Weekly Update

How are you doing my beautiful people?
I'm doing quite well. I had a great, productive week and a fun little weekend.

I managed to draw 2 pages of Tracy's comic. I give myself 3 or 4 weeks to complete it. Tracy has a lot on her plate at the moment, so we'll skip the pre-lettering and go back to our old way of doing things. Send her love, she deserves it  ^^

I delivered the 2nd page a bit early on Friday. So I decided to play with my untitled project a bit and redesign my main characters. I liked where I was going with it, but the cartoon proportions made her look more like a teen, and that didn't fit my needs. So I tried again Saturday, and I think I nailed it this time. I will probably make a few changes to her clothes, but I really like her vibe and the retro-look space suit.

This is the 4th version of the character. I rarely do more than one, but the 1st version was a guy, that I dropped quite early in the process. For the longest time, she was this warrior type that I really liked, but I decided to go with a more upbeat tone instead, and I'm loving where it is going at the moment.

I also had fun experimenting with coloring. I was playing with a background to see how I could do things. I want a retro style, but wasn't sure how much I'm willing to change my ways. I was thinking of hard flat colors (like the old European comic I use to read) but stumbled on a really quick way to make my work look as if it was watercolored, and I think I'll go with that. I'm not exactly sure if I'll use it for the characters just yet. I'll have to make some tests, but I'm thinking of coloring the character in a more simple/classic way: hard colors with a layer of light and maybe a few highlights here and there (like I used to do a few years ago). With the watercolor backgrounds, it could look like old school  2D animation. It is basically what they did with "Lilo and Stitch". 

And finally, I took Sunday off. I went to the theater to watch "The Fantastic Four." I ADORED it. It is a fun and charming movie. It's not perfect; I'm sure I could nitpick it to death, but as I was watching, I didn't feel any of the defects, and I can't wait to see it again. I also finally started watching "Grendizer U." It is a fun new take on the franchise, I'm enjoying it enough. And finally I read a few comics. Fun day.

This week will be more of the same.
I’ll be gone next weekend for our summer family gathering.
See you all soon!
Alx