Gripping!
I now am really teased for the main story!
And, are those "war mashines" supposed to be metaphorical?
Boy with Nails for Eyes
June 12, 2010 –November 30, 2020
Here is its eulogy, a collection of the kind words written about it while still among the living. They shall live on forever in its place.
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***VIEWING IN FULLSCREEN STRONGLY RECOMMENDED***
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The Boy with Nails for Eyes is an independent motion comic, set in a grimy, grey little seaside town trapped by a brick-and-iron wall of factories. The story follows a young boy as he undertakes a quest that will draw him to the town's knotted heart, and into the domain of the shadowy hunger that stalks its streets.
The prologue tells of the days, unknown years ago, when a murder of crows swarmed upon the town. Haunted by their cries from daybreak to dark, the townsfolk experience strange visions...
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The story is best viewed in FULLSCREEN MODE, so that the text is clearly legibile without having to use the zoom function. Full instructions on viewing the story are given in the loading screen.
A lofi version of the comic, featuring the images and text only, is available on my website (www.basement-garden.co.uk), which is linked from my profile. Also available are wallpapers and music downloads, plus the next chapter of the story itself (I'll be posting a Newgrounds version of this fairly soon, but my focus at the moment is on a comic commission, and on getting the art for the third chapter finished!)
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Really pleased with the response so far - thanks to everyone for the encouragement and feedback. [In fact, I'm now quite overwhelmed by the level of response - thanks again to everyone who reviewed, whether you liked it or not. And cheers to Newgrounds for featuring this! I'll try to reply to everyone but I can't promise I will - if you really want to get an answer, the best idea is to email me through my website.]
I always intended the comic to be viewed fullscreen (I even considered making it obligatory, or automatically going to fullscreen when the comic starts, but I don't like that idea any more than, probably, anyone else does), but I do hear everyone on the text.
Later stages of the story will be a little heavier on the text (which is why I had to go for a small font size from the get-go) so in all honesty I think the text may well stay as it is, for the sake of consistency (and at the risk of pissing off a few people). Again, I *strongly* suggest *fullscreen viewing*, if the text is too small for you; unfortunately the highest file dimensions allowed by Newgrounds is even smaller than the original file dimensions(1060px/745px), so for this reason fullscreen is an even better idea from my point of view.
Cheers
S
Reviews
The things people create...
I like this comic very much, to me it just sent me a deep message, I don't know if that was intended, but you've caught my eye, stunning artwork, excellent plot. You've managed to present your work to the point where, if the word's were gone, by that I mean the ones that showed up as a bit of a narration, with just the constant, "WAR" and "MURDER" the story would explain itself, at least in my opinion it would. 10/10 I can't say less, nor can I say more. Except for keep at it, this is a wonderful Motion Comic.
Incredibly Immersive
Great artwork.
At the intro the music, along with the dark imagery, really pulled me into the world you had created.
The large machines looked like, at least to me, to be made of Medieval cathedrals--which I thought was a great idea. Not only does it give a feel of massiveness in a physical sense, but metaphorically it conveys a sense of dictatorial power that the church wielded back when they were built.
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. I do that a lot.
My only concern is the text.
It is much too small and having to constantly zoom in ruined my experience by pulling me out of your world.
Maybe you could try programing an autozoom, make the dialog big but then disappear slowly so we don't miss your artwork, or show one picture at a time so as to accommodate larger text.
But, seriously, great work.
very good
this was a very good comic and you should keep on making these until you can't think of anything else and when you can't you should think and make another
Quite the nice little comic.
Wonderfull art, way above what you usually would expect to find on newgrounds. As for the actuall content. If I haven't interpreted the story correctly, it describes the inner evils of man and the manipulative tool the church can be. When opposed it could cause war.
Hell, I might be wrong, not bad though.
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