28 Comics Later... Day Thirteen

I did today's comic quite quickly, so it's a bit sparse on any background details, but wanted to get the idea down when I thought of it (...plus I'm off out in a bit for my brother's birthday).

28 Comics Later... Day Twelve

Sometime ideas just present themselves in the most unexpected places. I was travelling on a bus today when I overheard two girls talking...



...The idea of someone being "scared of 3-D" when we view the world around us in 3-dimensions just struck me as amusing. I sketched out a few ideas of how to present this comic, finally deciding that it worked best by focusing on my reaction, and keeping the girls unseen. I found it interesting telling a story with minimum changes between each frame. I was also trying to convey the loudness of their voices by making their words fill the speech bubbles, although I'm not sure how successful that particular idea was...

28 Comics Later... Day Eleven

While it might surprise some of you, I don't always like to draw myself! Today's comic features my friend Priscilla, and the idea came to me after she was complaining on Facebook about how difficult it was to install her new digital set-top box...



...it also gave me the chance to draw her new cool haircut!

28 Comics Later... Day Ten

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programme...

So as some of you may have noticed (and a few people have actually pointed out to me when I've seen them), I haven't posted anything on my blog for the past week or so, which also means I've neglected my 28 Comics Later... project. Well, now I'm back and my first new comics offering also acts as a sort of summary of what I've been up to during my leave of absence...

Happy Brithday Ni!

Today is my friend Ni's birthday. She really likes pheasants and 3D glasses, so I made this card for her...

Happy Birthday Elli!

Yesterday was my friend Elli's birthday. Here's the card I made, with her photographing an unsuspecting squirrel...

3D or not 3D? That is the question...

So, after spending a long time on yesterday's comic, I decided to take a break today and finally went to see Avatar.

I was really impressed with the animation and the CGI characters, and the use of 3D technology was very impressive... but as far as the film itself goes, it was all fairly predictable and I never really found myself that interested in the actual story. To be honest, I had gone expecting as much, but was hoping that maybe it would surprise me...but it didn't.

Still, beautiful to look at!

Anyway, while I haven't done a comic today, I did do a quick drawing after watching the film... Isn't 3D amazing!!!

28 Comics Later... Day Nine

...I'm sure a Psychiatrist would have a lot to say about today's comic!

Thanks to Paul Giles for his comments to one of my previous comics, which served as my inspiration. From there the idea sort of developed and what started out as a 3-panel comic, expanded to first six and eventually nine panels. I'm happy with the final work and think that it benefits from the slightly slower pace the extra panels creates.

28 Comics Later... Day Eight

...Uff! I hope I can sleep tonight and that I get some motivation for tomorrow...

28 Comics Later... Day Seven

So the snow has melted quite a bit, but with news of more snow on the way before the weekend, I was feeling a bit fed up today. And that got me thinking about my 4-year-old self that loved the snow and got so excited when it did snow...