Page 88
Posted on April 17, 2016 by Rose

0 thoughts on “Page 88”

  1. Zonk

    That’s such a nice page! I like the hologram and the glow that comes from it.

  2. Ryan V

    I love the holographic map. 😀

  3. me

    Best movie quote ever. Also best holographic map ever.

  4. Cecilya

    To be fair, the holographic city looks amazing. And I agree, blue/purple is an awesome colour scheme. 😀

  5. Calum

    Awesome artwork, excellent story, brilliant personalities….loving this comic!

  6. Somebody Someone

    Regardless of how you feel about it, it turned out to be an epic page with an epic map. 🙂

  7. Kyethn

    Thanks, all! Glad to know my working weekends are appreciated, haha. 🙂

  8. Thracecius

    Appreciated? Nah, we’re entitled! 😀

    Or at least spoiled rotten by your relentlessly amazing artistic skill and talent. You pick. 🙂

    Kidding aside, it’s not just the artistic feat you’ve accomplished with the line-art, color palette, texturing, shading, dialogue, etc. that’s so impressive, it’s the –concept and execution– of a holographic map with that level of scalable detail that wow’s me. I had no idea that such a complex device would exist in the Red Moon Rising Universe! I am continually fascinated by the tremendous range of technology and magical artistry that you present during the story, because it opens up so many intriguing questions into the social and cultural developments that must have occurred, or must be occurring, in this (presumably) human world.

    Sometimes I wish I had a well-known podcast type thing going so I could interview *cough*pick the brains of*cough* my favorite writers/artists. Until that happens, I guess I’ll need to do some internet sleuthing to find existing interviews you may have done. 🙂

    1. Kyethn

      Hey Thracecius! Thanks very much for your kind words. 🙂

      I just wanted to say thank you also for the ridiculous amount of nice and encouraging comments you left while going through the comic archives. I read all of them (I get comments emailed to me) and I was very touched by how much you seem to be enjoying the comic. Drawing and writing something like this can often be quite a solitary affair, and sometimes it can be hard to stay motivated and remember what it all looks like from a reader’s point of view. Basically, I really appreciate your comments, and those of everyone else who’s taken the time to say something about the comic. You guys are great!

      As for the technological questions you posed, there’s definitely a very wide gulf in the technological levels between Ashul and Imara in particular. Ashul has developed a lot of magically-fueled bits and bobs that Imara totally lacks – airships, televisions, data crystals, and so on.

      I don’t know if I’ve touched on this in any interviews, but for me the key differences between the two cultures and their development are environmental – Ashul was founded on tundra and swamp out of necessity, and have only started to take advantage of their other natural resources in the last few decades. Imara and Rishara Caan are situated on much more fertile land, and were able to funnel more energy into art and architecture, and had much less impetus to develop and build military tecnhology. In particular, Ashul is landlocked and the other two nations are not, so airships were the solution to their lack of a navy.

      As for wanting to have a podcast in order to pick my brains, it’s not really necessary – I’m quite happy to answer questions here in the comments. 🙂 I don’t always get to everything, but I do try!

  9. izzy

    Is there really a chance for that plane to get through?

  10. EmilyS

    Omg *gets that ‘war room’ reference* XD

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