Bug Fix
Okay. So for a few months now, the cave spiders have seemed somehow ‘wrong’ to me. I couldn’t quite place my finger on it. Also, this is the first comic in which we see one of the spiders from the rear, so I decided to do some web searches for spider images.
And then, as my gaze wandered over image after image of delicate spinnerettes, it hit me. I’ve been drawing the legs coming out of the wrong part of their body this whole time! And given that spiders have a merged head and thorax – and that I’ve been drawing tiny heads this whole time – if I moved the legs, I’d have to redesign the whole body too.
This left me with a bit of conundrum. Continue with the beach-ball spiders I’ve been using so far, or break continuity? Well, I’ve redesigned enough characters mid-story-arc so far, so why not the spiders too? So no, a new group of arachnids did not just descend upon everyone – it’s just the window on their world coming into a sharper focus.
Also – spider booty! Woo hoo!
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Go with the redesign… unless you can convince yourself the way you had them before is the only rational way to support that much weight. These can’t be, exactly, scaled-up spiders (even magically): what works at six inches ain’t gonna at six feet…size by squares weight by cubes, or some such. But draw what feels “right”, because it’d be aggravating drawing something that feels “wrong” just to be consistent.
Redesign is a success! They look more ‘spiderry… spiderish… um… spider-like?
Sadly, I hadn’t even noticed that the spiders were designed ‘wrong’ until you pointed it out. I guess that’s because not every setting that has had giant spiders like yours has gone to the effort to keep them with normal spider proportions. Beyond that, for the most part I have to agree with sfreader, draw what feels right to you and we’ll learn to handle it.
I like the new head shape and leg placement, but changing the shape and color of the legs like that clicks on my arachnophobia! Facehuggers! xD
Did Rita just get bitten? D:
Those thin legs are creepier, aren’t they?
Yeah, Rita got a bit of a nip there. But just wait until you see the size of the mosquitos.