Good Monday good readers. Time to blog.
I started bingeing through another old show this weekend. This time it’s WKRP in Cincinnati. It just came up in one of my feeds so I watched an episode. There’s one episode that really stands out in my memory from back when I would watch it here and there in syndication. The infamous Turkeys Away episode from season one. It’s a classic. Well, wouldn’t you know one episode led to two, which led to three and I’m already about to finish season one (watching at 1.5 speed also helps).
I’ve been having some trouble with my drawing lines lately. I THINK it’s due to my nib being worn down. I was going to place an order for some replacement nibs. That got me looking at some new tablets again. As I said, I really can’t justify buying one of the really high-end tablets. It just doesn’t make sense given my level. Right now, I’m looking at the Huion H1060P. The biggest issue I see is that I’m so used to flipping my pen over when I want to erase which the Huion pen doesn’t do. Sometimes the function doesn’t load properly in Paint and it just feels so unnatural to do anything else. I’m sure I’d get used to it though. I just happened to look at it on amazon as they were having a lightning deal on. Maybe that was fate trying to send me a message. I resisted the temptation to save 20 dollars and will think about it some more.
This subtle shading I’m doing on the flashbacks this set is nice, but I just don’t have the knack for figuring out how the lighting would fall in certain areas. If I don’t do SOMETHING in certain areas it looks like I forgot to shade that area, but then when I do what I think, it doesn’t look right. This is mostly true with feet.
This Funnies storyline has NINE new characters in it. You’ve already seen Remus, Ronson, Huck and Duana. Coming up are the birds that the cadets will be flying. As I said on Facebook this weekend, I didn’t really think of the implications when I decided to have other cadets besides Deema and Skitter. They’re mostly just standing there so they feel like a bit of a waste so far. They’re riffs off of Zoë’s design though so they aren’t terribly difficult to draw. I had to come up with five new bird designs though which was a challenge. I didn’t want them all looking like Popkin. I had one specific type in mind for Deema’s ride and I came up with an idea for a second pretty easily. The other three required a bit more thought. For better or worse, you’ll be seeing Gerald, Teeno, Joy, Atlic and Kyrr in late September.
That’s it for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.