Heroes Rising

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Ep 3 Pg 44 - Lava is good for healing..I think.

Jake sure know how to puncha joke away, am I right?

Page is here, on time! Kind of a miracle, I just adopted a new kitty and she's a handful. But hey, I managed my time well enought o finish without rushing.

Anyway, enjoy and see you next time!

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What are your thoughts on this team-up?

It was made by someone named lennysanart. Unfortunately their account was deactivated when I found this. I really wish some of these people didn't deactivate their accounts, because I bet there's still lots of unseen Secret Trio art out there. I think this team-up is a really cool idea, but ngl, I feel like Skulker should've been Vlad, I mean I get why he's here, but I just feel like Vlad would've made more sense or maybe even Walker. Also I feel like the Huntsman definitely could've used his S1 look in this art. Don't get me wrong, he looks pretty intimidating here, but I definitely think he would look more frightening if he had his S1 look.

And something I noticed is that Randy doesn't have that many options when it comes to villains in his show. He only has McFist and The Sorcerer. I can't really think of any others. Danny and Jake on the other hand have plenty of villains to choose from. And speaking of the Huntsman, I'm surprised Jake didn't raise an eyebrow at Randy and found him a little suspicious or at least be like "You look like a member of the Huntsclan" and Randy would of course be confused and would say "What the juice is the Huntsclan?", especially since now in the comic Randy kinda looks like the Huntsman a little bit, I believe someone even pointed that out in a question you answered.

Also who's your favorite villain in Danny Phantom?

The art is retty, and yeah, it's a shame all the deactivated art accounts.

As for the characters, I agree. Vlad is more like Danny's nemesis. Maybe the artist was thinking of secondary nemeses, cause the one with the main ones would be Vlad, The Dark Dragon and The Sorcerer, but that's only my interpretation.

Yea, Randy is sevverly lacking in baddies, other than the ones you mentioned, the Sorceress, Catfish Booray and that one robot from the junkyard episode. There are other antagonists, but few and they rarely appear.

Tbh, it never crossed my mind. Probably because of the color, I ver thought about similarities. Also, my mind of the Huntsclan includes the dragon skull. Probs that.

Fave Danny baddie? Vlad, his ghost form is spectacular. Other than that I like them most equally, with Skulker, ember and Spectra closer to the top.

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Ep 3 Pg 43 - Punch it!

The bigger the wind-up, the better the result.

So yeah....and itty bit late...

But dear lord, this last week was TOUGH! From a very annoying homework from my Master's to some things I had to take and drive to the job, to helping some college students, to the goddam finance department of my master's telling me I was one payment behind becuase they FUCKED UP AND DIDN'T UPLOAD MY PAYMENT TO THE SYSTEM, and to end it a hero I had just fell to the lowest low.

For those who don't understand, I'm talking about Jorge Gutierrez, creator of El Tigre, here's a post explaining my feelings about it.

Anyway, so yeah's, that was my week, let's hope this one is better.

See you next time! Hopefully, on time.

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You ever noticed that when fan art is drawn of Jake, he looks normal with regular eyes, but in the show he looks really off-putting with them? Art is by drawnfamiliarfaces. I'm sure you've seen their art before.

Also one detail I always love is when Jake is drawn with fangs and pointed ears to signify that he's not a normal human. That's a cool detail that should've been implemented in his human form S1 or S2. Well the fangs at least since the pointed ears are already a thing in S2.

I think its because the show translates east-asian style eyes with the little dots and more wester eyes with color. filling Jake's eyes makes him look...white? Which is not him and looks weird. Also, we are used to seeing Jake with dot eyes, seeing the white of his eyes is not what we're used too, and feels uncanny and weird.

I think it works better in fanart cause, first, fanartist tend to draw in their own styles, which we are all ready and are more flexible to differences. 2nd, fnartists tendto respect Jake's ethnicity and draw him with more eastern features that look more natural.

As for the fangs and ears. Yeah, I agree. In theory, he's a dragon disguised as a human, and even with magic, something as powerful as being a dragon should break through the disguise, even if a little. Glad to see the fandom agrees on that regard.

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You know I really like that the trio are aged up to be 18 in the comic, it makes me feel like I aged with them. And it's a really unique take. Though I am curious, is there a reason for it? Was it a lot easier to write them as 18 and out of school?

Thanks! Glad you like it! It's a little of A and B. The shows are old, and I know many fans like to feel like the grew up with them. Also, them being about to go to college makes it easier for me to write them, they no longer have to deal with high school, which would be distracting. And college is a transitional period in a lof of people's lives, and the entire comic will be a transitional experience for the guys. They will grow, they will experience many new things in their lives, they will find their place in the world, etc.

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Ep 3 Pg 42 - Ninja-Phrasing!

English was never Randy's best subject.

A page on time! What a surprise!

Also, you have no idea how much I had to hold back with randy's fist joke. And it's the last one, I swear. I even made a note.

Anyway, that's all for this time. Enjoy and see you next week!

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Dude, I can see why you used Stephen's design for Danny. Butch's design is down right awful, goofy, and horrendous. For starters there's way too much white and the green doesn't do it any justice either. I believe Danny can pull off green if executed right, but here it's just too much. And the mini Fenton Thermoses are neat idea, but they just look so tacky. Thank you for using Stephen's design.

Dear lord, YES!

I don't know how that man got where he is, while I can see his understanding of body anatomy, the faces he draws...sure have 2 eyes...and a mouth.

His color is not really better, and that's from someone who absolutely SUCKS at color. They clash and distract and go nowhere.

That guy might actually be a ligtimate "Idea Guy." Has good ideas, needs other talented people to truly make the best of it.

Also yes, Green in Danny's suit COULD be a cool highlight, but it needs to be contained, limited, focusd to point where you want the eye to go. And yeah, the Thermos as part of the suit is a good idea, but in the art it just looks weird.

Anyway, thanks for asking, thanks for letting me rant a little, and hope you continue to enjoy the comic!

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Ep 3 Pg 41 - Metal conductor, without a baton.

Randy actually likes music, it's just the pain talking.

So...I underestimated how long it would take to color this thing. Anyway, I finished it only a tinsy bit late, so here enjoy. And see you next time!

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Hey so last night I was watching this show called Invincible. I watched the first episode and so far it seems like a cool show. I believe you even made some posts of it before. They have a character named Green Ghost, I wonder how a interaction between her and Danny would go down. I also heard that Mark fought a dragon, but I have yet to see that episode. Imagine Mark's reaction to Jake, who is half dragon.

Also remember how I previously asked who has the best friend group, which was obviously Jake's? Well I realized Jake has it the best in the Trio. He was popular in school, he has a badass huntsgirl girlfriend, he rarely even got bullied, I mean yeah Brad messed with him a couple times, but you rarely saw him get physical with Jake, all he would do is talk trash and flex how rich he is, but and at the end Jake always got his get back. And in my opinion he has the coolest transformation. I mean don't get me wrong, Danny and Randy have cool transformations too, but being able to transform into a whole ass dragon is just on a whole other level. Being from a bloodline of dragons just automatically made Jake my favorite when I saw the first episode of ADJL in 2023. Who's your favorite out of the trio?

Also one more question.

Who wins this fight?

Hey, yeah, I love that show! The artstyle is a great influence on ST. About interactions, maybe Danny and GG would get along cause of their similar powers. Maybe Danny could give her some pointers, as GG was a newbie at the time, and Danny has experience, despite being younger.

Makr does fight a dragon, though it is considerably bigger and stronger than Jake. Maybe Mark would comment on Jake's size, and nature. As the dragon Mark fought is closer to a spectral projection.

Yeah, Jake's the coolest of the trio in his civilian form. He's cool, stylish, has friends, is actually smart (the ep where he isnt the AD he actually gets decent grades), considered handsome in-universe, has a popular and beautiful girlfriend. Dude's one lucky break away from being the school's sweetheart. Randy's the second coolest, he is not considered a loser at his school, Der Monster club and Bucky are. And even after hanging out with them, he is largely ignored by the bullies of the school, who target Bucky and other "lesser" nerds. Randy's more like an "extra" in the school. Danny, on the other hand, is at the bottom of the totem pole, no questions there. He is the very lowest of his school, and the local bullies' favorite target.

Gotta agree there. Danny's and Randy's powers might be a little more versatile, but DRAGON. The COOLEST MYTHICAL CREATURE, bar none. Like, there is a reason DRAGONS are what knights must slay. It's Dungeons & DRAGONS. I think I made my point.

I don't really have a fave out of the trio, they all scratch a different itch, as to say. Danny's got the cool superhero design and hand blasts, Jake's a DRAGON, so cool myth there, Randy's the funniest one and the best extras, I mean, McFist, the school guys, the Sorcerer are a blast.

As for the last question, it's a matter of Hax vs Stats. OM is LEAGUES faster and stronger than DP, but he has no defense to Danny's more broken skills, mainly intangibility, invisibility and possesion. OM's an experienced warrior so I doubt he would be helpless, but it's a matter of who gets the first hit. If Danny's too slow, he would end up like the Green Ghost, if he manages to turn intangible, he's got a chance.

Buuut, in a Death Battle like scenario? OM blitzes Danny and makes him go full ghost in an instant. We can see he wasted no time with his massacre in Ep 1, and Danny's fighting style isn't too lethal. He has NEVER used his intangibility like that against a living enemy, his blasts would be ineffective, even his ecto-scream would be an incovenience at most, and he quips too much. That's an opening OM wouldn't forgive. I mean, he got an opening on Red Rush, a SPEEDSTER. I adore Danny, but my boy's toast.

So yeah, hope my answer's satisfying. Thanks for asking.

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Ep 3 Page 40 - Not the sharpest spirit in the Graveyard.

There's a reason Danny's a D student.

And here's the surprise I mentioned. Last page was a little too long, so I split it. I also didn't want two pages in a row to end with a wide shot of the Slug.

Anyway, here's this week's extra page. I think I'll finish the next one by Sunday. Enjoy and see you!

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Ep 3 Pg 39 - Detective Danny.

Hmm, in the open, and only one other thing there with them...and there's a ghost...WHAT A MYSTERY THIS IS!

Simple page, but I kinda got a surprise later, enjoy and see you next time.

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Ep 3 Pg 38 - The Lava Slug in the living room.

I love that Randy's main role these last few pages has been "Happy to be here.".

Now that I'm a litte more comfortable drawing full bodies, I'm having more fun drawing poses.

Anyway, here´s the page, a little later than wanted, but here it is.

Anyway, see you next week!

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Ep 3 Pg 37 - Paying attention.

Danny's helpful and clear warnings.

Tried a little more things with the poses on this one. Also, finished most of the page today, helps im not sick.

Anyway, see you next week!

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Here's a question for fun. If you had a ghost form or a dragon form, what do you think they would look like? Or if you were a ninja that was chosen to protect the town or city you live in, how would you imagine your suit looking?

Ohhh, interesting idea, never really thought about it. Hmm, let's see:

For a ghost form, I think Danny's is almost perfect. I like the white hair, green eyes, and superhero-suit tight asthetic. Maybe I'd change the design. If anything, the halfa design philosofy is kind of limited, case we only have two and they use white and black as main colors, meaning that any vibrant color might feel out of place. I think I'd like Vlad's vampire-light design for the skin, with fangs and everything, the eyes either green or red. For the suit, Danny's sci-fi superhero asthetic, but with a different color scheme. Maybe white with silver or black accents.

For dragon. Interestingly, for were-dragons I prefer the bigger, clasical dragons. If I were limited to a Jake-like 8-10 feet one, I'd go with a classical wester approach with green or black scales, and maybe a gold or silver underbelly scale color. No hair though. I'd probably breathe fire, but having like, acid or smth, would be a cool addition or alternative.

Ninja...hmmm. Randy's color scheme rocks. As for the design, I'd change it to be more classical. The tight sock/sandal things some ninjas wear, baggy pants, a belt, a baggy ninja long-sleeped shirt with a vext on top, with either armor or armbands covering my forearm and gloves. The mask will probaly stay the same though.

So yeah, those are my two cents. What about you? Any desings you'd think would fit you?

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Ep 3 Page 36 - Know your town.

Randy also knows about the renegade robots in the landfill.

Hey I finished it...eventually! Feeling much better, and I hope I can finish the next one on time.

I also tried something new with the onomatopye in the second panel. I'll continue experimenting, and see what I get.

Anyway, see you next time!

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Announcement!

Page will be late this week, probs tomorrow, maybe tuesday, Depends on how I advance. I got sick and was bedridden basically all weekend so I had no time to do anything.

See you then.

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Hey, have you ever heard of this show called Juniper Lee? Lot's of fans compare her to Jake. I've seen a few episodes of it and it just doesn't seem all that interesting, like Juniper herself doesn't seem all that interesting and cool as a character like Jake was. And her abilities don't seem all that impressive either, I mean the guys could do the same stuff as her. When I watched the first episode of ADJL, when Jake first transformed into his dragon form, it was heat and you felt that beat drop. I was like "Ok I think I like this guy already." I didn't get any of that with Juniper Lee. I'm not saying she has to have some sort of fancy transformation for me to like her, but just at least something more unique.

What are your thoughts about Juniper?

Do you like her as much as Jake, or do you think that Jake is definitely more interesting and cooler?

What would you improve about the show?

Yeah, I know about the show. And I gotta agree, it is not nearly as popular or good as ADJL. The premises are similar, teenagers maintaining order in a magical world, but the execution is far better in JL. First, him having a transformation into a DRAGON, the coolest, most majestic magical creature, increases the cool factor by a LOT, as opposed to Juniper staying the same, that made theconflict feel a little more beyond the regular scope, as Jake had to become more than human to deal with it.

The artstyle was also a factor, both AD artstyles have their flaws, but both have nice colors and the characters look pleasant to the eye, while Juniper's characters look way more cartoony and the color are WAY to saturated for my taste, even as a child. Not helped that Juiper's teaser for its premiere was a BEAUTIFULLY animated 3D commercial, which the show looked nothing like.

The there's the story, AMdrag had comedy, but it treated its plots seriously enough, while Juniper lee was way more comedic, something that is not the best for an action show.

So yeah, I think her show had potential, but there's a reason why Jake is so much more popular.

As for imprving the show? I'd start with the color, less eye-searing please, make the characters' faces a little less flat, they look like pickles, seriously, FIX many designs, htere's a sasqwatch girl that looks like a human in a fursuit, and especially the villians.

Another point is that the villians are kinda mid. Jake doesn't exactly have a Batman caliber Rouge's Gallery, but it had iconic ones, mainly the Huntsman and the Dark dragon, ad even one-off cool ones, like the thing that zapped youth. Juniper's were less serious, more like a joke, less threatening, and the coolest ones (I remember an episode where an ancient warrior that had the same position Juniper has now returned) are rarely used or wasted. I mean, if I recall, they fight literall Loki and he's about as threatening as he was when he appeared in a Power Rangers episode.

So yeah, interesting premise, servicable show, but pales in comparison to its contemporaries that had a better execution, like Jake, Danny, and even Kim Possible.