Nurse gets addicted to Plastic Surgery part 2 - April 2023 Patron Request

Even if she is talkative in other panels, people aren't always that way. I just got the sense she was by herself (nude) and not "on". It worked well for me, like you said, in breaking up the rhythm and adding dimension.

Genis22wc

Hey, happy to help. Having text to read on each page helps to keep readers on the pages longer and reduces the chance of skimming over the images too quickly. However, if there's a particular moment in a sequence you want to draw attention to, changing whatever rhythm or pattern you have going is a useful technique. For example on the sequence below, where does your attention get drawn to? 🟦🟦🟦🟢🟦🟦

Dynamoob

Happy to hear that!

Sortimid

Oh and again something new learned. I always thought that the continued text flow on each page is very important to keep the concentratio intact. Now I see that a silent panel do the same and even better...I will try it out, thank you, you two.

Amaz2k12

Thank you so much!

Sortimid

I truly adored the "silent" panel. It adds such gravity to her feeling and really provides that "aha" moment that makes your work so amazing Sortimid!

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oh yeah then mission accomplished, she looks very defeated and unhappy and since it's a comic the next panel crisply draws contrast against what came before. The dialogue is cute too, she's just getting the little inkling of curiosity of going bigger.

Janus Rain

Those are good options, too, I used one of them a while back and I try to avoid repeating poses if I can help it: https://www.deviantart.com/sortimid/art/CMSN-Japanese-Girlfriend-Bimbofication-821105418 Also, the mirror scene returns so I wanted to establish its presence, even indirectly.

Sortimid

Not gonna lie. That's actually fucking amazing.

CurrentlyEatingPies

If you wanted, you could have her looking down at herself instead, maybe hugging herself or cupping her boobs and looking let down, which might better convey it. But I think it gets the job done as is, especially after she gets her top done and she's all smiles.

Janus Rain

Thank you so much! I especially appreciate being called thoughtful! It's fun to do straightforward fetishistic sequences like Bimbo Badmouthing Curse but for more realistic tropes I try to remember that there are real people dealing with a lot of this stuff and I don't want to just fetishize their experience. I also don't enjoy "looking down" on my characters. When bad things happen to them, I don't revel in their misery in a "haha serves you right" way. I see them as people.

Sortimid

I agree, and that's the point. I've done the sad, silent panel before, in WWBtB and also in Religious to Sexually Liberated. Wait 'till you see my NEXT silent panel! As for the escalating procedures, unconscious/subconscious changes because of a new environment is honestly one of my favorite TF tropes. I wish there was more of it! Being surrounded all day by cosmetic surgery skews one's perspective and I wanted to convey that.

Sortimid

One of the things I always appreciated about your art is that you play with these intense fantasies but always try to do so in thoughtful ways. That's a good thing! In that panel, her silence is actually pretty eloquent. Your art is strong, as always, and it conveys the mood by itself. We know what's happening, we know what she's thinking. (Not least because this is, significantly, the first time we've seen her top off. :P) From my perspective, while the text is often nice, allowing us to 'hear' the character, it can also be just as fun to insert our own dialogue as we look at the pictures. Point is, it's well done, and you shouldn't second-guess yourself.

Dangerous words to say you don't regret smaller implants. I like the pacing of her starting little with things like botox and skin treatments as a threshold into getting full procedures. Panels that break the flow and rhythm the way the silent panel does makes readers subconsciously focus in on it. In a sense it becomes more impactful than if there was just more text, especially with the character expressions that allow readers to impart their own thoughts and interpretations of what's going through her head in that moment.

Dynamoob

Thanks! Glad it works, despite my misgivings...! I'm especially happy the mirror's presence is felt without being shown...

Sortimid

The silent panel really does add so much, she's clearly looking at her reflection feeling inadequate, and it's instantly followed up by how bright and sunny she looks with just a *little* up top handwaving away how sucky recovery was.

Janus Rain

Thank you! I have some misgivings, which I mention in a different comment but I do like how it breaks up the rhythm.

Sortimid

Thanks so much! The wordless panel felt "right" when I came up with it, but now I'm second-guessing myself. We see her inner thoughts in previous panels, why hide them here? Does the lack of dialogue end up saying more or am I being a coward by refusing to verbalize her body image issues? It's a bit of both.

Sortimid

I did a bunch of research for this piece and it is absolutely true! People get Botox in their armpits and on their palms to deal with excessive sweating.

Sortimid

Love number #3, gives the sequence some heart. Lets us contribute to the telling as well. Well done!

Genis22wc

I really loved this series! It's a great concept to run with, and I love the little moment of vulnerability before we see her again in the last panel, it says so much about her emotions and inner thought process despite none of it being verbalized. Absolutely fantastic 💕

Smokey

I always enjoy a happy transformation. Is that sweat thing true though? If it is that amazing.

CurrentlyEatingPies