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So next two episodes are Angel and I, Robot … You Jane.

The first design of angel I did a grave moment that was an angel. I like the over all layout but it was too on the nose. The second one I did Angel’s silhouette in Buffy’s bedroom. I used the branches of the tree outside to make it look like the silhouette had wings. Then the branches being leafless adds an implied deadness to it. I’ll probably clean up that one if I go further. Angel is the one I finished up out of these.

Then for I Robot, You Jane, I wanted to be computery in a 90s way. The first I thought an error message on a computer screen would work. I figure the error message can say “Error: There’s a demon in the internet” and I’d have the title in 1s and 0s all matrix style. The other option is less spoilery but equal 90s tech. I thought it would be fun to have that old style printer paper with the circles on the edge. And then I used the mouses wire to make a noose to give the implication of danger and death in a more subtle way.

The Better to Find You With page 17 is up.

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So these next two are for Never Kill a Boy on the First Date and the Pack.

Never Kill a Boy on the First Date is a long title so I tried to make sure there was room for it. I thought something cutest for the silhouetted boy and girl poses would be good. Then the vampire grabbing at his feet because kinda the running thing in the episode is that he’s in danger more so than Buffy or the Scoobies. Hoping from grave to grave is because there is to reference the prophecy in the episode about several people dying. The other version I thought the ribbon with the title had an old fashion school dance feel so I tried to do that with the characters too. Again there is the monsters grabbing at him because he’s the one in danger. And again I did the graves. I also added the broken bus to the background.

For The Pack, I thought about Mondo’s prints for The Jungle Book. I liked how it was all in the shape of the tiger. So I did that with the hyena here. I mostly played with the pose of the hyena because of how much I like that idea. Then the spots lead down to silhouettes of a group of kids laughing at another. The one on the left I think works better and is more dynamic.

Episode 3 is called The Witch. The plot is a witch is cursing cheerleaders. The first design I started with two mundane objects from the plot and then the witches caldron. It is a little mundane looking. The second version of this design I designed on taking a cheerleading trophy from the end and put the various curse effects on the trophy. So it’s blindfolded, has no mouth and one hand is on fire. I kept one hand in tack to you can see it’s for cheerleading. Then it submerged in the caldron adds some more dread to the picture. Also smoke from the spell makes for a nice way to do the letters.

Episode 4 teacher’s pet is a little harder. The title doesn’t really help with the visuals. Miss. French being a preying mantis is kinda supposed to be a reveal so I didn’t want to do anything two obvious. So I first tried sexy silhouette where the teacher’s pointer wand is cutting off student’s heads might work at implying that future without giving it away. Then I was stuck on a second idea. Since she is a bug monster I thought maybe having her pinning boy students like butterflies might be good since she is also teaching bio. If I finish one it will probably be the first one.

I liked Witch a lot so that’s one of the finished title cards.

I picked this quote for Kimber’s chapter because even though she is the youngest she is the most on the ball and seeing the bigger picture.

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Even though this chapter is from Kimber’s POV I hope that someone could make an educated guess about Rae’s motive behind her actions. First she is trying to ditch all of them and then partners up with the person who will  be the most disinterested in what she is doing.

I stuck to down shots for Kimber realizing Rae and her aren’t hanging out to push how disappointed she is.

Page 24 – 26

Elsie having to get her siblings before her and Kimber go investigate was to show another side of her. She’s helping out her family in-between shoplifting and ditching school. And this scene starts what is a lot of what this chapter is. Elsie and Kimber connecting and starting to get used to each other.

Page 27 – 29

So Kimber’s own self doubt and the way Morgan treated her, is why she reacts to Elsie question with anger. Then Elsie doesn’t reach to their shoving match with anger because that is business as usual for her.

I like how Elsie turned out in panel 2 of 29 where she is sitting in the sand.

Page 30 – 34

I liked drawing all their glowy ring while looking around. Also once the search begins both Kimber and Elsie buck up.

The rock continuing to hit Elsie in the head is a hint for how to resolve stuff.

Page 35 – 40

During the fight I liked to pull out when they were yelling and when they were quiet. Cause I wanted the distance between them to be pushed.

Elsie’s reaching out to Kimber with the hair dye starts out sounding insulting so Kimber who is thinking the worst will react defensively. But she wins her over with pissing off parents proposal.