So good to hear, thank you Mary! I love writing them, even though they don’t get as much engagement as some other things. It’s good to get some feedback that people are reading and enjoying these!
The other thing the lines and planter bottom on the right accidentally do is emphasize some positional questions. It appears that the table, chair, and princess's legs are being cropped about mid-calf on her, but the dragon's posture suggests he's sitting on the ground, which is at exactly the same level. So there is a mismatch, but such a subtle one that it would be almost impossible to notice, if it weren't called attention to by the things you point out. That's all way-past nit-picky though, for a fun and well done comic.
And total credit on the dragon's expression. It's so well done it sells the whole thing!
That’s a fantastic observation about the grounding issue regarding the dragon. FWIW, the camera appears to be at table level (though the ink strokes in question are more horizontal than they should be, given the perspective of background objects above the table level), and since the princess is in front of the table and the dragon is behind it, I would expect the princess’s feet and chair legs to sit “lower” than those of the table and the dragon’s feet to sit “higher,” but certainly the dragon shouldn’t be sitting as high as the implied panel border. I’m not sure he *is*, but I’m also not sure how I would complete his anatomy anyway. Certainly if his tail is meant to be curled against the ground, that’s a problem!
It's good that the cartoonist didn't try to include a chair for the dragon to sit on, which would just compound the situation (it also doesn't help the dragon in the doctor's office). Perfecting this one would probably require intentionally cutting the dragon off with the frame, rather than implying that we're seeing all of him (minus the parts occluded by the table).
I don't think the doctors office one would actually be hard to fix, or at least substantially improve. Lower the camera, remove the ceiling, have the dragon sit on the floor and that would about do it. For additional polish, a bit of different texture work on the dragon would probably help too.
Delightful entry!
Thanks much!
I always enjoy your cartoon analyses.
So good to hear, thank you Mary! I love writing them, even though they don’t get as much engagement as some other things. It’s good to get some feedback that people are reading and enjoying these!
The other thing the lines and planter bottom on the right accidentally do is emphasize some positional questions. It appears that the table, chair, and princess's legs are being cropped about mid-calf on her, but the dragon's posture suggests he's sitting on the ground, which is at exactly the same level. So there is a mismatch, but such a subtle one that it would be almost impossible to notice, if it weren't called attention to by the things you point out. That's all way-past nit-picky though, for a fun and well done comic.
And total credit on the dragon's expression. It's so well done it sells the whole thing!
That’s a fantastic observation about the grounding issue regarding the dragon. FWIW, the camera appears to be at table level (though the ink strokes in question are more horizontal than they should be, given the perspective of background objects above the table level), and since the princess is in front of the table and the dragon is behind it, I would expect the princess’s feet and chair legs to sit “lower” than those of the table and the dragon’s feet to sit “higher,” but certainly the dragon shouldn’t be sitting as high as the implied panel border. I’m not sure he *is*, but I’m also not sure how I would complete his anatomy anyway. Certainly if his tail is meant to be curled against the ground, that’s a problem!
It's good that the cartoonist didn't try to include a chair for the dragon to sit on, which would just compound the situation (it also doesn't help the dragon in the doctor's office). Perfecting this one would probably require intentionally cutting the dragon off with the frame, rather than implying that we're seeing all of him (minus the parts occluded by the table).
I don't think the doctors office one would actually be hard to fix, or at least substantially improve. Lower the camera, remove the ceiling, have the dragon sit on the floor and that would about do it. For additional polish, a bit of different texture work on the dragon would probably help too.