Oct 202016
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Oct 172016
Hello there. Have you come here to read a blog? How fortunate for you that this is a blog!
I wrote last week’s blog and totally spaced that the next day was going to mark the website’s fifth anniversary. Five years of Age of Animus. Wow! To be honest, I didn’t think I’d ever get this far. I think I say that every year, but it’s more true every time I say it.
My approach to drawing has changed since I started. It used to be that once I started drawing a strip or a picture I wouldn’t stop until I’d finished the piece. Even when the pieces started taking longer to do I stuck to this general idea. Sometimes the art would suffer for it as I’d get tired and rush things to finish faster. I take little breaks after each step (penciling, inking, colouring and shading).
There are days where I don’t feel like drawing at all. I have to push myself to get started. I’m always happy that I did when I’m done. I know that if I start skipping, it’ll lead to me skipping even more and I don’t want that to happen to the main strip. It doesn’t look like I’ll be getting back to Bandit Baby any time soon.
I just reread Year 5 of the strip as I was supposed to be writing this blog and I think it turned out well. There are some gags I’m really pleased with. I’m still working on story pacing.
So that’s the year in a nutshell. Thanks for sticking around all this time. Here’s to a great sixth year coming up!
Oct 142016
Hello and good morning to you Flashback Fans. It’s Friday so let’s get to my favorite way to start the day. Click on a pic to see it big.
My memory of the Masters of the Universe toy line is that The Sorceress as she appeared in the cartoon wasn’t released until late in the line. I don’t even remember seeing her in stores. Was she a mail-in? In the comic series that accompanied the figures, I believe she first looked like a green Teela with the snake armor. That figure does look cool, but it wasn’t what I was used to from the cartoon.
Zoë returns as the Sorceress. I think I make this comment every time I draw a character with wings, but geez are feathers a pain to draw (and colour). I think they turned out well here, but not as good as some of the other winged Zoë’s I’ve done before.
Here’s a comparison to the original mash-up. I have a much better grasp on Zoë’s face now.
That’s all for this week. Have a great weekend and I hope to see you back next Friday for a new flashback!
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