Illustrated comic strip: Words By Dashface

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

Since around the time of the founding of the Official Wiki, c-dy and I have been making a series of Guild Wars comic strips. We're not the fastest out there—we only have six strips at the moment—but hopefully the pretty colours make up for it. Despite the advantage of colours, it's no Healbot Blues. Still, I would love to hear what you think of it.



http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Dashface/WBD
Comments welcome, especially if you like them!

Mistical miss

Mistical miss

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Netherlands - Hattem

[RR]

Some are a bit hard to understand for me, I do really like the texttype, drawstyle and "Interface" though.

Smilin' Assassin

Smilin' Assassin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Cantha

Pixies O Wickid Nawtyness [pixy]

A/Me

amusing concepts + perfectly matching graphics, a winning combo :}

Nian

Nian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Finland

R/

Wow! Nice artworks. Love the way you can make the characters come alive with strong expressions.

BUT aren't you at all worried to put your images on the wiki? Since wiki is a format where all content becomes free for anyone to take and use. You should probably at least slap some kind of copyright texts onto every image page and state that they are NOT released under the CreativeCommons licence imho. Especially images on wiki tend to be troublesome like that. Currently it says at the bottom of the page that the content is released under CC licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Just a bit worried here.

But great artworks! Love your style. I'll have to spend some time to read all those comics. :]

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nian
BUT aren't you at all worried to put your images on the wiki? Since wiki is a format where all content becomes free for anyone to take and use. The only difference the current licensing introduces is that there is technically a legal avenue for others to do other things with the strips. If somebody was going to take them and remove the attribution from the image, I doubt that they'd have the scruples to restrain themselves from doing the same thing if the image had a different license.

Besides, this is fanart. I would much rather read feedback than be credited. And it is for entertainment only, not for profit. I'm not going to set up a CafePress shop with "Xunlai, the Great Destroyer" t-shirts.

Senrath

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Halfway between here and there

Advanced Technology [CCCP]

I really like the comics. Keep up the good work.

*snickers at what Gwen's been doing*

Cherng Butter

Cherng Butter

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Maryland

The Mirror Of Reason [SNOW]

E/Mo

I don't get some of them, but they sure are very nicely drawn!

Nkah Sennyt

Nkah Sennyt

Awaken from hiatus.

Join Date: Apr 2006

Riding the spiral.

No Fun Allowed [Vdya]

Awesome stuff, and fabulous art.

hlc617

hlc617

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

P/

Ohh fantastic comics!! Love your style

Lili Frog

Lili Frog

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

France

Happy Froggies

Mo/Rt

Very very nice ^^
I didn't understand all of them, but they're great.

notLurker

notLurker

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Terra Nova, Mars

R/Me

so that's what caused Shiro to go mad
Luv it!

Yakuza Yuki

Yakuza Yuki

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

Tokyo

[剣因剣] a.k.a. Asia

W/

I love the GWEN one, awesome job!

Sectus

Sectus

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Miss Meow Meow's Guild

Nice comics, and the artwork looks great too. I really like the Gwen one, I've always been wondering why she wants so many red iris flowers :P

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistical miss
Some are a bit hard to understand for me, I do really like the texttype, drawstyle and "Interface" though.
Quote: Originally Posted by Cherng Butter I don't get some of them, but they sure are very nicely drawn!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lili Frog
Very very nice ^^
I didn't understand all of them, but they're great. There seems to be a theme here!

I wonder if I should have a page with explanations, but I worry that that would spoil the jokes. It also doesn't help that the first one is so opaque—that first strip might be making people resign themselves to not understanding. (The first strip is an allegory for the migrating from Guildwiki to GWW, by the way.)

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

There is now a seventh strip.

Arachnephobia

Arachnephobia

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

Tyria

FaR

E/

I love mini comics, they're amazing. I cannot wait to see the next strip.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

Very nicely drawn, and I love the subtle humor.

Do you hand draw those or do you use some sort of software?

Dashface

Dashface

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Melbourne, Australia

iMud

Mo/

There is now an eighth strip!