#chess comic

[be-the-pawn-blog]

By now, you might have noticed that two pieces of the same class can be vastly different sizes. This isn't a drawing error, I promise. So, how can there by rooks of different sizes? The answer to this lies in Leveling.

On page 36 of Chess Comic you can see that

http://chess.webcomic.ws/comics/36 (this one, for reference)

pieces that succeed in battle are rewarded according to their deeds and valiance. The average pawn generally goes unrewarded until much higher levels, but other pieces such as Bishops and Rooks are granted great bounty. These awards may come in the form of additional armors, more powerful weapons, or useful technologies. But, they can also include alterations to a piece's transformator (the thing that stores their armor and weapons. For example, Pawn Rings) to increase their agility, strength, mass, etc. As the function of a Rook is to run headlong into things and bash them apart with their mass, Rooks generally choose to increase their strength and mass when they level up.

[be-the-pawn-blog]

Amazing drawing of Tawny in Tomato Heaven done by http://enviousjam.deviantart.com/! Go look at all the other art this incredible person has done!

[be-the-pawn-blog]

Well,

Well, I think I’ve been neglecting my tumblr for a bit too long. Time to finish the theme and get the ball rolling on this.

[fanoudraws]

that chess comic

Wow, Okay.

SO. I didn't think I'd get such an answer from just posting this comic online. 

First, a big thank you to everybody who reblogged/tweeted/wrote about it somewhere. I'm glad you felt something reading it! 

Thanks a lot, also, new followers :) Hi, I guess? I'm Fanou, I mostly draw band people and dumb comics. I'm in animation school and I rant about that a lot, too, sorry.

I've read often now that the cursive I used is difficult to read for some people, and for that I'm sorry. In my country, cursive is what we use in letters, and that's pretty much the only font I can manage to draw properly. My first drafts were all capitalized and they looked so awful I switched back to my usual writing style. I will put a transcript online in a few minutes for those who can't read, I just had no idea it would be this challenging (every french person who read it never said a word about the writing, it didn't even cross my mind)

I've also seen comments (on my blog, even, woa) made about my "willpower" and how I was "overreacting". To these people, I'd like to answer that : I'm a very aggressive player on the board, and probably in life as well. I quit because I was abused, and that was the end for me. I hope you realize that there's still a problem when most girls decide to stop playing around 15/16 when boys just keep on doing fine. 

I'd probably still be playing in a club like last year if I hadn't gone to a new school that doesn't allow me to have hobbies, heh. 

I won't address comments like these any further, because I know the language barrier will trick me at one point or another and I have troubles expressing myself properly.

Oh, and, originally, this post wasn't even supposed to go online, but thanks to Léni & Val's endless cheering I decided to woman up and post it. SO thank you guys as well <3