Drawing and Stuff

[kybearfuzz]

I've not been online much this week. It's been a long week at work and I've been spending a lot of my week nights working on the next issue of my comic book. I'm happy to say that I finished penciling all the interior pages tonight. Now I start inking, which generally takes a bit longer, but I'm going to make an effort to post and read a bit.

I did do a bit of side drawing at least, just to get myself in the mood a little bit more.

Last night, I was working on a side cartoon and decided to try out the whole "Steampunk" style. When I went to a Halloween party this year, the hosts are a couple of very handsome guys who dressed as Steampunk cowboys. They looked great. I've seen the style in a few other places, usually book covers and the occasional comic book strip. This one is my version of a Steampunk gentleman. I imagine his coat goes longer and has a lot of techno-gadgetry attached.

In plotting comic book issues, I have been looking for villain ideas. I thought about creating a pair of Steampunk cowboy characters as potential villains. Once I get the next issue done, I may do some test sketches to see how they'd turn out.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

How about Steampunk cowboys who start out as villains, but in the end turn out to be heroes!!? :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL! It's a juggling act of sorts, whether to use a good idea for heroes or villains. Heroes are good because you can incorporate them into the team if things turn out well, but villains can be fun because you can get more use out of them in a single issue.

When people have asked about my adding them to the comic, I ask if they want to be a hero or a villain, and I usually point out that the chances of joining the team at this point is very small, but a villain can get more "page time" in a single issue.

I guess I would see how well received they'd be as villains and work from there. :)