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Not sure if this comic counts as “funny” — there’s no particular joke. I mean, Lucky is being ridiculous, and gets some comeuppance. But this comic is mainly to further the plot and character development, I guess. Anway, there are some nifty things I tried while making this one. Nifty Things I Tried First, I…Read more
Artistically, there wasn’t too much experimentation with this one. But as I was drawing it, I did feel more comfortable with what I was doing. I didn’t have to think as hard to visualize the poses; I felt more comfortable allowing myself to make mistakes and then let my brain work on how to correct…Read more
Masha has some trouble with the subtleties of plausible deniability and the black market. The fence in the post office probably thinks she’s dumb as a post. You know, a fence post. Moving House My wife and I moved from our apartment of eight years to a house. It’s been very exciting upgrading to a…Read more
I wasn’t sure about this one, because it’s a little weird to have livestock in a world of anthropomorphic animals. But I couldn’t resist illustrating this idea. The babushka doesn’t seem too surprised that her plan has failed. Coloring Experiments I tried a couple experiments with this one. Like the experiment with this comic, I…Read more
Reflections on the Process For this cartoon, I further explored the effects I could create with subtle use of the “burn” and “dodge” tools. Mostly in the mirrors, but also to shade below the sink in panel 5. I also desaturated the colors and linework for the figures appearing in the mirrors. I’m noticing now…Read more
Thoughts on the Process The art process for this comic is almost exactly the same as the previous one. I did try to experiment a bit more with perspective, especially in panel 5, which is a sort of bird’s-eye parallel projection. And I tried something with color, but this meant I went “out of gamut.”…Read more
I Apologize Yep. It’s a fart joke. I don’t even remember how I came up with this idea. New Word Bubble Process I’ve been struggling to find a method for creating word bubbles that results in all of the following: Ease of reading Consistent and clean aesthetic Somewhat organic Easy to edit. I was tinkering…Read more
Meet Porucznik Czerep. A Porucznik is a junior officer, like a lieutenant…but the owl over there is Kapitan Bzik–and he outranks Czerep. He doesn’t like how Czerep is handling his duties at the border crossing. But he doesn’t like direct confrontation, either. Reflections on the Process I wanted to see what the comic looked like…Read more
Process Experiments Tried a different technique to create word bubbles. I used the Oval tool and just kept overlaying ovals on ovals, then with the path selection tool, combined them all into a single path. I think this technique gave me what I was looking for in terms of a clean, yet organic look. However,…Read more
Process Pencilled in non-photo blue on bristol comic book art board. Inked with Copic liner, 0.3 (used 1.0 for the fills). Scanned at 300 dpi. adjusted levels in PhotoShop to delete non-photo blue; set ink layer to multiply. colored on a layer below, using colors from limited palette. Three layers: background, thorn bush, characters. leterred;…Read more
