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Email the author at qwanderer7+lgc@gmail.com

The Elves of LleuGarnock is Copyright Irene Pitcairn<2008-2009. The Elves of LleuGarnock is hosted on ComicGenesis, a free webhosting and site automation service for webcomics.

LleuGarnock HOME Archive     --- CHAPTERS & Sections     --- Chapter 1: Amaranta's Grandchildren 1-1: The Berry Incident 1-2: Destiny & Mr. Cat 1-3: By Garnock River 1-4: Pursuit of Fruit Chapter 2: Gemini Alone 2-1: The Dangers of Thinking 2-2: Healing 2-3: Destiny or Somesuch 2-4: Humans in Town Chapter 3: Laws and Secrets 3-1: Comforts of Home 3-2: Colliding Worlds 3-3: Living History 3-4: Gifts Chapter 4: Calindell Roads 4-1: Blue Girl 4-2: Toad's Story 4-3: Getting Along 4-4: Arledge Chapter 5: Under the Full Moon 5-1: Black Cat Inn 5-2: Corn Cat 5-3: Helpless 5-4: Story of the Opals Chapter 6: Prisoners of the Earth 6-1: Bitter Words 6-2: Kings and Constraints 6-3: The Shape of a Prison 6-4: Lightless Chapter 7: Bonds of Hardship 7-1: Differences of Opinion 7-2: Truitt's Tale 7-3: Strange Magic 7-4: The Black-Haired Man 7-5: The Evil-Hearted Monk Chapter 8: Shedding Light 8-1: Curses on Verses 8-2: Who Needs Keys? 8-3: The Sacrifice 8-4: Prayers Chapter 9: An Unequal Fight 9-1: Drawing the Curtains 9-2: Power of the Staff 9-3: To the Ends of the Earth 9-4: And Back Home

This was my first real attempt at shading in the GIMP. I don't know how much shading I'm going to put into the comics, but the next few don't have it. When I was inspired to try this technique I went back to this comic because I thought it would be easier to work with than a multipanel comic. It also originally had a photo for a background, so I wanted to change that while keeping some aspect of the lovely lighting which was what I liked about the photo.

Later:
There definitely will be some shading, but it's rare. I just did this comic with some wonderful sunset lighting. I love my book about the GIMP!

I was having trouble with a couple of the scripts. I really appreciate my buffer at times like this. It's a scenario with some of the "school-age" kids with a lot of misunderstanding and hurt feelings. I was pretty oblivious during that phase of my life (currently the first two-thirds) - I was always the one who was shy, oversensitive about things and didn't know the meaning of the phrase "just teasing". I realized that the plot necessitates that the story be told from the perspective of the loud kid who finds that being funny gets him farthest with most people and doesn't get that more of the same won't win over everyone. Writing this section has been a learning experience for me and I hope it will improve my writing. I'm still kind of frustrated with the way it's turning out, but that's mostly because it's not the kind of story that will make you laugh out loud on every page, and that's the way it was meant to be.

Sorry for the late rant - these may be late sometimes but it's quite improbable that my comic will ever be late. If my buffer falls dangerously low, I'll let you know and reduce my schedule back to one a week. Now that I've got the one story figured out, my pace seems quite good for maintaining two comics a week. But there's always the danger of getting stuck somewhere.