Have I mentioned how much I despise my computer?

Working on page 15, I began to experiment using a technique that had been recommended to me since I began showing my art on DA: using the pen tool in 'hotoshop' to work on cleaner outlines. On one of my panels, I used the pen tool to work on the outline, and I was quite impressed. But what was impressive to me, made my computer grunt and groan.

The routine was pretty much this: 1)Draw a line, 2)The computer thinks for about 15 seconds, 3)The line finally appears.

This routine pretty much made me give up on the outlining for now, but the taste I had made me realize that it was possible.

Page 15 continues the dynamic page layout, and starts us into the transformation. The sentence to a scream word-balloon was one of the most difficult things to do. It's something I'm 67% happy about, but wish I could have gotten it the extra 33% to what I wanted.

Tai's last line is something that seems right for almost any occasion. For example:

1) Anna Sophia Robb said it as Violet in the 2005 Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.

2) Daryl Hannah said it when she started to grow in the remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

I like to think the top right panel of Tai's mouth wide-open in shock is a mental homage to Image Comics artist J. Scott Campbell. JSC's artwork inspired me as a teenager, when I religiously read issues of Gen 13. In almost every one of his comics, at least one character would have this wide-eyed, open-mouthed expression.