Panel 3 was amazingly difficult for me. I rewrote the line several times and I couldn't decide on a good facial expression. Initially it was a worried expression. I tried more scared, frowning. Eventually, I settled on a nervous (possibly relieved?) smile. Mike is sort of a coward, so I figure he is either amused by his own fear or he smiles as a defense mechanism.
The shading turned out considerably better than I expected. My biggest problem with my coloring is that it always looks too cheery, but I think I managed to combat that on this page. (Granted, the "coloring" is almost entirely shades of gray...)
spiritmonkey: Nah, other comics do "tense" much more often and better. I just have a habit of ending pages on an unsettling note.
n_y_japlander:Liar! But, yeah, Mike will probably find out for himself.
trevor: I don't want to be reviewed. I have low self-esteem as it is, and as much as I know I suck, I hate to think what a reviewer would say. (Of course, that fear is always fighting with curiosity and the thought of being noticed... Fear wins for me, though.)
amanda: There's always time for manners. ^_^
Peipei: It's usually wise to listen to the one with the gun. XD
blntmaker: I'm glad you're enjoying it. (I thought this one had a slow start, but I am writing longer arcs these days.)
Don't be afraid of some good constructive feedback - that's the only way you become better!
I encourage people to rip my stuff apart. Tell me it's awful - but tell me why, so I can improve upon it and get better. The giant head thing - yeah, notice that my heads haven't been oversized since people started pointing that out to me.
However, I have been starting a photo comic movement on this site - inadvertently, by first doing it in my comic, and inspiring Amanda to do it for the DD Awards. :P
(^O^) See that, you gave me an example at how much better you colored pages are than mine (just don't check out Morning Squirtz, as I like my coloring there)... my coloring is far to bright, therefore I feel much more comfortable with only black!
(^U^) Your coloring on the other hand always rocks! no need to be hard on yourself,... some people can, while the rest of us pretend very vary hard!
(^U^) I love how this page came out!!!! The third panel is extraordinarily nice... the "smile to make me feel better" look is great!!!
