Radiocaster: @TheGibusGuy: Yeah, I've considered just limiting it to a couple frames per whole page, or one animation per page, which would give me some leeway. I don't plan on it anyway because the GIF format simply doesn't look good under how I like to do things. Notice how most previous panels made heavy use of gradients and vignettes to achieve a moody exterior; GIF always reduces image colors to the point that flat gradients look horrendous, effectively meaning I can't use them. It would be less of an issue if I went back to a sequence of images (again not really feasible on Booru without precariously embedding it all in the comments). If I could use a different format like WebP that allows for full color animation it would also be a different story, but I have no reason to believe this website supports it. At the end of the day, I'm more of a comic artist than an animator, and I'd rather focus on story than visual clutter.

Radiocaster: Honestly I don't like where this page ended up so much that I'll probably just pretend like it never happened. It's true what they say, know when to kill your darlings.

Radiocaster: This page originally started as a full video animation before getting reworked into a GIF. It was going to be set to this song from Symphony of the Night.

Frankly, this page sucks. I'm going to retire big animated pages as they take too long to make to be enjoyable, and don't add anything to the story. I've come to hate the GIF format and its limitations; I don't like formatting GIFs for the booru as the site was never built to allow image sequences without the wonky comment section workaround, and as far as I know the site doesn't support the less limiting animated WebP format either.

The fire in the background was supposed to be animated. Even though I know I still have the frames somewhere, I'm too lazy to fix it and I'm frankly really tired of working on this page. As a consolation, I can tell you that we won't be in the dark on Sigrid and Katia's places on the celestial board for much longer...

Radiocaster: It's all fun and games until someone does what my family used to do and leave out a Bud Light

Radiocaster: She must be cold in that outfit.... Oh wait, she has fur, nevermind.

Radiocaster: Clearly she's giving out presents to all the good little boys and girls and ghosts and vampires and skeletons and zombies and robots and flying machines... uh, what were we talking about again?

Radiocaster: Very nice. I thought she was eating a small hubcap for a second.

Radiocaster: @TempIntel: Wait, that's what you thought she did with it? Pssh, please nobody tell them the truth, they can't handle it.

Radiocaster: @TempIntel: To eat, right?

To eat, right???

Radiocaster: @Rick2tails: I looked it up and beer was popular in Ancient Egypt, so he's probably working in King Narmer's dynasty period beer factory

Radiocaster: Todd Howard can have it when he pries it from my cold dead hands, and even then good luck, because I will have already locked my cold dead hands away at a secure location, and there is no NPC who could possibly mark it on his map!

Radiocaster: @bluedraggy: If I recall correctly, my intention was "PREQUEL characters originally by Kaz & co." with the "characters" cut for page space. You are right though, the "originally" is not necessary either.

Radiocaster: @NewFace: Yeah, it's been pretty useful for my purposes anyway. I have access to the alpha version, and even with the limited number of bricks and tools, it's pretty versatile and easy to use.

Radiocaster: I actually re-created the entire guild interior in Brickadia to get reference photos. You may have never thought much about it, but the Kvatch mage's guild doesn't have any actual beds. Where does Sigrid sleep? The cave dungeon?? I also wondered where she made her food without any kitchen equipment, but then again, everything she made was probably made with a mortar and pestle, which was probably supposed to be a joke about how you can combine most food items into a "potion" in the game.

I think something important, but easy to forget, about working with a visual medium is knowing when the characters need to shut up. The writing style I find most annoying in comics or shows is when characters are constantly talking, re-iterating information the audience should already know, and leaving no visual spectacle without a maddening rant about what is being shown. I'd like to hope that you guys know Katia well enough to be comfortable outside of her headspace for a little while, and nothing was really coming together. I think it helps the moment speak for itself.

Radiocaster: Biblically accurate Katia

Radiocaster: @Lokicypher: Who can be sure

Radiocaster: "Yo, Angelo."

Radiocaster: You got those right. Kati- The yellow one has one of Dio's outfit from the JoJo Phantom Blood anime, and Atrantula is just a bee, their back-leaf-tail-thing just reminded me of the shape of a bee. Let's pretend Atra's thousand-yard spider-stare is not me being too lazy to shift their eyes a few pixels to the left and they're just trying to ignore the presence of el gato amarillo.

Radiocaster: We aren't sure what Aggy is supposed to be, but he keeps insisting on headbutting everyone, so maybe we don't want to know. We're like 99.9% sure the yellow one isn't wearing a costume and simply had a hex put on her by a witch; she also raved about vampires for a bit, I dunno. Quill refuses to travel through any means other than the rooftops, it's a shame flat-roof highrises haven't been invented yet because she keeps falling off. The normal human is clearly just wearing normal human clothes, though she keeps singing off-key and making references to horror moves we have not seen. Happy Halloween!

(Note: To see the image without the grey filter applied by the Ideal Master, right click on it and open the image in a new tab.

Radiocaster: @Jig_Bigga: She's actually 20, give or take

Radiocaster: Seems to be the case for hate nice update cute and K-a-t-i-a without the dashes gets changed to Slutty Meatsack. And here I was thinking everyone was just being really mean to the yellow cat for some reason.

Radiocaster: @Jig_Bigga: He only starts to tickle your heart after you stare at him for 5 hours, then you notice he's actually rather handsome.

Radiocaster: the duality of man

Radiocaster: By the way, if nobody has found it yet, you can find the spider hidden somewhere here

Radiocaster: Unlike most protagonists, Katia didn't do much to draw the spotlight, it just kinda happened. Not only is she not an attention whore in-universe, she probably isn't one metaphysically either.

Radiocaster: I presume it's also pretty burning how the spider not only stole her schtick, but used it to make fun of her entire genus

Radiocaster: Decided to go for a different comic structure for this little side-story. Let me know if you guys love it or hate it. It's nice because I don't have to make a full-size image for every little expression, and it's generally more compact. I might use a similar thing for future updates unless people really want me to keep steali- er I mean, doing it in PREQUEL's style. For what it's worth, I didn't really intend to "continue" PREQUEL, just tell a different kind of story in a deliberately alternate timeline. Also because it's kind of weird to fan-continue a story that still gets updates.

Be mindful of the little things always scurrying about... hiding around corners...

Radiocaster: @Yeltsa_Kcir: I'm from the future, it's been seven years, there has been three new updates in that time, the spider did a hula-hoop trick, lamented over the popularity of house cats, and then taught the audience how to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, third movement. What a great time.

Radiocaster: We would have changed the definition, but "No updates that proceed or influence the plot or characters in a timely manner" wouldn't fit in the frame.

Radiocaster: @Jig_Bigga You ever fall crotch-first onto a bicycle seat?

Radiocaster: I love those mods that screw up your controls when you drink too much alcohol. It truly is the ultimate Katia Managan roleplay experience. Now all we need now is a blackout function that teleports you to a random location

Radiocaster: this is why Oblivion didn't have cooking

Radiocaster: A one Katia Managan was last seen arguing with an Imperial soldier over whether or not pilfering coins from the Take A Penny, Leave A Penny tray is actually considered stealing.

Radiocaster: Smells like tree spirit

Radiocaster: @FOXY_BONNIE: In the original comic it was 24, so let's just compromise and say that it was a 24-pack at one point previous to this moment in time being captured.

Radiocaster: In the PREQUEL universe, a 24 pack of sweetrolls counts as a meal, chocolate cake is dryer than the sands of Elsweyr, and alcoholism is more unavoidable than it was in pre-prohibition America. No wonder why they haven't invented steam engines yet.

Radiocaster: no don't worry guys it's a malt beer that's like drinking a loaf of bread

Radiocaster: The sky is falling and she's just begun...
To salvage pieces cause they'll be worth a ton!

Radiocaster: @NewFace: Remember to use your manners. Kazerad you bastard where's my updates please

Radiocaster: Math tells us that "One" is actually a range of decimal values from anywhere between 0 and 1. Therefore, Katia did indeed touch exactly one, it's just that "one" represented one pile.

Radiocaster: Sometimes the nightmare doesn't wait to stare back, for it has already seen everything worth seeing. It might also be because you woke it up while it was trying to sleep, weird how that works.

Don't ask me why Aggy keeps changing shades of blue... Okay, it's because I keep accidentally saving over my project files and I don't know what his official colors are, he just be like that.

Radiocaster: her back hurts from carrying all this unavailable content

Radiocaster: That rock has no back support after all. Couldn't Kaz at least have had her spend the rest of eternity on a chair?

Radiocaster: @NewFace: is it possible to learn this power

Radiocaster: @Jig_Bigga: that would make a good one-liner if she misses the first time

Radiocaster: Adventurers need plenty of rest! Or more than half a cup of cold coffee...

Dragonbreak Protocol brought to you by coffee beans; the only beans in PREQUEL that are socially acceptable to lick!

Radiocaster: Yea, you can just report your own image and include a link to the new one and ask for it to be replaced

Radiocaster: The fateful reunion. Just kidding, I don't believe in fate. It's mostly due to strange luck-based gravitation and the mythical phenomeon known as "plot convenience".

Radiocaster: Nothing wrong with it if you ask me. Obviously there's a time and a place for it though.

Radiocaster: Rule 1 of breakdancing: Breakdancing does not mean try to break your legs