tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020791622984434894.post2352729056124642834..comments2012-03-27T00:05:47.164-04:00Comments on Beyond the Western Deep Production Blog: LanguagesRachel / Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16631226260936734615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020791622984434894.post-65818576141139043832011-06-25T09:11:29.206-04:002011-06-25T09:11:29.206-04:00Hi Mary Jane - the comic is actually planned for r...Hi Mary Jane - the comic is actually planned for release online, page-by-page. Right now we're trying to get a backlog of pages squared away before anything, so it's hard to say when, exactly, we'll start putting it up.<br /><br />I'd like to say another couple months at most, just to get the pages in order and then get the website up and running. When we have a better idea, we'll definitely be posting about it :)Alex Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783757301389664622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020791622984434894.post-69348645749385271852011-06-24T13:02:50.416-04:002011-06-24T13:02:50.416-04:00I'm glad to hear to that because you would ha...I'm glad to hear to that because you would have had a lot of work cut out for you. I'm glad I decided not to do the hole shebang either. Hey when do you the think the very first issue of your comic will be out ?Mary Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301587635403725826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020791622984434894.post-30797954456873647842011-06-24T07:58:06.445-04:002011-06-24T07:58:06.445-04:00Mary Jane: Thanks for the comment :) We probably w...Mary Jane: Thanks for the comment :) We probably won't be going full-bore with creating entire languages as Tolkien did with his own. It will either end up being consistent groupings of common phrases (ala Watership Down) or simple letter/word-swaps (like the dragon language in the upcoming Elder Scrolls: Skyrim).Alex Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783757301389664622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1020791622984434894.post-34869978580350785012011-06-23T21:49:56.678-04:002011-06-23T21:49:56.678-04:00Are sure that a wise thing to do. I've thought...Are sure that a wise thing to do. I've thought of doing the same thing with my fantasy animal comic until talking with experience writer on deviantart . Here what she said in reply to my language question . I think you're better off creating a vocabulary rather than an entire language. Tolkien was a professional linguist, and it took him literally years (a decade, if not more) to perfect his languages.<br />A fantasy glossary would probably be better to go for, a la Watership Down.<br />Paolini tried it and failed miserably; one of his own unintended plot points was due to a grammatical mistake in his made up language. This just friendly advice .Mary Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301587635403725826noreply@blogger.com