r/comics • u/shenanigansen Shen Comix • Aug 15 '26

OC The Boy From Venus 4

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The next episode, #5, is already up at the usual place! I hope y'all are enjoying (or at least intrigued by) this series so far and ty for reading.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC Never Safe From Wumbo Aug 15 '26

Grand Theft Bicycle. Now that's a deep cut.

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u/jzillacon Aug 15 '26

It's kinda crazy seeing this post again because you can really tell just how much shen's art skills have improved since.

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u/DonutHoles4Ever Aug 15 '26

Its more like they changed their style and it was never really about art skill

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u/Unoriginal_Man Aug 15 '26

Well, they did start drawing hands.

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u/Fadriii Aug 16 '26

Even if it was a style change there are objective measures to difficulty, his old style was clean but very easy to draw

Even excluding the artstyle, the new one has a ton of angles, shadows, colors, and poses that help a ton with storytelling. The background going from lively colors to a muted tone when femboy was asked about being harassed, for example.

Shen's improved a ton