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February 06, 2007

Not Wonky Enough

So I'm working on Volume 5 these days - we kind of have to get it done quickly and move on to Volume 6 because we'll be busy for about two and a half weeks getting ready for and selling mom's pottery at the Flower Show in March. So this batch of illos is a little messier (can you believe it?) but I'm getting to do some finger painting, which is way fun. I don't want to give away any of the story/themes/general mayhem for any of our subscribers, but here's a mistake that I made:

Yeah, I didn't like how that scribble at the bottom to the left of the house was looking. (Click to make larger to see what I'm talking about).

Just kidding.

When I said messy, I meant that I don't have to worry about shit like that. The problem is actually that the house is supposed to look small and oppressed by the sky, where here it looks like a spastic jack-in-the-box, if ever a house looked like a spastic jack-in-the-box. So, axed it is. I'll have to try again tomorrow.

Now that I look at it again, I don't like how cartoony it is feeling either. It was supposed to feel messy and wonky but instead it feels a little stiff and cartoony. Like Dilbert. Except he's funny, and a dog. Or, is Dilbert the guy? Whoops. He's the guy. Dogbert would be the dog. Dur.

Posted by ribbu at February 6, 2007 12:13 AM