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ROUGH PENCIL After thumbnails, I work to size, with a #2 pencil and a smooth lightweight paper.  No more small stuff, I rule out my page, and panel edges. I work from loose scribbles, slowly tightening and erasing.  Dialogue is quickly scribbled in, to give me a sense of how much space it’s going to take up. Hopefully by now …

Comic | December 8th, 2011 | 4 Comments

Hobbit Feet

I’ve got more to say about my process, but it’s going to wait another week to be paired with a comic that clearly illustrates the next step. This comic is a little different from the others in that I produced it in the middle of the week. I was scheduled to be out of town on the coming weekend, and …

Comic | November 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Tub-Bot

Good reference material is very important in getting good drawings.  When I have to represent a well known game or movie character, I’d better make him or her recognizable. Details of costume, features or location are hard to remember, and reference makes the difference between instant recognition and, “who’s that supposed to be?” If I’m going to draw Red Beret …

Comic | October 20th, 2011 | 5 Comments

Writer’s Block

This is another early one.  I use fake sable brushes (synthetic mixed with sheep works pretty well), a very old pen with lettering nibs that I got from a box of my father’s ancient school supplies that he was holding onto for no reason, and pigment liner markers.  I use sumi ink because it’s super black, and NOT waterproof!  Most …

Comic | September 29th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Locust Vasectomies

For me, the best part about this comic is the blood spray in panel one.  That’s because, as I masked the page with frisket and splattered the page with a toothbrush dipped in ink, my son was watching intently.  When I peeled the frisket back to reveal the effect, he said, “that’s cool.” It may not seem like much, but …

Comic | September 22nd, 2011 | 5 Comments

Noisemaking Plastic Junk

See, we can do a 3-panel newspaper style comic too!  We’re so versatile. It won’t be long before we’ve amassed all the skills we need to take over the world.  You hear that, world?  We’re coming for you!  Hope you’ve got your shit together! Another digital gray tone here, but I’m pleased to report that I’ve ordered some sheets of …

Comic | September 15th, 2011 | No Comments

There Can Be Only Dumb

It’s pretty obvious I’m hand-lettering these comics.  I’m working on that, but my handwriting’s always been pretty awful.  I’m doing as much as possible by hand actually.  The gray tones in this comic are added digitally, but I’m trying with each comic to make it as complete as possible using traditional tools and methods.  At the end I scan it …

Comic | September 8th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Laser Death Sentence

This is actually the third comic Jack and I completed. We had around a dozen or so comics in the bag when we launched, but rearranged the order in which they publish to better introduce the characters and take advantage of other circumstances. So if the art seems inconsistent, that’s because– from your point of view– it is.  But if …

Comic | September 1st, 2011 | No Comments
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