Life imitates art. In the middle of inking this one I decided my ink brush was not up to the job. I refused to finish the comic until I got a new one. I think I must be a real princess.
Before you say anything, this cartoon passed my primary test filter. Which is: to make Karen laugh.
My first comic creation act with my shiny new lightbox. (A lightbox makes it easy to copy a rough drawing to a final fair copy, or, in this case, to replicate shapes and objects to help keep them consistent from frame to frame.)
I had some fun looking at some original Sidney Paget art to base these characters on. Apparently Sidney got the job by mistake — the publishers of the Strand Magazine thought they were hiring his younger brother, Walter.
Happy Seasonal Greetings to all my readers.
And apologies to fans of Sir Arthur, again.
Some creatures spotted at Howlett’s Zoo (in Kent, UK) weather you believe me or not.
One for the word-play category…
Just a little doodle I found in my brain. The popularity of standing desks is burgeoning in my office (though very few of my colleagues are giraffe.)
I created this comic as my entry for a competition. I didn’t win, so now I’m free to share it with my readers! To make it easier for most people, I’ve translated it out of the original Latvian into English.
[Art note: I decided in this case to use vector graphics (rather than my usual rough sketches and bitmaps) — which was interesting, being simultaneously liberating (let the computer do the work) and challenging (the need to make definite decisions on line position). Thank you inkscape.]
