I did this little comic for a profile picture. It took about 5 minutes and I thought I'd share it here. Ok I'm tired; I'm going to bed.
Monday, April 30, 2007
April 30: Not a drawing, but a little comic I did
I did this little comic for a profile picture. It took about 5 minutes and I thought I'd share it here. Ok I'm tired; I'm going to bed.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
April 25: Oh, right, about page 3
I don't know if I mentioned it here or not, but there is no page 3 yet. I got stuck on it when I was working on it, so instead of just being stuck I decided to move along with page 4.
If you're confused by page 4, don't worry; you didn't miss much. The guy in the hoodie opens the door to the apartment, goes inside, and sees Ezra (the guy in the glasses) standing by the window. This is also where you find out that the note was written by Ezra.
Sorry if I forgot to mention that earlier, hope that clears up any confusion.
Later
If you're confused by page 4, don't worry; you didn't miss much. The guy in the hoodie opens the door to the apartment, goes inside, and sees Ezra (the guy in the glasses) standing by the window. This is also where you find out that the note was written by Ezra.
Sorry if I forgot to mention that earlier, hope that clears up any confusion.
Later
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
April 24: "Day off" sketches - Zombies! and a work sketch
I think I'll start referring to general sketches as "day off" sketches. All my drawing is devoted mostly to the comic project, but simple playing around is still important to keep from getting bored or stuck in one style. So if the comic is like another job for me, the sketches are what I do on my days off from the job; hence, "day off" drawings.
The first is a zombie, which I think just goes without saying. I was at a comic convention this past weekend, and one of the guests does a lot of zombie-type work, and was doing zombie caricature type stuff, where he'd draw people as zombies for 20 bucks a pop. So after seeing that I got inspired to try my hand at some zombie stuff. This sketch mimics his style a little (at least of the quick sketches he did), but his were definitely a lot better. I still like it, though; not too bad for a rough sketch.
I think I'll probably do more of these, and maybe try my hand at drawing real people as zombies.
This next sketch is one I did on a post it note at work a few weeks ago. The message is pretty self-evident, I think: people who go to the length of wearing button-ups and ties with backward hats and flip flops negate their efforts with their dumbass fashion mixups. Now I'm not a fashion snob or anything (I'm a t-shirt and jeans guy myself), but come on. What's even worse is when a dude will be totally decked out in a suit, but totally ruin the entire thing by wearing some stupid Bass Pro Shops hat or something dumb like that.
Okay, so that should pretty much do it for this entry. Hope you liked the sketches. Oh, and I forgot to mention this when I posted the last page of the comic, but that's going to be the last full, completed page I'm going to post here. When it's all done I might do a little 5-page teaser or something, but until then it's no more full pages. But I'll post little bits and pieces here and there, and, of course, all my other sketches will go here; so there should always be something new to look at. So keep checking back!
Later
The first is a zombie, which I think just goes without saying. I was at a comic convention this past weekend, and one of the guests does a lot of zombie-type work, and was doing zombie caricature type stuff, where he'd draw people as zombies for 20 bucks a pop. So after seeing that I got inspired to try my hand at some zombie stuff. This sketch mimics his style a little (at least of the quick sketches he did), but his were definitely a lot better. I still like it, though; not too bad for a rough sketch.
I think I'll probably do more of these, and maybe try my hand at drawing real people as zombies.
This next sketch is one I did on a post it note at work a few weeks ago. The message is pretty self-evident, I think: people who go to the length of wearing button-ups and ties with backward hats and flip flops negate their efforts with their dumbass fashion mixups. Now I'm not a fashion snob or anything (I'm a t-shirt and jeans guy myself), but come on. What's even worse is when a dude will be totally decked out in a suit, but totally ruin the entire thing by wearing some stupid Bass Pro Shops hat or something dumb like that.
Okay, so that should pretty much do it for this entry. Hope you liked the sketches. Oh, and I forgot to mention this when I posted the last page of the comic, but that's going to be the last full, completed page I'm going to post here. When it's all done I might do a little 5-page teaser or something, but until then it's no more full pages. But I'll post little bits and pieces here and there, and, of course, all my other sketches will go here; so there should always be something new to look at. So keep checking back!
Later
Sunday, April 22, 2007
April 22: Page 4 - Done (for real this time)
After two weeks of drawing, erasing, liquid paper-ing and scanning, page 4 is finally done. And for some reason doing the page on just a larger sheet of paper really made things a lot more difficult than the first two pages...I don't really know why that is. But it's done now, so without further ado, I give you page 4 of "Last Resort."
I feel pretty good about it, and I think this is easily my best page yet. And now that I know the kind of technical issues I need to be aware of I think future pages will come along a little quicker than this one did. But anyway, there it is; sorry it's been so long without any new stuff up, but I hope this makes up for it.
Later
I feel pretty good about it, and I think this is easily my best page yet. And now that I know the kind of technical issues I need to be aware of I think future pages will come along a little quicker than this one did. But anyway, there it is; sorry it's been so long without any new stuff up, but I hope this makes up for it.
Later
Saturday, April 21, 2007
April 21: Page 4 is done...kinda
Ok, so I have good news and bad news.
First, the good news: Page 4 is done! The artwork's all finished and ready to scan.
The bad news? Well, that's where the scanning comes in. Because of the high level of detail in the artwork with all the shading and whatnot, just throwing the page on the scanner and clicking "scan" isn't going to do it anymore. I've moved up to 1200 dpi (which is pretty high), and I've had to start tweaking a lot of little settings to get all the detail in, and get it in without picking up the pencils left on the page.
So now I've got to go back, clean up the page a little, and then start trying to figure out that happy medium with my scanner. Hopefully I should have it all figured out soon, and then I'll put it up here. Until then, stay patient, while I try and stay sane.
Later
First, the good news: Page 4 is done! The artwork's all finished and ready to scan.
The bad news? Well, that's where the scanning comes in. Because of the high level of detail in the artwork with all the shading and whatnot, just throwing the page on the scanner and clicking "scan" isn't going to do it anymore. I've moved up to 1200 dpi (which is pretty high), and I've had to start tweaking a lot of little settings to get all the detail in, and get it in without picking up the pencils left on the page.
So now I've got to go back, clean up the page a little, and then start trying to figure out that happy medium with my scanner. Hopefully I should have it all figured out soon, and then I'll put it up here. Until then, stay patient, while I try and stay sane.
Later
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
April 19: Graaaaah...
Page 4: still in the works. Basically? Fuck.
(Added later: Since I'm a generous guy, but also too tired to scan anything, here's another photo preview of the progression of page 4)
I just looked back at the first two pages, and I've got to say that I've really come along way already in the process of doing this book. Maybe it's just all the repetition of drawing these characters over and over again or something, but it's gotten a lot better, even about two or three pages into it. I think what I might even do is redraw the first two pages again when I finish the rest of the book, so that the proportions fit with the art boards I'm drawing on now and so that the artwork has a little more unity to it. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
But it's coming along, slowly but surely. Trouble is that it's hard to fit all the things I'd like to do during the day into the several hour time slot I have after work every night. I'd like to draw, I'd like to read, I'd like to go for a run, I'd like to fuck around on the internet for a while, but there just aren't enough hours in the day. So it's tough to really sit down and work on the pages. But it's coming along. Every little bit helps, I guess.
Okay, I need to go to bed (work in the morning!), but I thought I'd check in with the people that like to check in on my progress. Also, go watch Clerks 2, because Kevin Smith's a fucking genious. Make sure to check out the "Back to the Well" documentary, too, because it's also great. That's a random thing to throw in, but it's my opinion.
Laters
(Added later: Since I'm a generous guy, but also too tired to scan anything, here's another photo preview of the progression of page 4)
I just looked back at the first two pages, and I've got to say that I've really come along way already in the process of doing this book. Maybe it's just all the repetition of drawing these characters over and over again or something, but it's gotten a lot better, even about two or three pages into it. I think what I might even do is redraw the first two pages again when I finish the rest of the book, so that the proportions fit with the art boards I'm drawing on now and so that the artwork has a little more unity to it. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
But it's coming along, slowly but surely. Trouble is that it's hard to fit all the things I'd like to do during the day into the several hour time slot I have after work every night. I'd like to draw, I'd like to read, I'd like to go for a run, I'd like to fuck around on the internet for a while, but there just aren't enough hours in the day. So it's tough to really sit down and work on the pages. But it's coming along. Every little bit helps, I guess.
Okay, I need to go to bed (work in the morning!), but I thought I'd check in with the people that like to check in on my progress. Also, go watch Clerks 2, because Kevin Smith's a fucking genious. Make sure to check out the "Back to the Well" documentary, too, because it's also great. That's a random thing to throw in, but it's my opinion.
Laters
Monday, April 9, 2007
April 9: Page 4, in process
Want to know what a page looks like as it's being drawn? Well, you've come to the right place! I thought'd I'd take a quick shot and show you what I have so far on page 4. Not a lot as of yet, but it's coming along. I guess it also gives you a little inside on the comics process--at least how I do it. I don't know, maybe you find that kind of stuff interesting. In any case, it's a preview of some new art. Hope you like.
As you can see I pencil, ink, and letter as I go, while the traditional process is to pencil, send it off to an inker, then send it off to the letterer. But since I'm doing it all myself, why not just do it all the first time through? Besides, I work better with ink than with pencil, and the pencils are really just basic sketches to give me an idea of where things need to go in the panel and how things should be proportioned, so it's just more comfortable this way. But that's how I do it--in case you were wondering.
Okay, that's all for now, but I just thought I'd throw you a quick mini-update to kick off the week. Later!
As you can see I pencil, ink, and letter as I go, while the traditional process is to pencil, send it off to an inker, then send it off to the letterer. But since I'm doing it all myself, why not just do it all the first time through? Besides, I work better with ink than with pencil, and the pencils are really just basic sketches to give me an idea of where things need to go in the panel and how things should be proportioned, so it's just more comfortable this way. But that's how I do it--in case you were wondering.
Okay, that's all for now, but I just thought I'd throw you a quick mini-update to kick off the week. Later!
Sunday, April 8, 2007
April 8: "Last Resort" Update
Hello, friends. How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. I saw Grindhouse (for the second time) on Friday, and was blown away. I also finally got around to getting my hands on the 10th anniversary Clerks. DVD, so I've been checking out that stuff all weekend, too. Anyway, here's what's going on with "Last Resort," the graphic novel I've been working on.
As of now I'm officially putting page 3 to the side and moving on to page 4. I don't know, I just kinda got stuck on page 3; so instead of just staring at it on my desk not doing anything on the graphic novel because I'm stuck on this one part of this one page, I've decided to just come back to it later when I have a better idea of what I want. As of now I'm 2 panels into page 4, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've also started doing actual dialogue and speech bubbles, so getting comfortable with those might take a little time; I'm feeling good about it, though.
Another change: I've moved up (or back to, rather) using actual comic art boards for the art. If you aren't familiar with how comics are made, they're drawn on oversized sheets of bristol board (basically a high quality, more rigid paper) so that the artist can fit in more details without having to squint really hard or anyting like that. I was doing the pages on just straight up copier paper, but because of the aforementioned speech bubbles, I need more space to work so that I can fit everything in. I started the project months ago originally using pro art boards, but they made me feel really uncomfortable; after getting a couple pages down, however, I got some confidence and now I feel good enough to work with the real stuff.
So that's where I'm at with the project. I'm feeling good about it and trying to get some momentum back. I had to take a break, though, because after drawing the same things for a couple weeks straight I needed a break to do some other stuff so that I don't get bored with the project, thereby making it not fun and more of a chore than doing what I want to do.
I know this isn't an art post, but I feel I should at least let you know where I'm at. I hope to have some stuff up soon, though. Until then, take it easy, friends.
Later!
As of now I'm officially putting page 3 to the side and moving on to page 4. I don't know, I just kinda got stuck on page 3; so instead of just staring at it on my desk not doing anything on the graphic novel because I'm stuck on this one part of this one page, I've decided to just come back to it later when I have a better idea of what I want. As of now I'm 2 panels into page 4, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I've also started doing actual dialogue and speech bubbles, so getting comfortable with those might take a little time; I'm feeling good about it, though.
Another change: I've moved up (or back to, rather) using actual comic art boards for the art. If you aren't familiar with how comics are made, they're drawn on oversized sheets of bristol board (basically a high quality, more rigid paper) so that the artist can fit in more details without having to squint really hard or anyting like that. I was doing the pages on just straight up copier paper, but because of the aforementioned speech bubbles, I need more space to work so that I can fit everything in. I started the project months ago originally using pro art boards, but they made me feel really uncomfortable; after getting a couple pages down, however, I got some confidence and now I feel good enough to work with the real stuff.
So that's where I'm at with the project. I'm feeling good about it and trying to get some momentum back. I had to take a break, though, because after drawing the same things for a couple weeks straight I needed a break to do some other stuff so that I don't get bored with the project, thereby making it not fun and more of a chore than doing what I want to do.
I know this isn't an art post, but I feel I should at least let you know where I'm at. I hope to have some stuff up soon, though. Until then, take it easy, friends.
Later!
Friday, April 6, 2007
April 6: Not a drawing, but too funny to not post
Sorry, nothing new to share drawing-wise, but I hope to change that by the end of the weekend; so stay posted. But I had to share this.
Okay, so we're not allowed to surf the Internet at work anymore. Apparently sitting around bored is better than sitting around browsing Wikipedia about when Guns N' Roses is going to finally release Chinese Democracy. We're allowed to use the 'net for "business" purposes only now, which basically extends to the corporate website.
Lucky for us our corporate website is full, chock-full, of weird, nonsensical crap: weather in Chicago (where the home office is located), menu items (at the home office, again), and photo albums from corporate events from years ago. This is where this photo was taken. I think they had some corporate retreat and went bowling or something, and this is a photo from that.
Now I don't know if the joke was intentional or not, but it's funny regardless. So funny that I took a screen capture of it and emailed it to myself at home to post here. Hope you found it as funny as I did.
New drawings should be up soon. Check back this weekend.
Later!
Okay, so we're not allowed to surf the Internet at work anymore. Apparently sitting around bored is better than sitting around browsing Wikipedia about when Guns N' Roses is going to finally release Chinese Democracy. We're allowed to use the 'net for "business" purposes only now, which basically extends to the corporate website.
Lucky for us our corporate website is full, chock-full, of weird, nonsensical crap: weather in Chicago (where the home office is located), menu items (at the home office, again), and photo albums from corporate events from years ago. This is where this photo was taken. I think they had some corporate retreat and went bowling or something, and this is a photo from that.
Now I don't know if the joke was intentional or not, but it's funny regardless. So funny that I took a screen capture of it and emailed it to myself at home to post here. Hope you found it as funny as I did.
New drawings should be up soon. Check back this weekend.
Later!
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