SAM!!!

Haven’t seen this guy in like………4 years…

After starring in the first six pages, I knew he had to go. He was just too “A-list” material and he was bound to steal the show. Well…that or I just spent 113 pages getting back to where Page 6 left off… ^^;

Also I don’t care if it’s only been one day in the story, Sam had to look different. It’s been four years for goodness’s sake, my style’s changed a lot, and there was no way I was gonna draw him the same way as I used to.

I hadn’t drawn a full-bleed, full-page panel since Page 86 (although I came close to doing so a few times since then), but I really wanted to give it another shot. It may not be as impressive or interesting as 86, but I feel that it’s more successful. Page 86, while I’m still fairly proud of it, gets (extremely) complex and hard to see what’s happening especially on the last four panels that also have backgrounds which get meshed with the background they’re already on top of. I tried to minimize the amount of backgrounds on this page, apart from panel 1 and 3 that are important for setting the scene, but even these are located on the top half against the less complex ceiling. This combined with a little more contrast between the dark darks and light lights. It’s still by no means a masterpiece, but I hope that it’s a step in the right direction ^^

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