Chapter 20 | Page 10
on June 9, 2022
at 12:00 am
*audience claps*
Thistil Mistil Kistil
by Sarah Schanze
Velkommen!
Thistil Mistil Kistil is a comic about vikings, Norse gods, and their adventures together (or against each other). Updates are on Tyr’s Day and Thor’s Day.
It’s good to see where she gets the wide eyes and freckels from,what’s going to happen next? I guess we’ll see.
I’m not entirely sure if freckles are inheritable but they’re still fun.
I don’t think the exact pattern of freckles are heritable, but skin tone definitely is and she clearly got one that freckles a lot! (Freckles are also one of my favorite things to draw on a character)
“Saoirse, I am your father”
I would downvote this if I could!! >:C
Insufferable Pedant here, with a drawing criticism.
When I saw the gray sections next to where our protagonists were walking, I at first thought they were ditches but the color was wrong. I then thought they were covered seedbeds (what? No gray plastic sheets to cover them in the 7-8th Century?).
I then realized they were walls.
Maybe I’m in the minority, but some additional “square” indicators attached to the thin and dashed corner line would have worked better visually to imply walls – the endless drystone walls of Ireland.
I mean, what else do you do with all those stones you pull out of the field? Pile ’em next to it, eventually forming a wall so the O’Connell’s cattle won’t eat your damn peas! You’re going to raid them cattle in spring since the grew so fat off your peas.
Anyway, I enjoy the artwork and the story! I wouldn’t give criticism if I didn’t care. Also thank you for keeping up the schedule. For every two-dozen artists there is one who can call themselves a professional. That one is the artist who keeps to a schedule.
Don’t take my work for it. Look at Gerald Brom’s quotes (blatant plug).
on the off chance this comment is in good faith: you’ll get a lot more positive responses to criticism if you lead with the compliments, and also keep it short and to the point and don’t condescend the person while you’re at it. Looking at the previous page, the walls clearly have a pattern of stones drawn on them, so the lecture on what stone walls look like made you come off as a bit of a jerk. I’d recommend just saying that the flat color doesn’t parse as the object well.
Also, I can’t speak for the artist personally, but generally I’ve observed that webcomic artists don’t appreciate commentary on their update schedules, even if you think it’s a compliment.
given the fact that you introduced yourself as “Insufferable Pedant” this seems somewhat self-aware, but I figured I would try anyway in case this information is new or useful.
Thank you for reading!
for such a seemingly innocuous scene, the tension is very high right now–I don’t know if it’s just me but I’m feeling almost as nail-bitey as I was during the fight scenes, haha.
GOOD, because these are probably worse lol.
Fight scenes are over quickly, these things are usually drawn out. Which, for me at least, is much much worse. Looking forward to it!