Why do these two have so much chemistry together? :C
I’m not talking about non-canonical, fangirl fantasies here. Their every interaction has fascinated me thus far, and there’s a creepy connection between the two that I think that Schtein will never admit. Phin embraces his crazy, Doc likes to pretend that he has ‘normal’ sensibilities. Also, Phin is kind of disgusting. BUT THEY’RE JUST SO INTERESTING TOGETHER.
I went back and skimmed thru the entire archive and while the shading, lighting, color scheming got better the characters remained still pretty cartoony until Chapter 3, page 10. That’s when head shapes and general anatomy begin to get more nuanced. The next huge step was on chapter 3, page 41. Kicked it up another notch in terms of expressions, head and face structure and proportions. The last huge jump was on chapter 3, page 48. Now this shit is just bananas.
The current look is just so bad ass, I mean I loved the cartoony style in the first couple of chapters, but comparing the proportions/anatomy and coloring and it’s like “wwoooaaaahhh”, just so awesome.
feh. Whatever. The old style was no good/not appropriate for the story and gave people the false impression that the comic is like a comedy or something. I like where I’m heading, I almost feel like my art is what I intend for it to be.
I predict the next page will have two panels: the first one will be of an outside shot of the prison building, all calm and stuff. Then the second panel will be of it being blown up. BOOM!
Also, I popped in on that livestream just a few hours ago. First time viewing a livestream of yours — and I MUST do it more often! The amount of detail you put into the pages are just phenomenal! The lighting is especially admirable on this page.
Are you suggesting an explosion to mark a possibly awesome and dramatic end of a chapter before moving on into the next awesome part of the story? I think that ideas been done somewhere before =3… if only I could remember where! Hahaha
well, you know how it is. Details like that just build upon themselves over the years. A splash of blood here, a spattering of shattered teeth there. One year the warden decides to store some old office christmas decorations in your little torture shack…
God almighty your artistic abilities have grown by leaps and BOUNDS over the past year! It’s so beautiful now!! (Not saying it wasn’t great a year ago!)
Love the twist! Sorry, Jayjay… guess you’re not coming with. :P
One of these weeks I’m going to stop thinking to myself “Wow. The artwork cannot possibly get any better.” I am proven wrong every. Flippin’. Week.
Oh gosh, it just struck me how good you’ve become at colouring over the course of this comic. The lightning on this page is super atmospheric, especially the second panel :O
Because of the damned NaNoWriMo, I wasn’t able to follow all your livestream T__T I hope you’ll do another soon, it was interesting. And the result is so damned amazing.
Those lights.
That evil smile.
So does Schtein have to practice to be able to make a face like that or does it just come naturally?
Slightly off topic question, but has it been mentioned how long Schtein’s been in prison at this point? I found myself wondering that the other day and I don’t recall it being mentioned recently in the comic.
jkdjriowjfkd HOLY COW THAT FACE. The last one that Stein makes.. I’m like.. genuinely scared.. yet again WONDERFUL facial expressions. Your’e continuing to improve.
I adore this comic, and I agree with everyone else on Stein’s face in the last panel…but Phineas’ right hand in the second-last is kinda giving me the wiggin’s.
Perhaps the rotation of his wrist? Or maybe the angle? I’m not sure if I could extend my fingers like that with my wrist and elbow at those angles… But I don’t know if that’s universal or if I’m just not super flexible.
First post ever on this comic, which I adore. I’m sure that I’m not the only one thinking this, but… Phineas only has to get Doc past the perimeter fence >.>
In the last panel…I can’t help but see a reflection of myself when I get a new gun in a game…It’s that “I’m going to have fun with this” face…Followed by maniacal laughter.
And I don’t know quite why, but when I read that speech bubble, Doc sounds just like Emperor Palpatine in “Return of the Jedi” in my head. Maybe because he looks like he’s about to start shooting Force lightning out of his fingers.
I would like you to know it is now four in the morning. You got me to read this entire comic in one night, via my seeing three pages of it.
Also, why am I always attracted to the psychotic murderous villains.
The way you draw hair and mouths is fantastic, and I love your backgrounds, whether they’re immensely detailed or completely. Awesome job!
I was thinking about this update last night and realizing… wait. Finn is handing over a potentially explosive device to Schtein AND we know Finn is sadistic and…we trust Finn to hand over something powerful and scary and NOT scare the doc mentally with it? …
Oh my goodness! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
Last panel: Creepiest face the Doc has ever made.
so evil, so prepared for retribution, his eyebrows sink deep into his eye sockets
YAY! Evil smile is EVIL!!! Hurray! I love the evilness of the evil! ^^
Seconded!!
Creepy Doc is still the creepiest Doc. I can’t wait to see where this goes!
Why do these two have so much chemistry together? :C
I’m not talking about non-canonical, fangirl fantasies here. Their every interaction has fascinated me thus far, and there’s a creepy connection between the two that I think that Schtein will never admit. Phin embraces his crazy, Doc likes to pretend that he has ‘normal’ sensibilities. Also, Phin is kind of disgusting. BUT THEY’RE JUST SO INTERESTING TOGETHER.
I ‘hnnngh’ at your comic.
they’ve fallen into a wacky personality/straight man dynamic, with Doc being an unlikely straightman. Very weird!
Ahhh! I’m so excited! Cannot. fucking. wait. for next week! I love the lighting and Doc’s face in that last panel, everything is just amazing, really.
Buff phineas shoulders.
http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chaptertwo/page-twenty-five/ Are these the same people even? Does JayJay have a hidden washboard and rippling pecs under his shirt just waiting to be revealed?
Holy crap, you’re right! The art style is so ridiculously different!
we all get better over the time. beckey just seems to get better at an abnormally fast pace!
No. I think the real answer is that Beckey is not human.
WHO TOLD
The chihuahua- but you didn;t hear that from me
Whoa! What in the heck, how did I not notice the art changing this radically?
Watching the artist improve by leaps and bounds is one of the joys of this comic.
I think it’s the Ned Flanders effect.
I went back and skimmed thru the entire archive and while the shading, lighting, color scheming got better the characters remained still pretty cartoony until Chapter 3, page 10. That’s when head shapes and general anatomy begin to get more nuanced. The next huge step was on chapter 3, page 41. Kicked it up another notch in terms of expressions, head and face structure and proportions. The last huge jump was on chapter 3, page 48. Now this shit is just bananas.
Personally I kind of miss the cartoony look. This new disney-animation-on-steroids look is freakin’ me out a little bit.
The current look is just so bad ass, I mean I loved the cartoony style in the first couple of chapters, but comparing the proportions/anatomy and coloring and it’s like “wwoooaaaahhh”, just so awesome.
learning anatomical proportions is payin’ off! :D
feh. Whatever. The old style was no good/not appropriate for the story and gave people the false impression that the comic is like a comedy or something. I like where I’m heading, I almost feel like my art is what I intend for it to be.
And we all know Phin Promises are better than pinky promises, unicorn wishes, AND the Oath of Office.
I love Doc’s expression in the last panel! I hope this is one week where you can manage a Saturday update, the suspense is KILLING me!
I predict the next page will have two panels: the first one will be of an outside shot of the prison building, all calm and stuff. Then the second panel will be of it being blown up. BOOM!
Also, I popped in on that livestream just a few hours ago. First time viewing a livestream of yours — and I MUST do it more often! The amount of detail you put into the pages are just phenomenal! The lighting is especially admirable on this page.
Are you suggesting an explosion to mark a possibly awesome and dramatic end of a chapter before moving on into the next awesome part of the story? I think that ideas been done somewhere before =3… if only I could remember where! Hahaha
everywhere. :O
That last panel is AMAZING. The red there and his expression are perfectly ghoulish.
Also loving the background details. Like the splashes of blood with those festive little lights! Did Armastus decorate this room, or someone else?
well, you know how it is. Details like that just build upon themselves over the years. A splash of blood here, a spattering of shattered teeth there. One year the warden decides to store some old office christmas decorations in your little torture shack…
some cute little throw pillows…
really ties the room together
God almighty your artistic abilities have grown by leaps and BOUNDS over the past year! It’s so beautiful now!! (Not saying it wasn’t great a year ago!)
Admit it. You chipped his tooth just for the last panel. ;D
I chipped his tooth so he’d look like that basically all the time, pretty much.
Last panel: DAT FACE, OMG. Gawd I love your expressions and shading <3
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss. So ready for this. Totally not the direction I thought this situation would go in.
*starts playing carl orff’s “oh fortuna” *
Love the twist! Sorry, Jayjay… guess you’re not coming with. :P
One of these weeks I’m going to stop thinking to myself “Wow. The artwork cannot possibly get any better.” I am proven wrong every. Flippin’. Week.
Absolutely fantastic lighting in this strip.
Oh gosh, it just struck me how good you’ve become at colouring over the course of this comic. The lightning on this page is super atmospheric, especially the second panel :O
Ffffffff, Doc’s FACE. I think I’ll take him home with me.
Because of the damned NaNoWriMo, I wasn’t able to follow all your livestream T__T I hope you’ll do another soon, it was interesting. And the result is so damned amazing.
Those lights.
That evil smile.
*Dies*
I livestream a lot to stave away the lonlies, don’t worry. There’ll always be others.
thank you!
I don’t trust ‘im at all mang :| How’d they go from the jail to the shack. I DON’T TRUST ‘IM, MANG.
sahgdfdjfdsk!!! Doc in the last panel! I think I found my new desktop.
Oh Schitin, i love your evil expression in the last panel. How did Professor Pain get the detonation device?
by bein’ sneaky
Youuuuu sneaky Phin!
So does Schtein have to practice to be able to make a face like that or does it just come naturally?
Slightly off topic question, but has it been mentioned how long Schtein’s been in prison at this point? I found myself wondering that the other day and I don’t recall it being mentioned recently in the comic.
about half a year. He went in early winter and it is actually almost summer now.
DOC! THAT FACE~
Best panel ever. Great work! :D
YES!
YES!
MAD SCIENCE TIME!
I have been readying myself for this moment.
jkdjriowjfkd HOLY COW THAT FACE. The last one that Stein makes.. I’m like.. genuinely scared.. yet again WONDERFUL facial expressions. Your’e continuing to improve.
At least Doc’s time in prison has taught him to bounce off traumatic events like water off a duck’s ass!
I adore this comic, and I agree with everyone else on Stein’s face in the last panel…but Phineas’ right hand in the second-last is kinda giving me the wiggin’s.
is it his fingers
Perhaps the rotation of his wrist? Or maybe the angle? I’m not sure if I could extend my fingers like that with my wrist and elbow at those angles… But I don’t know if that’s universal or if I’m just not super flexible.
First post ever on this comic, which I adore. I’m sure that I’m not the only one thinking this, but… Phineas only has to get Doc past the perimeter fence >.>
Also, I needed to reply to my own comment to fix my name. Fukamahlife.
In the last panel…I can’t help but see a reflection of myself when I get a new gun in a game…It’s that “I’m going to have fun with this” face…Followed by maniacal laughter.
That panel cries out for a MUAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! =D
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD THE BACKGROUND AND BADASS DOC MAKING LOVE TO MY EYES
Holy-
Your backgrounds are fucking intense.
That last pannel is fucking awesome!
Background, too.
That last panel is AMAZING, keep going!
I know just about everybody has commented on it already, but… wow. That last panel is awesome/terrifying.
The Doc escapes in a fiery explosion…. it’s a trap Doc, a freakin’ trap!
… But where he is isn’t any better!
You grow more E P I C by the week! ILOVESTHISSHOW! (Grr) TYVM and God bless you too. Awesomeness w/a side of Epic sauce!
I just cannot stop staring at that last panel.
And I don’t know quite why, but when I read that speech bubble, Doc sounds just like Emperor Palpatine in “Return of the Jedi” in my head. Maybe because he looks like he’s about to start shooting Force lightning out of his fingers.
So, I think I saw that same face in the last panel on a hillbilly chasing some teens down with a steel windmill blade. That’s… really creepy. I like.
Also I really like they way you’ve been doing hair lately, it’s some of the most natural-looking 2D hair I’ve seen in a while.
That bottom right panel is my new favorite panel. I can hear the score to this scene already. It has lots of brass.
I would like you to know it is now four in the morning. You got me to read this entire comic in one night, via my seeing three pages of it.
Also, why am I always attracted to the psychotic murderous villains.
The way you draw hair and mouths is fantastic, and I love your backgrounds, whether they’re immensely detailed or completely. Awesome job!
I was thinking about this update last night and realizing… wait. Finn is handing over a potentially explosive device to Schtein AND we know Finn is sadistic and…we trust Finn to hand over something powerful and scary and NOT scare the doc mentally with it? …
I’m sure this question has been asked before, but just out curiosity, are you going to eventually go back and redraw the older panels in color?
not in color, no.
I am loving the direction this comic is taking. Can not wait to see more. :)
I got hooked on this comic because of a friend of mine…And I eagerly await your next one. I seriously love this comic of yours.
Doc’s face in the last panel needs to be an emote that says ” creepin'”
omgosh! i just fell even more in love with schtein!! <3
DAT FACE. <3