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<DIV>In a message dated 1/28/2004 1:43:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, Don Rosa writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>the coloring on my stuff<BR>in the Gemstones has been lovely!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV>Hmm... I've actually been rather disappointed by the Gemstone coloring in general... Everything seems to be rather flat; there isn't much done in terms of lighting and depth, and sometimes, collections of details in the background are just colored a uniform shade instead of being colored individually. Gary, is this a deliberate choice to make the comics look more "cartoony" than they would otherwise, or is it a matter of the amount of time available to color the stories? If the former, would you be willing to experiment and see which kind of coloring readers like better? :-)</DIV></BODY></HTML>