Just a couple thoughts about today's comic. As you can tell, I was trying to experiment with shadowing, and probably completely failing. For the most part it was shadowed in pencil (along with everything else, naturally), so the results I hope at least give the illusion of shadow. In the third panel, however, I decided to try and mixed up angles, so I put the "camera" behind the characters, and therefore in front of the firey mess. Then my pencil shadow would've looked like just a mess, so I tried adding a gradient shadow in Photodeluxe (my cheap-ass version of Photoshop). Hopefully it doesn't clash too much with the rest of the comic.

Also in the third panel, I tried having the Mechtron walk behind Fuchsia, so I attempted a from-the-back shot. Her face is probably a little scrunched. But, I never really gave a lot of consideration to other angles, so my faces look weird in anything other than from the front (which is why I don't draw profiles). I probably could've just drawn the back of her head, but I did that on Friday.

So there you go. Me trying to be all artistic and creative, and while I don't think it's my best work, I also hopefully didn't fail miserably.


posted by Tim at 4:16 PM

I'll probably mention this again on the main page, but I am planning on attending Arisia again this year. At the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA...probably on Saturday the 22nd, maybe Sunday, but probably not. If you go, look for me and Sym!

And check out the Higgins sword demonstration, while you're at it. And my brother's art work at the table he's got set up.

posted by Tim at 1:51 AM

Now that I think about it, 2004 brought us a Patriots Superbowl win, and a Red Sox World Series win. That's gonna be tough to beat. Ah well, I'll settle for a repeat :)


posted by Tim at 11:03 AM

Happy New Year!

I hope 2005 brings you better things than 2004 did.


posted by Tim at 1:12 AM