What do you guys think of the floating block in the middle? Is this effective storytelling? I try and switch things up every now and again so that I’m not just drawing the same characters with the same basic expressions over and over again.
What do you guys think of the floating block in the middle? Is this effective storytelling? I try and switch things up every now and again so that I’m not just drawing the same characters with the same basic expressions over and over again.
7 thoughts on “Emma and the Fairy Queen 54”
meghan
whats with the windmills? I thought this was fantasy, not sci fi.
Artist
They show up briefly in Chapter 1 as well. The idea was to mix different places and times in the fairy world. I didn’t want fairies to be strictly held to a sort of fantesy medieval imagry. There’s a large wind farm that I drive by between home and school, and I think the windmills are pretty.
meghan
um, ok, but do the faries need the power? I mean don’t they have magic for that stuff?
Artist
There are humans in the world, and not everyone has magic. Mathilda, for instance, is human and pretty much magic-free. While she lives by medieval norms, not everyone else in this world does. There aren’t any major cities with modern technology (the queen would never approve), but there are some smaller outposts that have some more modern luxuries like electricity.
meghan
how do humans live in the fairy world?
Artist
Not many people cross between the two worlds now, but at some points in the past it was more common. Fairies would visit our world and sometimes they’d bring humans back with them or humans would wander through barriers accidentally. The Old Folk are largely responsible for the decrease in travel; when they sent their children away they put up a barrier so that generally speaking those without magic can’t get into the fairy realm and the fairies can’t get into our world. Emma is mostly human but has some fairy blood, so she can get through. Some of the humans who came into the fairy realm before that barrier was created found their way home again, but others stayed.
Brian
Aside from the already discussed content of the floating block, I really liked it as an artistic transition. I understood its purpose almost immediately, and I like how you’re switching things up a little as an artist. Great Job!
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