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Saturday, 31 March 2007

character

I'm 1/6 of the way (or so) through the comic book now. It's a 10 x 8 format, black and white and saved as vectors. I am really digging it because it puts me back at my roots. I see how comics are now so accepted, and even though I've drawn them for many many years now I feel like a newcomer.

One thing that has really been glossed in my webcomic up until now has been thorough explorations into my characters. It takes time to really explore, and the situations need to be more mundane than fantastic. At least in the beginning.

I am paying attention to the drawings as well, really digging into using line and style.

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Cast of characters

  • Jonny
    Here is a brief rundown of the characters in Clench & Cheese

Boig and Bitty in Carry On

  • Carryon9
    This is a short comic story featuring Boig & Bitty, an odd couple who sort of asserted themselves to life back in 1992.

Voice of Reason

  • Bike
    This was an early-90's strip that was in a few weeklies. It was the transition between my mainstream work and the later graphic novel/ alt comix stuff. Some of the characters are pretty funny.

Clench goes to the Dentist

  • Dentist00040
    Here are some stills from the animatic of my current project. The anatomy needs some work. It's my first effort in color. This project is being done start to finish in Mirage (except for the editing, which will be in Final Cut). Not only is Mirage lovely to work with-- perfectly aping pencils, pastels, watercolor, ink-- it's also really useful to control workfolw in all the processes of making a movie.

RAIL

  • Esfashion1
    These were semi-political comics that were published in a leftist newspaper back in 94 or so. I even got paid, a rarity for the genre. Some of the gags are a bit stale (Bob Dole is a ROBOT!) but some hold up.

Trucks

  • Trucks2_058
    Here are some stills from an animatic I did last year. I need to make a better print of it and do a soundtrack. Once again, it was an idea that didn't really have legs, but by the time I discovered this it was too late.

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The Corn Crib

  • corner of the main room
    Here are some low-res shots of my studio. It is an actual corn crib, albeit one that hasn't had corn in it for many a year. Somebody should tell the mice, though... I sometimes see their traces in the morning.