The Yeti Revisited

An ongoing narrative, a place of gathering, a refocusing of creative energies...and yetis.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Gay Robot Sex!

So, this is my current project in Sequential Imagery. When I presented the unfinished pages to the class, the critiques were that I either needed to vary the line more, or find a way to add depth, such as tone or color. So I colored a bit, and I really like it so far. All four pages will inevitably find themselves here, but this little preview is all I have so far.

It was strange to be working in color, and on my Wacom again after almost two months of just getting back to "the basics" with pen and ink. I think I've grown since last time, and I know the limits of my own understanding of color and line a bit better.

Pope Fantastic, etc.

Finally, after a half a year of hype, I present the first ever full page comic regarding Pope Fantastic and the Cardinals Amazing. I cannot take credit for the name, which was actually devised as a potential band name by a friend of a friend. This comic was a fun respite from course work where I could just goof off and not worry about making it good. Of course, I did end up thinking about some formal elements, such as how to use overblown Kirby-esque panel transitions to create humor. But of course that's a side note to the pure, unadulterated dumb that this comic let me revel in.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

The Climb, part I

This is the first page of four. It is based on a dream that was described to me by a friend. I quite like it so far, and I'm really proud of certain effects. I'll post more at length about this one later.


Well, well

This is my first project for Sequential Imagery I. I wanted to play with the idea of panel-less transitions, what they do to a page, and what it takes to have it still be read in sequence rather than as one big picture. Also, I enjoy the sort of demented story that forms here.




Also, this is my first experimentation with a nib pen and india ink. It's quite smooth, and I enjoy the line variation on some of the nibs. Very fun.

Last of the Comics Workshop

Here are the two full pages I did for the end of Comics Storytelling, with nice resolution. Everybody loved the couple in the first one and requested more of the story. The second page jumps ahead to the moment of their first argument and their first kiss.