Thursday, February 12, 2015

Webcomic?

My cousin "Xander" commented on my last post asking if I've ever considered drawing a webcomic. I have to admit that the thought never crossed my mind, and I figured the best way to decide on my answer would be to draw a comic strip as a test. I ended up illustrating my thought process instead... (Click on the images to enlarge; the text is illegible otherwise, I fear! To see them even bigger, right click and open the image in another tab, and then you can enlarge and scroll.)




Concerning the interruption in the first page - I was at our apartment to let workers in to deal with the damage the leaks caused to our wall, and man, their accents... So hard to understand :(  Let me translate for you... (And I apologize for my atrocious spelling of the Swabian accent!)

"I' komm glei nommal g'schwind" - Ich komme gleich nochmal geschwind - I'll come back in a moment quickly. (Lovely translation, huh?)

"Könnet Sie amal komma?" - Könnten Sie mal kommen? - Could you come for a sec?

Yep... I just said things like "Yes, of course!" "Thank you very much!" and such. Ah well.

Funny thing about the comic is: I didn't even realize that I drew myself without glasses until I stepped in front of a mirror. Weird, huh? You'd think that I would remember to draw the object that is always on my face, but apparently not! Though I have noticed that even when I look in the mirror, I tend to overlook my glasses - maybe because they're rimless and thus less obtrusive, but I can ignore them quite easily. (Not that I don't like my glasses! I am, however, prettier without. In this, I'll choose ease over beauty anyday!)

So yep. That was fun! Gotta work on drawing expressions. Thanks for the suggestion, Xander!

2 comments:

  1. LoL! I like it. You should do all your blog posts as comics. :-PPP It probably gets repetitive after a while, but it might be a good challenge to try to create the artwork more "webcomic"- rather than comic-style, i.e., on your tablet and with software post-processing.

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    1. Very true! I did this one by hand mainly because I was stuck at the apartment with a pad of paper and a pen and little more, and it would be good practice to try dong this kind of thing properly on the computer. (Thankfully, I've found that sketching on the tablet is easier than I had remembered it to be.)
      Glad you liked it! ;)

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