Lovely art and effort on both sides!

Delani - Very nice composition I thought, but I wish it was a little longer. The colors worked for me - I was actually surprised by the limited color scheme at first but it paid off.

Baratacom - I enjoyed the Rider's "expressions" - the featureless way he tilts his head and so forth. Very effective, you're good at body language.

Also, would like to say thanks for all the comments so far, glad to see that you people are enjoying what I'm doing here. Also, I'll keep what jv7x said in mind and try to make the next entry "closed" enough to not feel like all the all the filling is in another donut while still open for the continuous story-arc thing I want it to be.

Cool story, Delani, and I have to say that I liked the "collage" background, made the whole thing feel like a Sailor Moon episode or something (which I see as good since it fits Sekkou). Just have to say that I felt kinda strange to see Kigan acting like such a vile and didn't quite understand Kigan's defeat, since the shot seemed to go on his heart, not his henshin belt.

As a last comment, I laughed at the mental image of Kigan sending an email at a cyber café or something.

delani: i thought the art was clean and had a good level of finish. just keep working on anatomy and bgs. i thought it was pretty funny that kigan contacted tenshi via email, because i got the these images in my head of him chillin' at his computer or whipping out his iphone.

baratacom: you've shattered my mental image of kigan rider! i imagined some brucewillisactionherohardass-type character, but he's actually that tough-guy with a heart o' gold-type. i think i like the art in this one more than in the last; the colors worked well, and there's a lot more clarity.

good work, you two.

Oh, thank god, Baratachama is winning.  If he doesn't win, I'm going to have to shoot somebody.  Seriously, he totally deserves this win.

Thanks everyone for a good first taste of void.  It was better than anticipated!

[@Angie]  I see what you're saying about the first pages when they're in the dark and everything, but they were in the dark so it felt appropriate to me to keep it pretty dark and simple.  Also, on my screen the colours come out pretty bright and distinct.  But I did notice that on a friend's laptop the darkest blue was VERY dark so it may have been a problem with my screen not being calibrated and thinking that there was enough contrast when, in fact, the blue just runs into the black.  I'll have to go and check into that.  The inking style is nice but it reminds me a lot of Perca's stuff and that makes it feel very not... my own.  I don't usually ink, just colour over pencils so I'm still figuring out how this while "finished" concept works, olol.  I'm not really sure what I could have done with one more page since I didn't want to show her breaking down and crying or acting like it was all okay when she got back home to Tenshi.  I did consider her showing up looking a little sad with Valentine's gifts for Tenshi but it felt like fluff so I cut it.  Thanks for the input!

• Oh, thank god, Baratachama is winning.  If he doesn't win, I'm going to have to shoot somebody.  Seriously, he totally deserves this win.

Thanks everyone for a good first taste of void.  It was better than anticipated!

[@Cletus]  LOVELY LOVES YOU TOO!

[@Angie]  I see what you're saying about the first pages when they're in the dark and everything, but they were in the dark so it felt appropriate to me to keep it pretty dark and simple.  Also, on my screen the colours come out pretty bright and distinct.  But I did notice that on a friend's laptop the darkest blue was VERY dark so it may have been a problem with my screen not being calibrated and thinking that there was enough contrast when, in fact, the blue just runs into the black.  I'll have to go and check into that.  The inking style is nice but it reminds me a lot of Perca's stuff and that makes it feel very not... my own.  I don't usually ink, just colour over pencils so I'm still figuring out how this while "finished" concept works, olol.  I'm not really sure what I could have done with one more page since I didn't want to show her breaking down and crying or acting like it was all okay when she got back home to Tenshi.  I did consider her showing up looking a little sad with Valentine's gifts for Tenshi but it felt like fluff so I cut it.  Thanks for the input!

[@Joshua]  Man, I'm sorry that it felt like it was lacking for you, man.  I kinda understand that there seemed to be a little lacking in terms for Kigan's motivations but I wasn't really sure what to do with it.  I feel sorta bad because in my haste I forgot to give Kigan more lines, sadface.  Glad you liked it at least a bit, thanks!

[@jv7x]  Hey, thanks!  Man, I really wanted to do like ten pages for this with Adrienne getting all mad at Tenshi for getting into the tourney and freaking a bit about him being a sentai too.  And more lines for Kigan and a cutesy conclusion of "Happy Valentine's Day" when she gets back from her battle.  But when it was crunch time, all that sorta got swept into the fluff I could cut my page count.  Sadface!  I agree that my stuff was rushed but I'm finding it really difficult to do anything that feels like a complete story or even episode in only a week.  Thanks again!

TL;DR!

Go go Baratacom!

I LOVE LOVELY!  

Though that scene of Kigan looking severely out of place in the waiting room was pretty classic.  I'm not sure which way to vote here.  

Delani-You could have done some really cool things with this style of inking and coloring, but you didn't quite get there. Incorporating another shade of blue and yellow on top of what you had may have helped give the shading some more depth. I think mostly just that first page could have used it to make the art a little more clear since everything is blending into that darker blue at the moment. Story wise this was better than your last comic, you gave us a bit more information this time around which helped me get a little more attached to the character. Maybe just 1 more page on the end could have really given us the emotional impact of the death but I totally understand you just sticking with a page count you can handle.

Baratacom-This was waaaay better than your last comic artistically! I found it was much easier to read your stuff without all that toning all over the place. The simple color scheme made everything very easy to read this time around. Story wise I liked that you took a different approach, instead of the two characters fighting one another. I was really impressed this time around so keep it up dude

I sided with Barata, I enjoy your art, just enough detail, and like what you did with the colors here. Also seems you aren't having the problem from last round of panels being too busy. And I also like your variety of angles, in art and storytelling here. Kind of annoyed me that we're not sure if Anaconda died or not, but maybe it fits in with your story later....  Overall, I'm intrigued and want to see where this goes!

Delani, I liked your's too, and the coloring seemed more complete this round, cool fight scene, and the sillos on your bg's are looking much nicer. Just didn't do much for me, maybe a little more development for Kigan? just seemed to be missing something story-wise not sure what.

Delani - The art was nice and the colors were good.  The comic had a very finished look to it for the most part, which was nice for just a week's time.  My main gripe would be that the story felt very rushed.  That was the thing that brought down my overall enjoyment a bit.  Other than that I don't have much else to say.  

Baratacom - I think your comic is a good example of the gamble of writing a story arc over self contained battles.  The first round could have gone either way since it was just the first chapter but since you did move on you automatically have a continuity to build on.  I'm more invested in the story now so that raises my enjoyment of the story.  This is a good next chapter in the story, I feel I'm getting more of a handle on the character and I'm digging where the story is going.  The problem is that trying to grade this battle on it's own merits is difficult since there isn't alot of action going on.  That would be the one thing that brought down your score a bit.  The art work is good and consistant.  And I like this new approach with the color instead of the zip tone.  It's a lot clearer and easier to follow.  

I think Baratacom edged this one out but just by a hair.  Good battle from you both.  Lots of luck to each of you.

JV

Fock too much porn, my poor innocence!

Yes, five minutes left!  Posted.  Hopefully it isn't a total disappointment.

There, posted, hope you people enjoy it.

If hate gets me porn comics, I'LL TAKE IT.

Oh god... I am filled with great fear.  Also, porn battle, fine.  I hate you, Colin.

Ha ha ha h ow you guys! If I were you I would draw nun and puppy comics, just because! Ow my, the disappointment... he he he *ideas*

In ever other panel at the very least. The demands must be met.

I demand either naked women, or underboob. And PLENTY of underboob at that.

There's porn battles. Just you know, put naked women in it and all will be well.

There is no "porn" in "battle"!

I agree. PORN COMIC.

KIGAN RIDER, DON'T FALL ASLEEP!

if only there was a god.......

Huahuahuahua 21!

I hope I see twenty pages of PORN here