As always there are things I'm happy with about this week's strip and things I think I could have done better. For example, I've just remembered that I ruled one of the panel borders too long and didn't fix it in Photoshop. That's going to bug me now but I'm going to leave it as a reminder to tidy up my work for future.
Drawing a strip is a weird kind of process. I start out with the pencils and sometimes leave things a bit rough if I know what I want to do and sometimes tighten the pencils up so I have a definite line to follow while inking. Then you ink it and almost always it comes out a little different than you expected. Sometimes better, sometimes worse and sometimes just different.
Usually the dialogue will change right up to the point where I write it onto the finished panels. If I think something can be said more succinctly or if a line is the slightest bit ambiguous, I'll reword it.
It's a very organic process, much as I hate to use that amazingly pretentious term, but it fits.
Anyway, I have to thank my Mum for the 'little dinosaur' quote regarding Alex, which if you've read the strip over at web comics nation you'll see I have done.
I was going to do a double issue this week, to celebrate getting to double figures, but time was a factor and also because I already have next week's strip drawn, (actually it was the first strip I drew, but more on that next week,) and it looks like I'm going to be working thte next couple of weekends, (I'll be going to work today for a few hours shortly,) so I can just post the strip without having to worry about it this weekend.
I think that's about it for now, time is against me this week.
Enjoy this week's strip - Ka-spoot!
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- Hi I'm Mike and I'll be your guide for this short tour of me. If you look left, you should see a 32 year old guy with a pragmatic approach to life but feels he's not as stoic as he would like and thinks he should shut up more often - That's me. As we continue you may note that the eyelashes are longer than you would expect for a guy. After extensive research, we have concluded that this is of no historical significance. Moving on, you should see a burning desire to create, offset by lack of motivation, but the fire is kept pretty well stoked with an almost constant output of wry, irreverent and surreal humour, philosophical thought, and the odd self righteous rant. Favoured methods of expression of these conversations with the Muse include, drawing, 3D art, writing and dance, usually when drunk or when washing up whilst listening to music. The structure is now starting to show signs of age; notice the grey creeping into the goatee beard, and the hair creeping off the head; these are recent developments, we think in the last ten years or so. We hope you enjoyed this tour, please tell your friends and if you would like to leave a small donation on the way out, it is appreciated.
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