LOL! When I took our 'ample' Siamese in for a checkup the vet talked about how most Siamese have that middle body spread from eating too much. She asked if I could do a cartoon showing a dainty overweight lady Siamese with the notation "I'm not fat, I'm Rubenesque!"
A fitting first try for my Wacom Cintiq, since I can do color with that. The Siamese won't be the one in my comic strip (she only speaks in Korean) as this one uses English, but it's a fun cartoon to try.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
I Has A Wacom
Yes Yes Yes!
A Wacom Cintiq! All the better to do art with. It has a HUGE learning curve...
No No No!!!!
Ok folks, gimme time. I have to learn how to use it via the online tutorials and the inch thick book. This may take a while.
A Wacom Cintiq! All the better to do art with. It has a HUGE learning curve...
No No No!!!!
Ok folks, gimme time. I have to learn how to use it via the online tutorials and the inch thick book. This may take a while.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Is It Funny?
How do you do humor? Visual humor/written humor? It ain't easy.
I keep a list or words, phrases or general ideas (mostly words though) on the wall and try combining two or three together to see what sparks. If I come up with at least two lines of dialog then I run with it. Some just plain take off and I find myself winding down 5 or 7 strips later. Others are a one shot for three panels in one strip. Doesn't matter how long it is so long as it's FUNNY!
I keep a list or words, phrases or general ideas (mostly words though) on the wall and try combining two or three together to see what sparks. If I come up with at least two lines of dialog then I run with it. Some just plain take off and I find myself winding down 5 or 7 strips later. Others are a one shot for three panels in one strip. Doesn't matter how long it is so long as it's FUNNY!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Boxes!
Boxes and cats go together. They love them, and with good reason. They can hide in them. They can attack from them. They can play mad scientist in them. Every cat in the world loves boxes.
Big, small, makes no difference! Give a cat a box on the floor and he'll be in it.
The same works for paper bags too.
Big, small, makes no difference! Give a cat a box on the floor and he'll be in it.
The same works for paper bags too.
What WON'T Be In The Strip
Well, I've learned the hard way that there are some quirky things in life. EVERY time I did a strip about a vet visit *BAM* one of our own cats needed to go in for some emergency or other! Does the strip make this happen? Or am I in 'tune' with the universe in some way?
Don't laugh. There have been other things that happened the same way.... Less than a week after doing the strip of the tuxedo cat walking on the ceiling then barfing bug detrius down all over the place one of ours decided to projectile vomit across the hallway. I've NEVER seen that much water and half digested cat food end up spread over so much square footage! Hershey, do NOT tank up with as much water as you can hold right after finishing off whatever was left in the dry food bowl.
The vets... so much barf it could have come from a moo cow? Coincidence? I think not.
Don't laugh. There have been other things that happened the same way.... Less than a week after doing the strip of the tuxedo cat walking on the ceiling then barfing bug detrius down all over the place one of ours decided to projectile vomit across the hallway. I've NEVER seen that much water and half digested cat food end up spread over so much square footage! Hershey, do NOT tank up with as much water as you can hold right after finishing off whatever was left in the dry food bowl.
The vets... so much barf it could have come from a moo cow? Coincidence? I think not.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Being 'Fresh' and 'New'
After reading the same old jokes over and over and over in the newspaper, it makes me wonder why so few strips ever show anything NEW and exciting. They just keep recycling the same few ideas constantly. Even Foxtrot has settled into a routine. Honestly... Calvin and Hobbes was one of the few that broke out of that rut and stayed out of it.
One thing I want with my work is to NOT do any of the standard Garfield 'fat' jokes, to NOT keep to one storyline all the time, to NOT recycle someone else's work. There's no need for me to go over territory that's been so overused it's got a six mile deep rut to climb out of.
Another thing I've found with cat cartoons that get published on a regular basis is that the cats tend to either be pretty stupid creatures, or (time and again) they're downright mean. I guess trying to be mini-humans makes them mean? The real cats we've known never fell into that category, so my characters aren't going to follow in other's footsteps on that level either. They are going to be cats, seeing things from a cat perspective, but basically being themselves (with an added fantasy element here and there, yes).
One thing I want with my work is to NOT do any of the standard Garfield 'fat' jokes, to NOT keep to one storyline all the time, to NOT recycle someone else's work. There's no need for me to go over territory that's been so overused it's got a six mile deep rut to climb out of.
Another thing I've found with cat cartoons that get published on a regular basis is that the cats tend to either be pretty stupid creatures, or (time and again) they're downright mean. I guess trying to be mini-humans makes them mean? The real cats we've known never fell into that category, so my characters aren't going to follow in other's footsteps on that level either. They are going to be cats, seeing things from a cat perspective, but basically being themselves (with an added fantasy element here and there, yes).
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