A new page so soon, your spoiling us! Kim is looking really stressed about all of this. I like the honesty with which she is answering the questions on her papers. I've been there for sure, too frustrated to "answer properly" and too hopeless to try. I'm rather nervous to see this next page...I don't want to even imagine what my parents would say..
also im just realising on panel 5 the papers morphing into kims thoughts, and the thoughts actually working with the headings of them, minimization "she hasnt been here that long" catastrophizing "never getting out", personalization "me" etc etc, you'd know; youre the one who made the page, but still i just think its really cool hehe
love kim's tv watching pose and her arm propping up head it's a relatable pose and her growing boredom+frustration really shows and then of course panel 6 after she's overheard the conversation brining in that cloud of jealousy/anger & how sheerly sharp one of her eyes is in the star shape+the red highlight in the other eye is very pronounced!
(jfkdshlkhgkg at the tv show and "i knew i had to sabotage myself" is a too relatable line fdjhglkdsghg)
the 3-panel sequence of kim forgetting the papers you pulled it off expertly~
really liking the touch of the phone room having a colder lighting and thus feel to it, matches the coldness of which the loris nurse is talking.
the last sequence of kim on the phone is you showed the anxiety there in many different posing and i can feel it vicariously!
is the second panel supposed to be a combo visual/verbal 'pun' with octopus & oedipus? i first read it as 'mircowaved oedipus' which is a truly bizarre comment for a cooking (?) show but fits in with the theme of self-fulfilling-prophecy/sabotage kim does with the contortions worksheet...
i keep reading it as "ociopus"
hi there johana, that it is not a pun on oedipus. thank you for pointing that out, i didn't realize part of the speech bubble had gotten fried while mixing up and converting files, and the letters are fixed to be clearer now. sorry about that!
ohoho, the text on kim's papers turning into her inner monologue is a great touch! and also, i know kim has kysley & co. to turn to for support, but judy was one of the first people in the hospital that actually genuinely cared abt kim and didn't treat her like any amount of garbage, so i bet that hurts her to see her leave so soon. there's probably some level of displacing her feelings of anxiety at being left by judy into anger, but i can't say i fault kim for that either.
yeesh, kim's anxiety and stress is really palpable here, especially in the panels of her on the phone to her parents and her internal thought process reflected onto the page in front of her (really nice touch there!)
as always, really fond of the little details and the way you portray things such as the inverted speech bubble from the tv, kim's 'isolated in darkness' look in panel 6 as she temporarily shuts out her environment in her frustration, her stunned look and slow responses on the following 2 panels as she tries to 'come back' to the present and process what's being asked of her - really good stuff
also really loving the "contortions" page match kim's spiraling as she does through every one of said contortions.
ANXIETY LEVELS: SKYROCKETING
MICROWAVE RECIPES: EPITOME OF CONVENIENCE
HOTEL: TRIVAGO
love kim's tv watching pose and her arm propping up head it's a relatable pose and her growing boredom+frustration really shows and then of course panel 6 after she's overheard the conversation brining in that cloud of jealousy/anger & how sheerly sharp one of her eyes is in the star shape+the red highlight in the other eye is very pronounced!
(jfkdshlkhgkg at the tv show and "i knew i had to sabotage myself" is a too relatable line fdjhglkdsghg)
the 3-panel sequence of kim forgetting the papers you pulled it off expertly~
really liking the touch of the phone room having a colder lighting and thus feel to it, matches the coldness of which the loris nurse is talking.
the last sequence of kim on the phone is you showed the anxiety there in many different posing and i can feel it vicariously!
i keep reading it as "ociopus"
judy looks so happy!! i hope it works out for her
as always, really fond of the little details and the way you portray things such as the inverted speech bubble from the tv, kim's 'isolated in darkness' look in panel 6 as she temporarily shuts out her environment in her frustration, her stunned look and slow responses on the following 2 panels as she tries to 'come back' to the present and process what's being asked of her - really good stuff