a single building. One slanty "floor" was actually split between levels; you could walk in a circle around that level forever without realizing you were changing "floors" back and forth. Whenever we didn't have a class on the first day of a semester we'd grab seats on that "floor" and watch the fresh-meats orbit endlessly trying to find their classes. The trick was they needed to duck into a stairwell and go either up or down, but they usually didn't think of that because they could see some room numbers for the "floor" they needed on the level where they were at. The second joke on them was that the stairwells they needed weren't labeled other than with light-up "exit" signs, so even if you thought to look for them they were tough to find.
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dj
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Post by dj on Mar 8, 2012 9:42:37 GMT
Tom's sense of color never ceases to impress. Has he ever posted anything about how long it takes him to draw and color a page? All the perspective work and little lines look so time-consuming.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 8, 2012 10:00:50 GMT
Tom's sense of color never ceases to impress. Has he ever posted anything about how long it takes him to draw and color a page? All the perspective work and little lines look so time-consuming. Yes he has answered. Sadly I forget his exact words and the chrysoprax search tool is kaput so I can't speedily locate the answer on his formspring, but I think he said it took between 3-6hrs depending on complexity. [edit] According to an ancient post from the Questions to Whoever Feels Like Answering thread, it's 4hrs. That was back in 2007, though. [/edit]
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Post by atteSmythe on Mar 8, 2012 14:52:47 GMT
Tom's sense of color never ceases to impress. Has he ever posted anything about how long it takes him to draw and color a page? All the perspective work and little lines look so time-consuming. Tom will often tweet his progress on finishing comics over the weekend. You could look at the timing of those tweets, were you so inclined.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 8, 2012 16:16:53 GMT
I remember the buildings on my college campus' engineering quad (a pretty good miniature of the rambling halls of the Court, IMO) were all built decades apart, but all connected. At ground level, and perhaps for one level above and below, everything lined up pretty well. Beyond that, you'd have weird long sloping hallways, half a set of steps in the middle of nowhere, etc. [...] One slanty "floor" was actually split between levels; you could walk in a circle around that level forever without realizing you were changing "floors" back and forth. Whenever we didn't have a class on the first day of a semester we'd grab seats on that "floor" and watch the fresh-meats orbit endlessly trying to find their classes. ...and that's what happens when the nostalgic students take "just one bird" to vacation with them!
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dj
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Post by dj on Mar 8, 2012 16:39:29 GMT
Ah, thanks for the replies.
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Post by TBeholder on Mar 9, 2012 4:42:48 GMT
Apparently i'm not the only one thinking this situation has a distinctively fishy look:
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Post by Tierra Y Libertad on Mar 9, 2012 6:56:51 GMT
Oh. I never thought of "Portal" until just now when I read TBeholder's quotes. How silly of me!
I wish to add my voice to the Mr Donlan-praising chorus. Anja is a lucky lady.
Now my only concern this morning is how Tom is going to do something even cooler today and drive us all crazy this weekend.
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rama
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Post by rama on Mar 9, 2012 14:58:00 GMT
He became more (I love how a little tilt changes almost exactly the same expression), but perhaps there's "can't say it's surprising" side. I realize now how his glasses makes him very hard to read. I bet he's a super poker player. ...being able to summon cards might help too. "This is my hole! It was made for me!" Stop that, you! *shivers* Thank you for making me remember that emotionally scarring...thing. That helped. Still working on the automacro for this. I'm looking into how to make the alpha channels work so that you can just cut and paste the file over other images and get a good transition.
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