Where Red Apples Lie: Silent World (finished!)

Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:38 pm **(#1)**

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This is the first page of a new snippet (11 pages long) from my on-off black&white&red weird comic Where Red Apples Lie.

Sketched on my Android tablet, then finalized in MyPaint and Krita, with lettering in Inkscape.

Previous snippets (on DeviantArt, but they are here on GimpChat too):

Snippet1 (9 pages): The Unknown Girl
Snippet2 (7 pages): Silent Treatment
Snippet3 (5 pages): Ships Passing

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Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:46 pm **(#2)**

Interestingly enough, the common wisdom of using PNG for better quality doesn't appear to apply here on GimpChat - the reduced-size version becomes blurry, whereas if the original is a JPG, it stays sharp. That's curious, but I changed to JPG now.
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Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:00 pm **(#3)**

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Page 2. The Unknown Girl makes a return! If you are unfamiliar, yes she has only one leg. The "Virch" is a concept touched upon in previous snippets.

Comments and critique is of course welcome as usual.

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2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:30 pm **(#4)**

the link seems to let people go into a dream/virtual world during the ride, but will the unknown girl use it or prefer reality

Griatch · **Posted:** Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:05 pm **(#5)**

@2-ton: Indeed. Time will tell.
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Griatch · **Posted:** Tue Aug 15, 2017 3:37 pm **(#6)**

Third page. This is the first time we see some other color than red in this comic.

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Griatch · **Posted:** Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:19 pm **(#7)**

Page four. A world of color ...
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Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16218

Griatch you simply amaze me.

Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:30 pm **(#9)**

Page 5. The real world is less colorful, but also less weird ... or is it?

@Rod:
Thanks, glad you like it so far!
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sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:25 am **(#10)**

Griatch · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:38 am **(#11)**

Page 6. What to do, in a silent world?
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2-ton · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:11 pm **(#12)**

Oh my!

Griatch · **Posted:** Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:38 pm **(#13)**

That better be a strong leg ...!

2-ton wrote:

Oh my!

Oh my indeed!

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Griatch · **Posted:** Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:14 am **(#14)**

A well-prepared clown ...
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sallyanne · **Posted:** Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:01 am **(#15)**

Nearly always someone who has a severe disability too. Good thing the clown is prepared.

Griatch · **Posted:** Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:33 am **(#16)**

Nose is coming off! Now it's serious!

sallyanne wrote:

Nearly always someone who has a severe disability too. Good thing the clown is prepared.

Yeah, she's probably quite strong in that leg but who knows how long she could've held him if he had not planned for the contingency!
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Mokonafan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:19 pm **(#17)**

Wellp, this story sure is interesting.
Oddly close to what social media can do to people.
These snippets would be interesting tv episodes.

Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:37 am **(#18)**

deep introspection...

Mokonafan wrote:

Wellp, this story sure is interesting.
Oddly close to what social media can do to people.
These snippets would be interesting tv episodes.

Thanks, this is a pretty curious comic so I'm glad you find it interesting! Only one page to go!
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Griatch · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2017 8:38 am **(#19)**

Last page! I hope you enjoyed this! I tested with a different workflow this time, using more blacks than in previous snippets. I appreciate any comments and feedback on the whole 11 pages of the snippet.

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2-ton · **Posted:** Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:06 am **(#20)**

All the red apple comics hold my interest, the artwork always does seem to add to the interest by showing just enough to create the right atmosphere but not so much detail that you loose focus, and this one has an interesting ending, open to interpretation.