Holy Fishnets Batman!
This one is hot and fresh off the presses. I just finished making it about 5 minutes ago and figured I would post while I can remember it clearly.
It was made for XxDarrellxX who is a relative newbie to the Haven. He made me a caption for me and I wanted to return the favor as soon as possible. He likes alt/emo/goth women and mentioned quite a few things in his life, things like he was a Royal Marine, and is a batman freak! When I came across that information, I immediately thought about a few pictures I had saved from almost 10 years ago with an exotic looking "goth" type girl .. so I headed into the D'archives to retrieve it. Situations like this are why I tend to save a metric fuckton of photos, as you NEVER know when you are going to need something to complete a caption!
I don't think I'm totally satisfied with the storyline, but I do like the design. I've done multiple photos in one panel before, and I like the effect of them looking like pictures on a surface. Maybe in the new year I will try to learn some more photoshop tricks, since I've seemed to level off lately. It could also be that working with the CS1 version of Photoshop might be holding me back as well.
DISCUSSION QUESTION:How much of an archive do you have for pictures? Do you save them for later, find pictures as needed for an idea you have, or search sites for photos that inspire you to make a caption right away? I tend to do all 3 at some point, but I lean towards the 1st and 3rd options. For readers, when you look at a caption, can you tell if the picture inspires the story, or vice versa? Does it matter which inspired the other?