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Post by Blind on Jan 2, 2004 20:24:52 GMT -5
Just wondering Tom, what gave you the inspiration to start a web comic and why furries?
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Post by Tom on Jan 2, 2004 20:27:32 GMT -5
That's a rather long story. Give me a few minutes....
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Post by drawingcomplex on Jan 2, 2004 20:33:52 GMT -5
How did you end up doing furries Tom? What's your favorite type of storyline time? I see that this one is fantasy but you newer one is modern or futuristic, isn't it?
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Post by Tom on Jan 2, 2004 21:11:15 GMT -5
Let's see here... I started writing this story somewhere around 2001. I signed up and got a keenspace account (which took three months),and at the time I was working on a different comic of the same name. I wasn't very good back then, even for me, so that comic only lasted about three pages.
The reasons for the Keidrans was that I wanted to write a story that involved alot of racial discrimination, and two character that try to overcome it. Since I didn't feel like using an existing ethnic background, I decided to look elsewhere. That's when I remembered the first online comic I had ever read, Vets on the Net (http://vet.keenspace.com/) Although it is no longer in production, at the time it had inspired me to make my own comic. Thus, Keidrans were born.
As for what my favorite storyline time, I tend to enjoy writing fantasies. So most of my stories take place in a less-than-modern setting. However, sometime I get bored of it. So a few of my stories are modern, such as the one I'm hoping to start (If everything works out) Allot of my really serious stories are modern or futuristic.
Theres' more stuff about how I got started... but I'm tired of typing.
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Post by Blind on Jan 2, 2004 21:18:59 GMT -5
Ah I see so the the main moral is overcoming differences.
About the characters, their personnalities to be more precise, taken from people you know or made from your imagination?
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Post by drawingcomplex on Jan 2, 2004 21:20:51 GMT -5
That's a good questions Blind. Well, Tom?
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Post by Tom on Jan 2, 2004 21:33:17 GMT -5
Hmm... that's a good question. I'd have to think about that.
I suppose Trace does alot of things that I believe I would do in the same situation.
Flora is not so much inspired by real people, but by a combination of other characters from webcomics across the internet. Her personality is incomplete at the moment, though. I haven't really developed her much yet. BUT I WILL!
Maran is mostly inspired by a lot of the pushy, irritating girls I know. She has a softer side, but I haven't shown that yet either.
Karen was actually inspired by Su from Love Hina. She had such a lovable persona, I just had to try and emulate it. I'm still not sure yet if I successed.
Trace's Best Friend is inspired by a friend of mine named Nick. He's always very loud and doesn't always use his head.
Um... are there any more characters I forgot?
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Post by Blind on Jan 2, 2004 21:42:54 GMT -5
Well there's Sythe (IMO probly one of the main villains but he'll have a change of heart at the last second)
And the new third race guy or whatever.
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Post by Tom on Jan 2, 2004 22:07:05 GMT -5
Oh yeah!
Sythe, well... I'm not even sure where he came from. I believe he's one of the characters that I simply invented from the top of my head. At first he wasn't even going to be a part of the comic. My original script had Flora jumping out of the trees to attack Trace, but a last minute change put Sythe in there. But it was never really thought out. So he's developing from pure imagination for now.
Oh, Keith (who's last name is "Keiser" by the way) Was one of my very first characters, originally invented for a different story involving only that particular race of people. I made him so long ago I can't really remember what inspired me.
Three other characters, only one of which I've shown so far, are the three Masters (still working on the name). The one I've drawn so far is only shown on page 4 of my comic (I think) They are inspired by the Eternals in the webcomic "Adventurers" (http://adventurers-comic.com/) Like those characters, mine also wear masks. But the story behind the masks are very different.
The three masks, in case your wondering, are Good, Evil, and Neutrality. The one shown is Neutrality. She's pretty evil in the comic, though.
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Post by Blind on Jan 2, 2004 22:37:05 GMT -5
Ah the one with the freakish face is a master?
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Post by Tom on Jan 2, 2004 23:32:00 GMT -5
yup, altough that's not her real face. It'll all be explained during the boring plot developement part of the comic.
Phew, that's a lot of typing. I'd better not say any more, least I give something away that I shouldn't.
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Post by Blind on Jan 3, 2004 0:19:22 GMT -5
Darn, my ploy almost worked ;D
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Post by Fox on Jan 3, 2004 4:04:37 GMT -5
That takes the fun out of it. Kind of like opening Christmas presents before Christmas.  Evil people lol. Well love the comic, keep it up. I'd do a comic, but I seem to only draw a character once, and then move on. Not a good habit for making a comic.  |
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Post by drawingcomplex on Jan 3, 2004 10:47:24 GMT -5
Well Fox. You could post a drawing of a character in the drawing forum. Hey, Tom how many new characters are there going to be ? Don't name them but, can we have an estimation or something? By the way Tom what is your favorite comic that you have done so far?  |
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Post by Fox on Jan 4, 2004 0:31:18 GMT -5
I was going to, but most of them aren't cleaned up, and then....on top of that, hosting them is evil. Maybe I'm just paranoid about people taking stuff? On a side note, I look foward to more advancements in the story. |
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Evil people lol. Well love the comic, keep it up. I'd do a comic, but I seem to only draw a character once, and then move on. Not a good habit for making a comic. 
