///EDIT/// I finally got the colors done on this one. Here is the previous version I posted, if any of you are curious.
TCAF was the bomb. What a good time. I think my favorite part was that it was in a library and free. So it just felt very open and friendly.
And the time in Toronto, I was entertained and shown around and taken care of by Brian and Don (of the lovely comic Road Apples Almanac). Good company.
—-and just to repeat what I wrote above—-
So…. I was hoping the spacetrawler book #2 would arrive in early-mid april, but they arrived right as I hit these two comic conventions, and so it’s been a bit of a cluter-f*@$Ā Ā keeping on top of it all.
And so with all that, I didn’t have enough time between Stumptown and TCAF to draw Monday’s and Wednesday’s strips. So I am posting abbreviated versions for now.
The final-with-color versions will go up in the next few weeks, but in the meantime I will just plow on with the strip uninterrupted, and will let you know when I have the finals for these posted.
Book #2 (and related items) should be in the mail this week or early-next.
Enormous, rather than enourmous… š
@Hydrargyrum, Hahaha! Will fix. Must be the Canadian effect of being in Toronto. š
@Christopher, talk about being a trooper! Or a programmer. “Yeah, we made the deadline on that project. Now we just have to go back and debug the blessed thing.” “Think we oughta plan on doing a beta test next time?” “We got it to the customer. What do you think a beta test is?”
Still and all, good show! Hope you enjoyed the conventions.
@JKCarroll, ha! I keep telling people I’ve finished plotting four novels, all I need now is to fill in the words. Perhaps I should review my as-of-late mindset. š
Yes, TCAF (and all the peoples) was lovely.
Well, now I don’t feel so bad about taking so long to answer that Kickstarter email with my address. (I was in the middle of a relocation and didn’t have an address at the time.)
As for the half-finished comic, I quite like this sort of glance at the artist’s creative process.
I just wondered: How long does such a panel take? Sketching … coloring … finishing? Could you sketch the whole process or did you already describe it somewhere?
Thanks!
PS: I’m enjoying Spacetrawler a lot! And I’m missing it on Friday… just saying… š
Hey Chris,
I just wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting you Sunday and I’m really enjoying the comic in paper form! š
Keep up the good work!
Mark
@Chris: Hey, that’s a pretty good idea! Maybe I should start telling people how many books I’ve plotted, “only” needing to fill the words in.
Also, love the “oooooo! Jupiter!” Maybe you should leave the comic like this: Jupiter as the only thing in color makes it look even more spectacular
I also wouldn’t be surprised if the Mihrgoots’ (sp?) spacetrawlers were busy manufacturing stoicism pills.
@Jama: I think he once said a whole page took about 3 hours on backgrounds, 7 hours on characters
@Jamma, in the beginning it took about 16 hours (not counting scripting). These days maybe more like 10. if it’s simple, and I don’t have to build any new 3-D models in sketchup, and there are no problems, maybe 8 hours. A couple hours to lay it out and pull backgrounds. A few hours to draw. An hour to wash. A couple hours to color. (and if Spacetrawler payed the rent, I’d do it three days a week, trust me. But it’s just not possible with other work on top of it)
Good to meet you too, @Mark!
I thought the same thing about Jupiter that @Frank did. “Ooooooo,” indeed.
Cool to have a bit of a look at the process. Fun to check out the backgrounds.
Jupiter is pretty awesome, isn’t it?
I have to say that I like seeing the drawings. Gives me more insight somehow.
OTOH, now I am confused about why the king’s fellow looks so much like Nogg sometimes. All will come clear eventually.
Hmmmm, hope the coloured versions will made it to Book #3 š
What Juan said. This is the first comic in the archive that Chris hadn’t fixed by the time I read it. :^)
Yep, I just found this one too. Still awesome, even without color. š
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