Yet another page I hashed together without any rough draft whatsoever. Ichabod needed SOME kind of retaliation, and my initial idea was for him to somehow beat the kids at their own game. The problem was, I couldn’t think of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, you wondering why the big middle panel looks so rough and not-shaded-in? Well, the artsy-fartsy excuse is that I thought a sketchy, doodle-like style would preserve the slapstick humor of the sequence, whereas a fully detailed approach would just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, it took long enough, but I FINALLY think I have that scaling down thing worked out. HORRAYZ! I’ll be going back and re-loading the previous few pages wherever possible, but not right now. *yawn* (Historical Note: Obviously, that never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know, it just now occurs to me that Trigger basically turned the Pork Chop machine into the Big Surprise device from the past few weeks. I hope this doesn’t get Trigger thrown out of the ship with a homing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, he DID ask Trigger exactly what he did, right? Trigger’s picking up a bit of my own nutty personality here. I don’t talk all that much in general, but if you ask me about something I’m especially interested in,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy Ho Ho Ho, everybody! As you read this, I should be off visiting the extended family back in Ye Olde Country (or whatever), and I hope you’re having an equally good time! And, since this is the season to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Part of me really wanted to do more uber-dramatic light and shadow for this picture, but then it probably wouldn’t have gotten finished in time. Well, more like nothing ELSE would have gotten finished ‘cos I’d be stuck on this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You’d think that standing around in robes for a while wouldn’t require much rehearsal. You’d think wrong, especially with THIS unruly bunch. Tune in tomorrow for the real deal. Well, now you know what my art looks like before Photoshop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we have the very first Far Out There Christmas picture ever drawn! Now you see why I decided to leave the backgrounds entirely to Photoshop for the later pics. Those are some REALLY unfortunate houses back there. Coloring this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dang. You do NOT wanna know how long it took do do all that shading with my dinky Photoshop rig. I had a sort of Rembrandt thing in mind, what with really dramatic lighting and heavy shadow and whatnot. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…