Archive for February, 2009

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Imperfection Settlement: Message In A Photo

February 22nd, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: comics, Imperfection Settlement
Imperfection Settlement: Message In A Photo

I felt a lot more comfortable with my inks this strip. I did a lot of the area fills by hand. After a few of them, I realized I was comfortable but stupid: The computer can do the fills much faster than I can! I left out the ones that just needed the magic wand, and it was a lot quicker. If I ever display or sell these originals, I’ll have to go back and fill them in to deliver the full effect. I’ll worry about that if and when the time arrives.

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Imperfection Settlement: Answer Man

February 19th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: comics, Imperfection Settlement, comics
Imperfection Settlement: Answer Man

I’m really excited about this story line! I’m also really digging the chance to try something new. I’ll be using the red that’s present to unify some themes and make certain things stand out, so don’t worry: It won’t be showing up in every strip.

This is an example of how a story can just jump into my mind, fully-formed. I desperately try to scribble down every little thought that coalesces before it disappears, fleshing out notes wherever possible, and hoping I get enough to work with. The idea is fleeting, and too soon I’m left with just a pile of barely coherent notes. I spend the next few hours or days reconstructing what I can, as flashed come back to me.

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Sir Morton Tower

February 18th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: gallery, Legend of Bill

I did a lot of doodling instead of drawing a comic today, and one of the things that came out was Sir Morton, from Legend of Bill (http://www.legendofbill.com) by David Reddick (again). I added some pitting to the metal edges of his shield (on his back) and helmet, tore open his scabbard and exposed his rust-pitted and broken sword. His leg greaves are nice…I’ll have to fix that. I’ve taken a lot of liberties, because I can. That’s why I like it.

I do intend to color this at some point, by the way. In fact, I’ve started, then stopped, then started again.

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LoB Storyboard

February 17th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: gallery, Legend of Bill

Here’s the final storyboard for the fan art strip (229). Originally, I imagined the joke with Sir Morton talking. The text at the top, cut off, is pretty inconsequential. Something like, ‘Hey, want some pancakes?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Eggs?’ ‘No, I’m quite alright’. For several reasons, I decided that Sir Morton, a zombie, should most definitely NOT speak. In the end, I left my storyboard and just drew roughly the same shot three times in a row. I don’t like the end result, the composition was horrendous, but I enjoyed the process.

This was a classic case of over-thinking the premise and not testing the execution.

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For Argument’s Sake

February 17th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: comics
For Argument’s Sake

I can’t help but look at the word “sake” and not think of Japanese sake, which allows for a lot of creativity when interpreting sentences which involve it.

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LoB Waitress

February 16th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: gallery, Legend of Bill

This is an unnamed waitress that I drew to bring the coffee to the table. The strip was far too busy as it was, so I nixed her when I set everything down on Bristol, but she’s part of the process.

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LoB Sir Morton

February 15th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: gallery, Legend of Bill

Sir Morton was my favorite character to draw for this fan art piece. First, I like head-munching, cartoony zombies. Second, because he was only seen on Bill’s back, munching on his head, I got to draw the torso myself. In fact, I exposed half of his torso for the joke in my fan art strip. It’s a combination of existing character and creative liberties. I could have done that with any of the other characters, but part of the challenge for me is to try someone else’s art style. I already draw in my own, and of course an individual’s art style is going to creep in.

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Interstitial: Taking Aim

February 15th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: comics
Interstitial: Taking Aim

This one’s just some fun I had, no reference images. I wanted to continue with the established characters, but I needed a (relatively) quick throwaway strip since I skipped one update and I needed the extra time to work on other projects. I have a lot going on over the next two weeks, including a whole new way of presenting my comics, and I needed the extra two hours.

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LoB Frank

February 14th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: gallery, Legend of Bill

I really like Frank. I’ve got a soft spot for diminutive dragons. What’s really nice is that his head is a set of trapezoids put end to end. It also helped me learn to draw snouts for cartoons. Drawing Frank was a whole lot of fun.

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Going live in the near future!

February 14th, 2009 | by LouM
Posted In: news

Good news, everyone!  We’re going live in the near future!  That’s right:  Soon www.yawcomic.com will point directly to the Comicpress site.  If you’ve subscribed to the RSS feed here, I’ll make another post when the switch begins so you know to re-subscribe.

Also, last call for opinions on the site.  It will go live with an incomplete archive of strips, and I will get the backlog into the system as time allows.  A link will fall back to the old site, which will be housed on a yawcomic subdomain until all of the articles, galleries, pages and archived strips are ported over, which admittedly could be a while.

Send me any and all opinions as soon as possible so I have time to pore over them and come up with an implementation if necessary.  Thanks, all!