ROMA: Loki: Ten
FINALLY, IT IS DONE.
I know it’s late again, but I really did try my best to do a good job on this story. I certainly learned a lot this time too! (I’m finally getting a feel for how much space to allocate when a character does a TL;DR speech.) Thank you so much you guys for indulging me when it comes to these ROMAs — I know they may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they’re a good way for me to stretch creatively between issues.
I’m planning to post the finished issue five cover on Friday, then next week I’ll be on vacation in Florida, so there will be no new updates or incentives.
Today’s incentive shows the next two stages of work on the cover. On the left, I’ve blocked in the flat colors, and then on the right I’m beginning to figure out the color scheme. Next, I’ll go in with Painter and start cleaning up the lines and smoothing out my brushstrokes. ^^
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December 16th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
I adore the snake. ♥
December 16th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Does the snake get a name? He’s rather adorable even if he is poisonous. I feel that Diva and him would get along smashingly (as long as she’s not scared of snakes that is…)
December 16th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
well, dusty should be happy now the snake’s getting freed. and thus ROMA is done… for now. I feel there will be an empty spot in my heart for the next two weeks till Lady Brinson-sama and her gang of aspiring world dominating evil overlords return. i will be a sad panda in the mean time.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Yes! The snake will be freed! ::happy dance::
But will we see him again? He’s the most adorable thing ever. (And my new favourite character, having beat out Mrs. Beelze by a large margin in only a few short pages.)
December 16th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Awww… I’ll miss ROMA. ;_;
I have been enjoying the strips immensely, especially the ones with Hypno-Bishie~ xDDDD
But I’m also happy to be getting back to Diva! :D
December 17th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Snakey is SO adorable :3 (That’s his name to me since I can’t think he’s been given one in this.)
I would so make a plushie of him, except to be accurate to this it would have to be permanently drooling. Which is gross.
I never thought about it…maybe Snakey drooled so much because he talked all the time. I mean, really, he was stuck there just as much as Loki was, and they must have gotten bored. So maybe Snakey just talked a lot to fill up the time.
And oh, Virgil. Only “somewhat less” homicidal? *raises eyebrow*
Yayyyy, in-progress art! I always like seeing that.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:59 am
hehehe… feeing the snake….
December 17th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Ah, so I guess the “glasses hypothesis” was incorrect, then? Oh well, I kinda thought it’d be weird for one bowl of acid to the face mess up Loki’s eyes when that had been happening to him for so long already.
Also, I like how that one bowl of acid to the face settled Loki right down. Virgil is the coolest RO guy ever!
Have a good vacation~!
December 17th, 2009 at 9:42 am
maybe it’s having acid dripped in his eyes for several millenia that ruined his eyesight. He could have glasses and not be wearing them because he was disguised as Thor x3
December 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Haha!!! Yay!!! Snakey is freed! ;p
December 17th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
This entire page is great. I just get good vibes from it.
Snake is my new favorite character. He’s just so happy! :)
December 17th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Who lives in the east ‘neath the willow tree
Sexual Harassment Panda!
Who explains sexual harassment to you and me
Sexual Harassment Panda!
Don’t say that don’t touch there
Don’t be nasty says the silly bear
He’s come to tell you what’s right and wrong
Sexual Harassment Panda!
(south park reference)
December 17th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Glasses are just for when he goes Clark Kent. Except they work so much better for him, I never suspected he was Loki. Like, not even a little bit in the back of my mind. And I almost always guess plot twists.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Aw, thank you. ♥
December 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I think he’s just going to be Shnake! I couldn’t find a specific name for him in the mythology, and I kinda like the simplicity/obviousness of just calling him what he is.
As for Diva and him meeting — that is a fantastic idea! I hope I get to work him in at some point. Thanks for the great comment!
December 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
uh, what? …. sorry, the term ” [insert name] is a sad panda” is one that my real life friends (and D&D gaming buddies) cooked up and use when events look down for someone. i should have realized that you all fellow forum dwellers wouldn’t get it.
maybe i should post the link to our gaming site for you all to see.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
hehehe… (my mind is becoming more warped by the update from this place. ><)
December 17th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
I named Loki the HYPNO-BISHIE and you named him Snakey. sounds fair to me. ^^
“somewhat less homicidal” i can see it. Remember how Loki the Hypno-Bishie man-handled Michelle and Gabe rougher than he needed too. and now we know who he is, dragging the two of them around like they were nothing is fully understandable now.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
That’s funny, my friends and I thought we invented “sad panda” too. And I’ve run into other people who have the same impression about their respective friends.
We must’ve all picked it from somewhere. Something about eight to ten years ago? Hmmm.
December 17th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Aw, gonna miss the ROMAs. Actually, one of my friends said she was starting (to read) a webcomic called (really) old man adventures and I had to explain the true nature of this site. XD
December 17th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
What, no more Schnake? D:
December 17th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Oooh, good point. Haha, and it would be so much like a sadistic trickster god to have invented contacts (c’mon, you place a thin glass disc into your EYE).
Not saying that that’s anywhere near canon, it was just a funny thought that occurred to me.
December 17th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Snake if free! . . . Snake if free! . . . Snake if free! . . . :-D
December 17th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Snakey’s free! . . . Snakey’s free! . . . Snakey’s free! . . . Snakey’s free! (ad nauseum)
December 17th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
becoming warped? really? just becoming warped?
December 17th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
ROMAs are the best cup of tea I’ve ever had. ;)
December 17th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Ah, Virgil. Always the gentleman with the hankie. In this instance I don’t think he would want it back though.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:32 am
ok, it’s more than just being warped, but it’s all good.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Best ROMA so far *full of smiles*
December 18th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
o haaaai neeka ♥
Thank you so much for keeping my spirits up during the process of making this story! I owe you some Medicing.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
My sister says sad panda. I like wong Fu productions awkward turtle better though.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Thou filleth me with joy.
July 29th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
First: I want to say how much I enjoy this comic. Diva’s such a lovable character! And second: Have you read “Eight Days of Luke” by Diana Wynne Jones? After reading it I’ve come to be something of a Loki fangirl. Not completely, because, well, homicide =/= my cup of tea, but still. He can be pretty awesome depending who’s writing him. (P.S. Yours is pretty awesome.)
December 14th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Just look out for the peyote (bad Kokopelli!).
April 30th, 2011 at 8:22 pm
nah uhuh no “son of… ” name calling now Loki because if i recall correctly snake is not only YOUR son you are his mother as well… or that might be one of the other beasts you… what would be the proper word for conceiving a child if you can be either a boy or a girl… in any case, you sired… and you read this right Loki doesnt only shape shift he can change his gender as well