I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! Almost everyone I know thinks of turkey when Thanksgiving is mentioned. Pat is meeting expectations with that holiday bird. Carrots, potatoes, green beans, cranberries… you name it! The bigger the guest list, the bigger the list of sides might be!
But this day isn’t just about the big meal and the big game. It is about giving thanks (it’s right there, in the title)! The year is almost finished and soon it will be a brand new year. I wanted to first thank my family and friends who have indulged or encouraged me to make this comic. It is not as grandiose as my previous (unpublished) ideas. It is definitely not perfect. But it is something that I am glad to share. And lastly, I want to thank my readers. I know Gobo Gazette is a nascent comic but the small following I’ve seen (especially on Instagram) has been most encouraging. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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First, let me define what tools I use to create the webcomic. Every artist uses what is the most comfortable for them and, for me, I have been using these for a very long time. After doing a pencil draft on 9″ x 12″, 50 lb recycled sketch paper, I ink with Picma pens. I use a Graphic 1 for the primary outlines and Microns of varying sizes for details. This is the first time I experimented with the Picma Brush pen on the comic. I found it worked well with the foreground branch and leaves. When it came to the crow overlooking the gobos and the winding river, I stopped after a few strokes. I felt more confident to ink the bird with the Graphic because of the details.
I actually create the standard four-panel strips in a two-by-two layout, which I rearrange, edit and color in Photoshop. Usually this is not an issue, however it did pose a problem with the 3 x 4 layout of the winding river. I actually taped the four pages together, and then taped it to a wall to ink. I normally use and highly recommend a pencil board so that pencil marks or ink doesn’t transfer to the next page. To avoid issues with the wall texture, I used it here for a smooth surface to ink on. This tape method will likely be employed for all future large-scale images. Why not get an easel? My little boy! Right now he is a wrecking machine!
Happy Labor Day everybody! Almost everyone imagines barbecues and sun when they think about today, and why wouldn’t you! Summer is coming to close. School is about to begin (if it hasn’t already). You want to enjoy the last few days of this wonderful season while it lasts! But there is so much more about this holiday that people tend to forget.
I haz pins! Actually, I have quite a lot of pins and I will be taking them with me to Gen Con! Do you like web comics? Do you like pins? Going to Gen Con? Hopefully you’ll spot me, because I don’t have a booth or anything like that.
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