With a big contract coming up, this week I'd like to focus on rigging Daisy's face. Or at the very least, figuring out HOW I'm going to rig her face, and whether my ideas even work. Today I started simple, focusing only on her eyelids.
Daisy's eyelids presented two potential problems - do they have enough detail to...
2017-02-20 23:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Good News - the next comic page is assembled and ready for inks!
Bad News - with the end of the month - and a potential contract - approaching, I'm feeling like I'm up against a ticking clock.
The comic page and the Teddi & Monique image - which is already inked and partially colored - can be finished this weekend. &...
2017-02-17 13:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I almost feel like I'm cheating with this one, but on the bright side all that's needed now is a pair of hands working their way south in each panel, and the first part of the Monique & Lizzie comic is done!
2017-02-11 20:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Chocolate-covered bananas for Valentine's Day are a thing, right?
2017-02-10 12:44:39 +0000 UTC View PostLately I'd been stuck in a technical mindset. Even when I drew the last comic page, the whole time I was thinking about all the Maya problems I was now putting off. Thursday, I think the switch finally flipped. That morning my brain kicked into overdrive to solve yet another challenge, and once it was solved I ...
2017-02-05 15:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostMy last poll was about 3D tutorials, but another idea I've been floating are source files for $10 patrons or higher. Many artists offer PSD files of their images... but I use Illustrator. I'm not sure if AI files are as universal as PSD, but maybe someone will find them useful.
What do you think?
2017-02-01 17:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I was hoping to have this page finished yesterday, but things have been getting in the way all week. Now I have to decide whether to start inking and coloring it this weekend, or draw the next page first. In the meantime, here's the rough version!
2017-01-27 22:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostI'm always thinking of new rewards to offer, and whether I can keep up with them... that was a problem with monthly commissions last year - great reward, but I couldn't keep up. With all the time I'm spending on 3D rigging and scripting, I'm wondering if I should be sharing my findings. Something I learned just...
2017-01-25 17:34:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Man, I didn't realize how much I missed waking up to sunshine, versus what I call the "Michigan murk"... almost every day over the past month, Michigan's skys have been dull, grey, and depressing. Now that I'm back in Florida, there's not a cloud in the sky... except for the thunderstorm that kept my flight cir...
2017-01-24 14:27:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm eyeballs-deep in Maya scripting this week, but at least the next comic page is laid out! Daisy and Mercy have some words, a thing or two get cleared up... but it's the page after this where we really start to get some answers!
On the 3D front, things got a little more complicated than I thought they'd be, and p...
2017-01-18 15:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Tough-love time! Aunt Mercy is getting an intervention, whether she wants it or not!
2017-01-12 01:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Shall we place bets on who can out-scowl the other?
2017-01-07 03:11:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo far I'm off to a good start - as of yesterday, my new eyelid script is working, so that's one less technical thing for me to have to worry about!
Since I also want to resume the comic this month, I could use a warm-up... time to open the suggestion box! Is there an outfit Daisy needs to wear or have troubel with...
2017-01-02 20:02:50 +0000 UTC View PostNow that my laptop is back from the dead, I need to get back to work. The past week or so without a computer has at least given me time to think, particularly about what might be in store for my campaign over the next year...
I think I say this every year, but over the next year I want to focus more on my 3D work. ...
2016-12-29 01:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post
...silly Daisy, don't ask questions you already know the answer to!
On a different note, this past week turned out to be more of a break than I expected - my laptop's cpu fan broke a few days ago, so I've had to avoid using it as much as possible. Fortunately the replacement fan should arrive in Florida a few days after ...
2016-12-24 04:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
So apparently my approach to taking a break is to get some work done. Good thing, too, because I've put these commissions off for too long as it is! Once these two are finished - preferrably during a stream this afternoon - there's only one left!
Barring any sudden must-draw ideas, the other thing I'm working on th...
2016-12-15 15:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostHeya folks, figured I'd give you all a status update.
In a few days I'll be heading up to Michigan, and it's unlikely that I'll be able to get anything done until I get back. And even then my nieces will be here for a week, so really the last half of this month could be a wash... and the first half isn't look...
2016-12-11 21:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been exhausting, but this chapter is finally over! At least until I come back to do the follow-up in January... Or should I skip the Christmas idea, and just dive right in? Honestly my brain is a bit fried right now.
2016-11-30 01:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
"Bad shadow-thing! Naughty! No dessert for you!!"
...one more panel to go!
2016-11-25 21:05:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Better late than never - the thumbnail sketch for this one had been sitting on my tablet for months, since I got a nasty sunburn. But considering now is the time of dry, flakey skin, it still works!
2016-11-22 21:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The awesome thing about my Maya rigging tool being more or less finished? I can finally focus on non-technical things!
The downside? After more than a week of coding, it's a struggle to focus on drawing again.
Daisy's weight was something I got thinking about recently. At 3'8" or so, she's around 60% th...
2016-11-21 16:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
As of yesterday, my gnome rig is finished! Or at least, as finished as it needs to be, for now. With that out of the way, I should focus on getting my next comic page draw... but first, I think a warm-up with Daisy is in order!
Like the previous batch, these are just random ideas that popped...
2016-11-18 00:51:21 +0000 UTC View Post
So far it's looking like my Maya scripting won't take all week. I could even be done today or tomorrow, if I play my cards right! That means I can get started on the next comic page sooner... but perhaps I should draw Daisy as a warm-up?
Ideas for Daisy images have been in short supply, lately. I ...
2016-11-15 13:58:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a heads-up, this week my plan is to focus primarily on 3D stuff. There's a very short list of scripts for me to work on, and then my rigging tool can finally be put to use! But while it will be animation-ready, it only partially does faces at the moment. Fortunately I have two older models with functioning...
2016-11-13 16:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Just one more page, and I won't have to struggle with drawing this shadow-creature again!!
