When people here used to have Paranatural threads there was constant shit-talking about the 'lazy' art from chapter 5 and onward.

When people here used to have Paranatural threads there was constant shit-talking about the 'lazy' art from chapter 5 and onward. Rereading it now it seems like ghost train arc is where the series really picks up in terms of inking, shading and colour theory. This seems like the stuff new webcomic artists should be studying.
Can people articulate what they actually prefer about the earlier chapters without using buzzwords like 'soul'?

Schizophrenic Conspiracy Theorist Shirt $21.68

Homeless People Are Sexy Shirt $21.68

Schizophrenic Conspiracy Theorist Shirt $21.68

  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    AAAAUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      based wristposters, i can always count on you

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Can people articulate what they actually prefer about the earlier chapters without using buzzwords like 'soul'?

    Early Paranatural had good usage of color, he wasn't afraid of saturated tones/dark blacks, whereas everything in the later comics started getting more dull, pastel, and faded. He also started relying more on gradient backgrounds rather than drawing things out.
    With character designs, he started making everyone thicker, thick limbs and joints, kind of like what you see with the stereotypical "Calarts" designs. Also characters started getting more same-facey.
    Lastly, the writing. I dropped it because there was just too many new plot threads being created and I knew Zack would take another 30 years to finish the story he wanted to tell at the rate he was dropping new pages, and I just wasn't interested in following a slow story with art decline when the art is what got me reading in the first place. There was also a sudden increase in LGBT and minority pandering. I'm gay and got nothing from it, it all felt very forced and poorly executed.

    I see that the latest pages are just 2-3 drawn panels with text blocks in-between, and honestly, that seems like the only way the story will get done and I commend him trying to finish it, but it's just not the Paranatural I fell in love with, and I don't really have a desire to continue.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >I see that the latest pages are just 2-3 drawn panels with text blocks in-between
      Hey now you are selling it short.
      These aren't just blocks of text.
      This is some of the god awful worst overly florid prose I have seen outside of highschool writing.

      https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-7-page-72

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Became a picture book at best
        Jesus christ, I stopped at the the end of Ape and Gay glasses show chapter. I commend to Zach for trying to finish the story but...
        Why many of those webcomics become picture books before just dropping it for real?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          its for their lack of planning and foresight.
          thats why its been stuck for years in one day at times.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Normally it's because the creator is an unmotivated piece of shit who just wants to get the story over with, which is why moving to a lower-effort text format is usually a sign that the comic's about to die. In this case specifically it's because of physical issues rather than mental issues (his wrist is still exploding on a regular basis) so there's a good chance that it'll actually carry on like this for a couple years.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Why many of those webcomics become picture books before just dropping it for real?
          Because of drunning kruger effect making them think writing will be relatively easy and effortless compared to drawing, making it the escape route of choice of the overwhelmed comic artist. After all, if Homestuck and Prequel managed to pull it off, why shouldn't they be able to too? :^)

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >it's actually no longer a comic
        holy shit

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This pretty much explains all of my opinions on the comic. Great use of color and value in the early stuff. Poses felt very fluid and alive with the world really feeling "lived-in". The pastels are passable, but not what made me fall in love with the comic. I am also gay and the lgbt inclusions felt forced and detracted from the story. On that note, I really liked Zarei when she was introduced, but ironically she has been turned into a stereotype the more the story progressed. The flashback scene with her was an improvement though.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it had backgrounds
    you know, stuff and details actually going on behind the characters instead of gradients and gradients and more gradients

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Good use of color, light and shadow, imaginative spirits and powers, great backgrounds, well framed and energetic action scenes, decent mix of comedy and seriousness. Somebody should really give him a staff, because he knows how to make shit work, he just got tired of doing it all by himself.

      >backgrounds
      You haven't reread the comic in a while. Chapters 5, 6, 7 etc all have lots of backgrounds

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >the comic
        Got news about that, buddy

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >chapter 5
        >aka hitball arc
        you have to learn to be a bit less obvious with your bait man
        have a pity (You)

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          You're the one baiting, there are tonnes of pages with backgrounds amongst the pages dominated by gradients

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Good use of color, light and shadow, imaginative spirits and powers, great backgrounds, well framed and energetic action scenes, decent mix of comedy and seriousness. Somebody should really give him a staff, because he knows how to make shit work, he just got tired of doing it all by himself.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Paranatural apologist thread
    Christ, right when you think the board couldn't be anymore contrarian.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >this comic I never read but other people say is bad, is bad
      why
      >BECAUSE IT JUST IS, OK?!
      If you're not going to contribute anything why even bother posting dipshit

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >You didn't read it because... I said so!
        Do you think Paranatural is some sort of niche comic? It was popular as frick back when Zach didn't have Yoko holding him back.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >I feel like something about the humor changed too
          I'd blame his soul-sucking girlfriend for that.

          Do his GF have his balls in her purse, because just the vibe from the comic alone screams that.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >I feel like something about the humor changed too
            I'd blame his soul-sucking girlfriend for that.

            >You didn't read it because... I said so!
            Do you think Paranatural is some sort of niche comic? It was popular as frick back when Zach didn't have Yoko holding him back.

            Her art degraded in the same way, and the degradation was apparently contagious

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >everybody is blushing constantly
              Probably my least favorite art habit, even in manga.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >https://imgur.com/a/ena2Txg
    Thoughts?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not opening that link. But, if that thumbnail is supposed to be a depiction of Max, then it looks like dogshit.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I miss this comic. I wish it hadn't just ended in the middle of the camping trip flashback.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I feel like something about the humor changed too, considerably for the worse. There were still good jokes here and there, but I dunno, it felt a lot weaker as it went on.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >I feel like something about the humor changed too
      I'd blame his soul-sucking girlfriend for that.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          that aged well.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I do dislike the more pastel direction and same face smoothness, but honestly I enjoyed how loose the comic looked in the later stages. The poses were a lot less stiff, action moved better. Lots of fun panels and stuff, even if they weren't packed to the brim with details. It's disappointing to see it go to an essay format, as Zack's writing isn't really that fun without the visual gags, but I do hope it works out. Don't really get why people hate on this so much when it's just some dude's ex-webcomic.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Don't really get why people hate on this so much when it's just some dude's ex-webcomic.
      Because his own incompetence and ego ruined what could have been one of the best webcomics of all time.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I don't know anything about his incompetence or ego, but Zach has setup Paranatural to be another Homestuck albeit he has a whole lot more artistic talent than Hussie. But regardless of having more talent, I'm not going to fricking give my heart (or money) to another product that is clearly on a Homestuck trajectory.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    dodgeball arc... oh how i hate thee. i don't care about the art or writing or whatever but the fricking dodgeball arc being like 500 pages was insane. if i reread it, it might be more bearable but at the time once a few weeks dodgeball update was grueling. didn't know it was no longer a comic tho

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Comic might as well be as dead as these threads

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It had backgrounds and there wasn't this void background like it's a shounen manga that's been fricked due to a weekly schedule.

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *