September 24th, 2008
“How Mirka Got Her Sword,” page 45
I have to thank my friend Bean, who knitted and knitted while I snapped about a hundred photos of her hands.
I have to thank my friend Bean, who knitted and knitted while I snapped about a hundred photos of her hands.
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September 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Yay, more tension! can’t wait for next week! Yay, first comment! (I’m such a child, sometimes)
September 24th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Those pictures were so worth it! You articulated the motion and details of the hands quite skillfully and realistically. In addition to that, Mirka’s face is quite expressive!
This did justice to the complexity of hands, which I would judge to be the hardest body part to draw.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
“So engrossed in her knitting was Mirka, that she didn’t notice that the troll had stopped, and was now eating her legs.”
September 24th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Thanks, Meredia (and everyone else). For me, I find feet harder to draw than hands.
Daran, LOL!
September 25th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
I followed a link from Dylan Meconis’ block, and read the comic in one go today. It’s great.
I’d never thought that knitting could be so thrilling. ;-)
September 25th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Blog, not block.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
And she is knitting Anglo-American style!
The illustrations are so clear, you could almost learn how to do a stitch from these :) I love the swirling flow of the hands/yarn through this page.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:47 am
Thanks, Hans. It was nice of Dylan to link me. (If anyone’s not reading Dylan’s comic, you really should be.)
Thanks, Reetta. And yes, she’s knitting ango-american style — which, by an amazing coincidence, is the style my model knits in!