2:30 am comic strip timelapse
i just realized how wonky the perspective was in the drawing of the doorway
and of course you can see how lazy i am when i just copy and paste the doorway from panel to panel
i just realized how wonky the perspective was in the drawing of the doorway
and of course you can see how lazy i am when i just copy and paste the doorway from panel to panel
here’s the timelapse of the couch cushion strip from a few days ago
the process usually goes like this:
i see a moment in real life that i think will work for the strip: in this case it was watching little guy move the cushion so he could sit down on the couch
(and right now i’m focusing on those moments that dont require any dialogue, right now i’m more interested in telling these little stories without dialogue, so i’ve passed on some great moments that have dialogue. maybe that will change in the future)
then i’ll need to puzzle out how this moment will break down in to 4 frames – i have to select my 4 moments which usually takes some trial and error with some really bad drawings, just diagrams really, in the sketchbook that help me quickly find those 4 moments
then i take a photo of the sketches and cut and paste those moments into the frames of the page
since i had already done a couch strip, i decided to recycle the background from that previous strip not only for continuity, but also because i am very lazy
from there i need to do the actual drawings (which in this case were pretty dismal, though they hopefully worked)
select my colors
go back in and fix little guy’s smile on the last panel (it looked a little creepy the first go-round)
and that was about it
when i write it all out like this it makes the process feel a little mechanical, but for me the magic lies in recognizing the moment when it occurs, and enjoying the finished strip when i’m done
i guess this is now the second in a series of couch cushion strips🙂
getting this one in under the wire tonight
click on the ‘steps’ tag or click here to scroll through a bunch of these webcomics
i like these col-erase colored pencils
they feel good on paper
colored pencil, 2015
pencil, colored pencil, 2015
andrea, colored pencil, 2015
on the couch, colored pencil, 2015
Ink, #inktober, 2014
#inktober, 2014
#inktober, 2014
The last time I stopped by my buddy’s place, he had an inoperative microwave taking up space on his counter.
Last night I stopped by for a brief visit, to find that he put that microwave to good use:
Microwave Endtable! Too sweet.
Update: I turned the artwork for Jonesin 4 Indy into a 1024×768 wallpaper. You can find it in the sidebar under the Pages header.