I was all ready to reveal the manga version of Tally this week, and then realized that I didn’t have the final versions of the right pages. Oops. Then there was a bit of miscommunication, but now at last I have them!
So we are delaying Fan Art Friday (often known as Fan Art Sunday) for the Tally character reveal.
Remember that Shay’s Story (AKA “The Uglies Manga”) is all from Shay’s POV, and therefore starts about six months before the events of Uglies, back when Shay and Zane are pals. So Tally doesn’t enter until Zane and Shay have planned to run away and then “chickened out.” (That’s what they told Tally in Pretties, but it’s more complicated than that in reality.)
But when Tally appears, we are fully into the same events as Uglies, so some of the scenes below will be familiar. It’s kind of interesting, duplicating some Uglies scenes almost exactly, but in an entirely new context and from a different point of view.
Of course, there are some times when Devin and I decided to skip over a lot of the scenes in Uglies, using the wonder of montage! You may recognize these flashes from the book, when Tally and Shay are getting to be friends.
Here’s a close-up of a familiar scene in Uglies that gets swept past in this montage:
This scene is also directly from the book, but here only lasts one frame. It’s quite illuminating to see Steven’s vision of it:
What’s interesting is, when you read the book, Tally is the protagonist and is therefore the center of attention in this scene. But in the version above, you can see that Shay is the featured character. She’s literally foregrounded.
And finally, here’s an argument between Tally and Shay at a certain key point in the story:
Click here for a bigger version of this one.
The dialog is directly from the book, but as you can see, Tally has her back to us and we see Shay’s expression.
I didn’t realize any of this (at least, the visual aspect of it) until I started to look for shots of Tally, and realized that there were very few of her. Most of the time, she’s in the background and Shay’s doing something. Because the comic is all about Shay.
But there is a great shot of Tally from near the end of the book, when they’re in the Smoke. So here’s frizzy-haired, not very confident, under-suspicion Tally:
Hope you like her.
January 28th, 2012 05:44
AHHH FIRST COMMENT! Amazing Art!
January 28th, 2012 05:48
Okay, fine fine! I didn’t look at it… lol
I rushed for the first comment! – Flex -
January 28th, 2012 05:49
Tally! She’s awesome, as suspected.
January 28th, 2012 05:50
Middy!
January 28th, 2012 05:52
I’m going to go right out and admit it’s not at all how I pictured Tally though.
January 28th, 2012 05:53
Wow, Tally’s really cute.
Shay looks Asian, teehee.
January 28th, 2012 05:54
Hey, Josh. Do you know the procedure for our chat commenting/fan club meetings? We only do that on FAF posts, and leave the actual “wow, this is sooo cool” and such for all the other things.
I’m going back to the FAF now. Bye!
I didn’t want you to get all lonely over here
January 28th, 2012 05:58
I wonder what happened with David and Shay… Really nice art I can’t wait!
January 28th, 2012 05:59
It’s not how I imagined Tally, but it totally fits! She looks awesome!!
Who’s next? Dr. Cable?
January 28th, 2012 06:14
Tally’s awesome. Scott, Devin, the creators, even moreso.
January 28th, 2012 06:48
Yup yup TALLY-WA IN DA HOUSE
January 28th, 2012 06:51
Not how I pictured her…I LOVE IT
Dr. Cable or David next??
January 28th, 2012 07:09
Oooh, I like her hair!
David next, please.
January 28th, 2012 07:34
@12
DR.CABLE!
January 28th, 2012 07:43
I’m going to be kind of blunt… isn’t Tally supposed to be pretty, but she only THINKS she’s ugly? I’m not saying she’s ugly by regular standards, just… not very attractive either…
January 28th, 2012 07:43
How old is Tally supposed to be? Please do not take offense, but she looks like she’s about seven in the last picture.
January 28th, 2012 07:53
I think the pictures look fantastic. Some cartoon-types of art make characters look younger. It’s just a style thing, I think
January 28th, 2012 07:54
@simplyRonnie, she’s 17. IKR, the characters in the art looks like they’re 7.
what and Troy?
January 28th, 2012 07:56
maybe try drawing Zane?
January 28th, 2012 08:12
whoa, this is so weird. this says it was posted on Jan. 28 and all the comments are from the 28th, but today’s the 27th, isn’t it??? Oh, and btw, love the art, and you should do Dr. Cable next!
January 28th, 2012 08:13
and it even says I commented on the 28th! is this some sort of east-west coast thing??
January 28th, 2012 08:22
my bad–I just realized I did the name thing wrong
January 28th, 2012 08:28
Pretty tally face thing looks scary
January 28th, 2012 08:48
Loomis
January 28th, 2012 09:14
Oh Scott-la, you don’t know how much I love her.
January 28th, 2012 10:16
simply gorgeous<3
January 28th, 2012 10:27
I would really like it if this manga was turned
Into a novel, but still nice !! : D
January 28th, 2012 10:39
Woohoo!!! It looks amazing!!
January 28th, 2012 10:50
Tally was 15 in that and the times are posted in Austrailia time because that’s where Scott is.
January 28th, 2012 11:03
Tally-wa! Totally awesome!
January 28th, 2012 11:04
Also the posts aren’t Australia time – I’m in Australia and it’s not 11 am, it’s 5 pm. I’m not sure what time zone the site is in.
January 28th, 2012 14:59
Cute
I really can’t wait to see the girls as Specials (I seem to be going too fast here but Specials and Extras are like my fave books in the series and I’m a total sucker for ICY stuff >:D)
January 28th, 2012 17:00
She is perfect. For a girl, she didn’t spend much time grooming, so when she did, that stood out to me. I absolutely love this series and recommend it as often as I can. Can’t wait for more!~
January 28th, 2012 18:43
@32-I agree with everything you just said
January 28th, 2012 18:44
@16-she is 15,Ronnnie.
January 28th, 2012 18:46
YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feel free to come chat with us on last FAF,you will find out very soon that I am ALL UGLIES ALL THE WAY
UGLIES LIVES
January 28th, 2012 18:47
Tally-wa looks AWESOME! Who’s next? I’d vote for Dr. Cable or David.
January 28th, 2012 19:03
love the artwork!
January 28th, 2012 19:55
I really like it, but I imagined Tally as being taller. Maybe its just the way the shots are angled.
January 28th, 2012 20:07
ah! Awesome!
I now have a sudden urge to read the Uglies series again, and I probably will.
January 28th, 2012 21:05
Please show Dr. Cable next!!!
January 28th, 2012 21:35
I’m ready for Fan-Art Sunday! I’ve gotta read the UGLIES books sometime.
January 28th, 2012 22:28
Nice, but I had already kinda seen Tally in some other ones. But hey, I liked seeing Shay!
January 28th, 2012 22:33
These are great snapshots. Someone above in the comments said something about Tally’s looks. Well in defense, beauty isn’t all about looks. Beauty is how you perceive it. It’s the whole basis of the series, no? Regular teenage girls are pretty for what they really are, but then they think that they are only pretty if they wear make up (the Surge, if you will.)
January 28th, 2012 23:17
I only liked Shay in the first book and the end of Specials. I hated when she became a pretty!
January 28th, 2012 23:18
But it should be interesting to hear the story in her POV
January 29th, 2012 03:52
AWESOMESAUCE.
I like how she manages to look ‘ugly’ without actually being ugly. Does that make sense?
January 29th, 2012 07:05
Omg I can’t wait I am obsessed with all of Scott’s books
January 29th, 2012 07:53
when will this be for sale?? i’m really excited!
January 29th, 2012 11:51
Of course we like her Scottsters <3 <3
January 29th, 2012 16:42
Not how I pictured Tally at all, but still awesome! I really love the whole concept of the manga; Shay deserves some love after so long in Tallly’s shadow
January 29th, 2012 19:43
@loki: yeah, I only really like Shay Without Brain Damage.
January 29th, 2012 22:30
She should have straight hair not curly. >___> But thats ok she still looks cool.
January 30th, 2012 00:36
I thought her nick-name was squint, but she has really big eyes….
January 30th, 2012 01:15
Okay, it’s Sunday. Where’s FAF?
January 30th, 2012 01:56
Fan-Art Monday then? I think it should be called Fan-Art-Whatever-Day. I can wait though.
January 31st, 2012 04:47
@54 yeah that’s true… But manga makes everyone’s eyes big I guess
January 31st, 2012 06:57
The only reason I’m commenting here is to protest the delay of FAF! BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2012 06:59
I HEREBY PROTEST WITH MY PICKET FENCES!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 31st, 2012 07:07
Ronnie……………………..
January 31st, 2012 08:55
casually pushes her bangs back with a headband and throws away her glasses
I AM TALLY IT IS ME
But, in all seriousness, we actually do look very alike! And if her coloring stays true to the old covers, then I’d be able to even do an easy cosplay!! Maybe soon, maaaaaybeeee soooon…
February 2nd, 2012 02:15
My hair is now in Shay pigtails!
February 7th, 2012 02:02
@ Zane-la I know it’s just a screen name but, getting a little judgementle on Tally huh? No offense, just striked me as odd. Does anyone know who the guy on the cover of Pretties is? I think it’s Zane but frankly, he isn’t very pretty on that…
February 14th, 2012 22:10
Please tell me there’s pictures of Dr Cable in this. It will make my life. And then please do a Dr Cable version of this. It will doubly make my life.
Apart from that, the art’s really good. Shay is like I had imagined.
March 6th, 2012 02:03
I LOVE IT! You should totally make a movie out of the uglys series! It would probably be the movie of all times!
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March 22nd, 2012 09:26
yup, not at all, I imagined Tally to be. I thought Tally looked, well, slightly more different & has a little more squashed nose (come on, she described her nose that way, how else am I suppose to imagine it?)
anyhow, I’m not saying that she looks bad…just not how I imagined it to be. I’m so excited for this graphic novel~~!!
March 24th, 2012 05:10
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/556274_381288938557164_100000281820699_1434182_111272856_n.jpg
i spent literally five minutes on this but i do feel that there’s a resemblance here
now to put on my school uniform and make a hoverboard
April 5th, 2012 20:03
I love how Tally looks in this! She is exactly as I imagined her. I LOVE TALLY!
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