The Seus Pg 2

In Lieu of Real Update

I got a day to draw on vacation.  To celebrate, I picked up a new cheap sketchbook.  Only on the first page, but off to a good start:

I really need a scanner.  Taking photos just doesn’t work!
Artists I was thinking of: Jim Rugg (notice girl’s failed Rugg-style nose shading) and Chris Bachelo, who I’m convinced [...]

The Process

One part of comics life that has not endeared itself to me is aspects of the research.  Specifically, the research into clothes.  Women’s clothing.  While it’s an engaging and valid excuse for cruising Victoria’s Secrets catalogues as “research,” it also leads to conversations like:
Me:  “What do you call that.  Those sweaters with shortened sleeves…”
She:  “What?”
Me:  [...]

Here’s a test page of my thesis comic.  I went really rough and crazy, just focusing, really, on getting the borders ruled out super-accurately and deciding on the final proportions.  I went and inked some of it just to do it, and added text in three or four different sizes from my ames guide to [...]

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.