As you have probably noticed, (what with those working eyeballs of yours and all) but I have not lately had time to shade the comic. What is surprising to me is that I've gotten no complaints about this, but actually emails and forum comments suggesting the comic is in fact better without the shading!
So I'm putting the decision to you.
Do we drop the shading, or do we keep it? Before you vote, let me present my arguments for both sides.
SHADINGAllows me to do some very cool lighting effects with things like lightning, fire, explosions, ghosts etc. It also helps "organize" the images so that it is easier for the reader to immediately distinguish the fore, middle, and background elements from each other.
NO SHADINGThe shading takes me a long time to do, and this is time that's taken away from the actual drawing of the comics. If you particularly like the artwork of the recent unshaded artwork, this is why. I have been taking a much longer time to draw the pages, and have managed to draw effects that normally I left to the shading. I have also worked harder to better contrast black and white, so the shading is not needed to make out what's going on. Also, some people prefer the tone the pure black and white art brings to the comic. It makes the art more "serious" which makes the comic funnier in contrast.
Ultimately it comes down to just which you prefer more. I'm happy to go either way, which is why I'm leaving the vote to you.
LET YOUR HEART DECIDE! And feel free to elaborate on your opinion in the
forum.
EDIT: Poll now closed. Final votes:
Shaded: 3527
Unshaded: 3286
