Monday, May 16, 2011

sketch for BBG

Here is a sketch for the picture in the previous post.



I've been doing my pencils by hand and then redrawing it digitally and here is a clear example of this. As you can see they are very similar. Drawing digitally really allows me to get symmetry right and avoid hours fussing around with a ruler. I haven't quite figured out symmetry when drawing by hand!

Big Bad Guy

Scribble Asylum have been keeping busy! While working hard at our day jobs and tMoTW, we found the time to make a oneshot story called "Big Bad Guy". We can't say much about what's happening to it now, but when we get news, you get news!

Verric
This oneshot was the first thing I did in digital, and I had to draw everything first by hand and then trace it using the tablet. It isn't much faster than doing it all by hand sadly! Well, I can only hope to get better.
This picture is one of the drafts for the title page:



Evi
It was so much fun working on 'Big Bad Guy' - it started as an 'one paragraph' idea which I'd scribbled down on the train to work. However, the idea then took a life of its own and wouldn't let go - by the end of the day I had a full story.

The one-shot was a welcome distraction from tMoTW. I'm really happy because this is the first time I have written a purely humour based script and found that 'Big Bad Guy' was the perfect framework to slot in all the insane ideas Verric and I have when we're chatting. BWAHAHA.

I'm so happy to make it a finished product. Hopefully in the future we can expand it into something bigger so we can share the love that we have of the characters. :D ( The oneshot is only the beginning - I have many many plans for my darling characters...)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

tMoTW chapter 2 update

Here's a preview of chapter 2, with the physical inked pages spread over my dining room table. It's kind of awesome seeing them like this - it's one way to appreciate the work that went into the pages. I like to think I used a lot more black for this chapter ;)

placemats


We finished this some time ago, and hoping we will see it in print soon!