And if you’ve noticed, I upped the quality a bit: cleaner and more consistent lines, and I guess better shading. That’s at least one improvement you can count on! I’m just glad to finish the last panel because it was really challenging!
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Keith: Who the heck is that guy? Are you two really stalking us?!
I’m back again, apparently. Still alive from that typhoon hit us in the Philippines, so don’t worry! Hrm, been distracted a lot with work, and this new computer of mine. Been playing too much games. Expect forward to more, er, sporadicness thanks to Christmas… Also, I might not be able to update the one in Comic Genesis anymore, I kinda left the access details in my old laptop, which went permanently kaput recently. Too bad about the Drunk Duck mirror too, it might be permanently dead now.
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Girl: Ah!
Keith: What the - where's everyone? Girl: No idea. I'm waiting for the next class myself.
Girl: Tee hee.
Keith: What was that? Girl: What was what?
Girl: Say, why don't you guys take a seat over here?
The last panel was especially challenging, but extremely satisfying to do even if it’s not perfect!
I’m also trying the new flash comics feature. Half the size and the ability to zoom-in, hell yes! Too bad for Apple users though… I hope the .png shows up at least. Just contact me if it doesn’t appear. I might add a real zoom-in, full screen and pan feature like the old Myan in a bustier, but it’s a maybe.
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[[Sign: 10am A13 class moved to G01]] Keith: AHH!
Keith: MOVE PEOPLE! Tammy: S-shouldn't we check inside first?
Sorry that I haven’t updated in a while. Here have some butts.
Update schedule might still be shaky though, and my dying laptop is making things hard. Still got about 2 months before I finally have enough money to buy that thang.
I’m bored with plain old Flash backgrounds so tried it with Photoshopped backgrounds. Looks pretty good so far. Also brought back the white background cause it’s to much of a hassle to make rounded rectangles for the panels.
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Keith: I have to hand it to you, you're very thorough. Cruz: I didn't stay up for nothing!
Myan: I LIKE IT!! Keith: Didn't you say you can't read?
Sorry if it’s not obvious, Myan’s drinking milk. Trying to at least. I dunno, whenever Hibi-Hibi’s appears, the comic’s prone to flashbacks. Maybe she came from Lost or something.
Drawing people is hard enough. Drawing multiple people in the same panel is harder. Drawing them on a table on a specific angle complete with background and props…. damn. Welp I’m still glad I did it and I’m somewhat satisfied with this, compared to my earlier attempts. Also trying out that leafy shadow effect, but I need more practice with it. And yes OWL MYAN. MYOWL. HOO HOO. I don’t really know how to draw owls but it was fun looking at pictures of them.
On other news, I have a job now. Don’t know how it will affect the updates, but it’s gonna be tougher to work on them during the weekdays. My current job involves sitting in front of the computer most of the day too… at least I get moneys, yey. If you want to be updated exactly when the comic updates, try subscribing to the RSS, or maybe following me on Twitter or Facebook, if that’s your thing.
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[[Myan "drinking" milk by licking the straw]]
[[Myan noticing something]]
Keith: Uh, so- -how did you get here? Tammy:This better be worth the trouble earlier. Cruz: Mmf!
Myan: Well...
Hibi-Hibi: I don't like this, but...
Hibi-Hibi: ...this is the fastest way to get anywhere!
Sorry I’ve been gone a while, was busy with stuff in life. Anyhoo, a belated Happy New Year everyone! And we lived through the end of the world! Hurray for that I suppose.
Man, from now on I’m gonna draw it on paper first, scan, then “ink” it in Flash, like I used to do in the first few pages. It’s so much faster and better than drawing it directly in Flash. See, on some days, I just totally suck in drawing with it so my quality and speed really suffers a lot. I’m still gonna draw some stuff directly in of course, like the last panel here. This way, I might actually be able to stick to a schedule, and doing more pages per week. Still no promises about that though!
Hey, if anyone’s playing Wakfu right now, I’m playing as Sexy Behind. Yeahhhh, I regret the name now. Oh, and if you didn’t know that Wakfu has an animated series, I highly suggest watching it. Now THAT’S how you draw in Flash.
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[[Keith and Myan at the cafeteria, looking at the menu]] Keith: Pick anything you like Myan Myan: Okay!
[[Myan thinking really hard]] Myan ...
[[Myan whispers something to Keith]] <<whisper whisper whisper>>
[[Keith pondering, with Myan being very happy]] Keith: Didn't occur to me you can't read Myan: You forgot I'm a cat?