It's a light week.
Happy New Comics Day.
-x
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Jumping Right In.
Sometimes starting in the middle of something can be thrilling. Knowing it is either sink or swim, that you have no plan B if something doesn't work can be exhilirating.
I just get frustrated and want to throw things.
Thus starts my second day of Post Production.
A bit of background.
Josh draws the strip. Pencil and Ink and all that. I take them, scan them, and up until Monday would use a web based photo program to alter the contrast and that was it.
Monday I started messing with Illustrator to add the text and try to change the contrast. Text was not much of a problem (I still can't make conjoined word balloons yet, or make them flush with a border) but the contrast thing was a tad more difficult.
Luckily there's a new feature called LiveTrace which takes the lines you have on the page and 'inks' them digitially (I may be way off on what it actually does, this is what it 'seems' to do). I'm not sure if I like the effect yet. We'll see how the whole week looks.
I also tend to get cranky when something I did in a program worked yesterday, then trying to do the exact same thing today doesn't work at all. I realize it is 99.99% likely that it's my fault, but that doesn't make me feel any better.
In good news, I bought 3 shirts today. More on that later.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
-alex.
I just get frustrated and want to throw things.
Thus starts my second day of Post Production.
A bit of background.
Josh draws the strip. Pencil and Ink and all that. I take them, scan them, and up until Monday would use a web based photo program to alter the contrast and that was it.
Monday I started messing with Illustrator to add the text and try to change the contrast. Text was not much of a problem (I still can't make conjoined word balloons yet, or make them flush with a border) but the contrast thing was a tad more difficult.
Luckily there's a new feature called LiveTrace which takes the lines you have on the page and 'inks' them digitially (I may be way off on what it actually does, this is what it 'seems' to do). I'm not sure if I like the effect yet. We'll see how the whole week looks.
I also tend to get cranky when something I did in a program worked yesterday, then trying to do the exact same thing today doesn't work at all. I realize it is 99.99% likely that it's my fault, but that doesn't make me feel any better.
In good news, I bought 3 shirts today. More on that later.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
-alex.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Monday? What happened to...
It is all new. All different. A new week. A fresh start.
Some things new.
But first, a bit of the old.
Um. What happened to Sneak Peak Friday?
Well, I could say I was sick (sorta true). Or I was busy (not true). Or I did not have the artwork for this week yet (True!!) and that it was not my fault (erm....).
I'll make it up to you this week.
And now, to the new.
New story!
This week marks the first 'story' driven week. The first week was Josh meeting the store. The second week was Josh meeting a few of the players. This week Josh meets...
Well you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get her name.
(A small side note. This is not the same girl that was on Hartley's arm last week. That's Percy. She may or may not be a Russian spy.)
New Process!
I finally got Adobe Illustrator installed. I am learning how to use it. Today marks the first day I've tried anything with it.
New Letters!
See above. Tomorrow will feature word balloons done by me as well. Today's were still drawn by Josh.
New Myspace!
It's Turtles week on our Myspace. What? You're not our friend yet? You know you want to. And for even more Turtle awesomeness check out Josh's profile.
It's a new week everyone. Go out and enjoy it.
-alex.
Some things new.
But first, a bit of the old.
Um. What happened to Sneak Peak Friday?
Well, I could say I was sick (sorta true). Or I was busy (not true). Or I did not have the artwork for this week yet (True!!) and that it was not my fault (erm....).
I'll make it up to you this week.
And now, to the new.
New story!
This week marks the first 'story' driven week. The first week was Josh meeting the store. The second week was Josh meeting a few of the players. This week Josh meets...
Well you'll have to wait until tomorrow to get her name.
(A small side note. This is not the same girl that was on Hartley's arm last week. That's Percy. She may or may not be a Russian spy.)
New Process!
I finally got Adobe Illustrator installed. I am learning how to use it. Today marks the first day I've tried anything with it.
New Letters!
See above. Tomorrow will feature word balloons done by me as well. Today's were still drawn by Josh.
New Myspace!
It's Turtles week on our Myspace. What? You're not our friend yet? You know you want to. And for even more Turtle awesomeness check out Josh's profile.
It's a new week everyone. Go out and enjoy it.
-alex.
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