Revisions! Revisions!

by Silver on Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Posted in: Art, Runfreakrun, yay
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One of the hardest part in self-publishing a comic online is the lack of an editor. You have to depend on your own eyes and experience to make the right calls and there’s always a chance you miss out errors, no matter how much you look for them. There’s nothing easier than to become blind to your own shortcomings.

But the good thing is, you can always improve and change things!

For a while we’d been annoyed how inconsistent the earlier pages looked compared to our recent ones; the lettering was off, the narration was in a different style and we wanted to change that, after all – the first pages are our first and only chance to make a lasting impression with our readers – we want you guys to be impressed, to read forward and to stick around. (And never leave!)

So, it was time to revisit the first chapters! The narration text has been changed from Chapters 1 to 3 to match the style from there forward. More narration has been added to some pages, and the existing ones were refined. It wasn’t only the style of the text but the graphic design of it as well.

Here’s an example of the changes from the early pages:

revisions

I love graphic design. It’s been one of the most important skills I’ve learned in the past year. One should never underestimate how much presentation matters.

If you’re a new reader who just joined us last Sunday, then this isn’t news for you – but if you’re an older reader who’d love to revisit the pages yourself and find some new gems, then we hope you enjoy the ride!

Overall 19 pages were revisited, here are some examples!

examples

Love,

Silver