Comments on: 169 – Everyone Is Fine

By: Small Pearl

Small Pearl — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:15:29 +0000

I figure that Ugo’s construction has something to do with the Dark Ones.

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:55:00 +0000

Yep. I’ve thought about Kazu’s method, but I really think for me it would be way more work. My pencils are loose and messy to a point, and it would require a lot of cleanup. Might try it one day though, just to see.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:50:10 +0000

Losing something going from pencil to ink is a problem faced by almost every artist I know. It’s definitely something I deal with.

Maybe we should just all use our pencils as inks like Kazu did for Amulet.

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:05:40 +0000

Hey thanks Tony I am still inking by hand, with the caveat that there are always little corrections done after scanning with the tablet. But yeah the bulk is done with Staedtler pens. I have been trying to pay more attention to my inking, I’m glad it shows a little.

I’m one of the many artists that suffers from losing something from pencil to ink. I do certain drawings that I really like, and then I ink them and they lose something. It just comes with experience.

On this particular strip, panel #5 came out really off – I had made both Ril and Ugo’s heads too oblong and tall for whatever reason. So I had to fix that with the tablet.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:59:57 +0000

The line work in your last couple of strips has been really great (this one especially). Simple, but very deliberate. Have you been using the tablet or are you still inking by hand (or I guess I should say by pen, since you always use your hand).

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:53:07 +0000

Heh, nice summary! I didn’t think of it that way

By: Og

Og — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:19:58 +0000

Yes, everyone’s fine – Lian’s a superhero, Ugo’s a robot, John’s a pistol-packin’ action hero… everyone’s fine, just fine… heh heh…

Meanwhile…

By: Mike M

Mike M — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:07:22 +0000

Silverware, ha! . . . yeah, that was a good one. Nice work with Ugo’s facial expression in last panel also.

By: Major Tom

Major Tom — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:13:55 +0000

The water is a feature of Lian’s cave that has always been there. I haven’t really changed anything on Ril, not sure exactly what you mean. I did some texture way back when – but that was probably over a year ago.

By: flawedprefect

flawedprefect — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:59:04 +0000

Nice. Altho, I think the new method of coloring has robbed Ril of some personality. Earlier strips, where you colored by hand added some texture to Ril which I really liked. That being said, I like the eyelashes being on one side.

Heheh.. silverware. Nice.