Far Out There

And now, my obligatory “Hey, remember how this was originally a religious holiday?” page. Honestly, though, this is totally the sort of thing the Cap’n would do if he owned an inn somewhere in Bethlehem. I like when I can do something like this and still be true to the characters.

I ALSO like when I can do a page that really looks FINISHED. Way too many of the Christmas pages this year really needed to have their line art cleaned up and colors collected. THIS one, though? I really like how the lighting worked out. Very nice atmosphere and junk.

(Historical Notes: I was much more easily impressed by mild shadows bask in the day, apparently.  Then again, I also didn’t spend ten hours fiddling with twenty layers of transparent gradients, so maybe Past Me was on the right track…)