Exchange [Page 1] (Cardcaptors) (done in 2008)

RELEASE!

As much of a blasphamy it is for me to say it, I always liked the Nelvana dub of Card Captor Sakura. As a kid of ten or eleven, I'd always make sure to catch it on Cartoon Network when it was on. (Of course, it helped that we didn't get the hackneed version KidsWB spliced together for American viewers, so eh. *shrug*)

The theme of recent months seems to be 'backlog', and this one comes from way back. The sketch for this is one of the first comics I ever made, way back in 2005(!), and the majority of the digital artwork comes from 2007-2008. While I do like the image overall, these two 'ages' combine to create some... interesting bouts of horribleness. (For instance, jeez, look at those hands! Or, better yet, don't.) That said, I still think the first frame is absolutely fantastic.

I kind of intended to release all the pages to this at once, but since I'm probably going to procrastinate forever on the next few (as I did on this one), I might as well upload this one now. (The good news is, of course, the newer pages will take better advantage of my much improved art skills, so expect moar bettr handz in future!)

Sketch: 24 Sep (first panel), 2 Oct 2005

Frame 1
Lineart: 15 Jun 2007
Paint: 4-5 Dec 2008

Frame 2
Madison Lineart: 2 Jun 2007
Sakura Lineart: 10 Jun 2007
Kero Lineart: 14 Jun 2007
Paint: 4, 9 Dec 2008

Frame 3
Lineart: 15, 16 Jun, 8 Jul 2007
Paint: 6, 8-9 Dec 2008
Light: 22 Nov 2009
Tweaks to light surrounding key and to smooth out chin: 3 May 2012

Text/Layout: 29 Nov 2012