Comic #125: Mote Extractor (Patreon)

Originally published: Jan 13, 2008

I completely forgot about mote farming. What a time.

Strangely enough, I went into the original Photoshop file and discovered two changes I had made prior to posting. The first thing I noticed was that I had completely flipped the characters at the very last minute. Secondly, the wisp in the final panel originally had X's for eyes.

I restored the original so you can see for yourself:

I honestly have no clue whatsoever why I made those changes. Usually when I flip characters like that it's because I couldn't get the dialogue to fit onto the panels properly, but it feels like the original version works just fine. As to the wisp, I suppose I just liked the final expression better.

The other thing that's a little hard for me to look at with this comic is how dark and saturated the background is in relation to the characters in the foreground. A lot of the colors run together and it makes it harder to see.

Here's an example of what it would look like with a slightly desaturated/lightened background: