Trying to drag myself forward in my comic endeavors I thought I’d invest in some quality art supplies. The Bristol Strathmore paper is totally awesome in the way it takes the pencil and ink. I totally don’t deserve paper this awesome. I was so awed by its total awesomeness that my gag ideas and what little technique I posess simply vanished until I went back to the crappy doodling paper. Oh well… webcomics are ultimately digital anyway. In this comic I am again experimenting with shadows and just a slightly more complex layout than straight left to right. Apologies to real artists. I’m a total poser. I’m still in my crappy noob period. It might be a year before I get out of it. If I’m lucky. Or, I’ll just make crappiness part of my brand.
Upgradin’ mah Materials,
Why does her shirt change color?
Because I was hoping it would make someone ask that. NO NO scratch that. It's highly symbolic, and I'm sure I'll think of some damn thing or other that the color change or inconsistency can represent.
Well, if we ignore Colleen's artistic style, then we would naturally assume that the change in color of the shirt represents the passage of time. It takes two days for her to get fed up with her new materials, a day to decide to open the cheap paper again, and another day to start using it again. We see now that Tix is actually a very patient person.
Or we could take into account Colleen's art style… then we're back to our normal ol' Tix. *cough*
Haha, hardly! …. on a patience scale of 1 to 10 I maybe rate a 2.5 on a good day. The only significant passage of time was the several hours I spent cranking out crap that wasn't even up to *MY* low standards. The internet has seen to it that I have the attention span of a flea with ADD. The color changes were actually supposed to invoke different lighting. But I sorta overdid it. Anyway I don't change my shirt that often. If it's not stiff don't change it.
I felt that same way when I used to record studio tapes. When it was just my crappy little recorder to make recordings to work from, no problem. But when we got in the big fancy $100/hour studio, I was like a deer in the headlights.
Ever heard the old saw that the first 100 student drawings are throw-aways? Students need the practice in order to break through, to become less attached to making a precious art-like thing, and more aware of the art-making process. I think it works that way for each step. If you can't bring yourself to wreck expensive paper, you can't bring yourself to take chances with what to put on it.
Thanks for the comment Elizabeth. I believe you're absolutely correct. Still, the thought of *ME* making any precious art-like thing at all has me ROTFLMAO! What I hope to achieve is to make you laugh, either at the gags or at my ridiculous attempts to draw. I've actually produced a few comics on good paper that I didn't toss. The only reason is so that I can have a couple of "originals" to display when I do an event this spring. Hope you can come…. I'll webcast it for those who aren't local.