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Added 2016-01-15 07:52:38 +0000 UTCPersonally, I have no qualms about using newfangled digital trickery to improve my artwork whenever possible. I know this would make my art instructors roll over in their graves, (assuming they've succumbed to the assortment of deadly traps I've placed for them that is) but the fact is I'm not above shortcuts when necessary. Case in point, in panel four, I thought it would be a little funnier if these twins had the exact same expression on their faces when looking dumbfounded. A little copying and resizing and presto! Instant identical expressions.
To my mild degree of shame, I'll admit that I'd have scarcely made it as an artist for a living before the invention of digital art programs. I can't imagine busting out a quill pen and drawing my lines for Switch with potentially messy globs of india ink. I tried it a few years back, and it was the most anxiety-inducing practice I've ever attempted. The idea that so much as a twitch in my wrist could produce a blot of blackness that would ruin hours of work was more than I could handle. I remember once when I was a kid I made a fan comic about my idea of a sequel for the SNES classic game Chrono Trigger, using pencils and art paper. I obsessed for weeks on end trying to make it look as perfect as possible, only to spill a drink one horrendously fateful evening and destroy weeks of work. I don't think I'd ever have given up on being an artist for a living, but the advent of the digital medium sure sped that goal up significantly.
Comments
I'm loving this chapter of Switch with the twins, and you so nailed the identical expression very well done! I'm looking forward to seeing what they have in store ;-).
Bob Fink
2016-01-16 14:50:28 +0000 UTCThanks! Good catch!
Reinbach
2016-01-15 23:12:47 +0000 UTCOh, in the fifth panel you wrote "You" twice in the word-caption.
Walter L.
2016-01-15 20:52:48 +0000 UTCHey nice to know I've succeeded in making them a bit sympathetic. :)
Reinbach
2016-01-15 20:49:00 +0000 UTCHey glad you like it! Casey's story is a bit on the serious side so I thought I'd try using the twins to add some levity.
Reinbach
2016-01-15 20:46:50 +0000 UTCHey thanks! Since there are lights and candles all over the room I felt it was ok to go crazy with the rimlight. :)
Reinbach
2016-01-15 20:45:39 +0000 UTCThe colors in the bottom left panel (5? I am not so certain on the numbers) look fantastic. The hair lit from above has me just fascinated i have to say, really amazing work.
Mages
2016-01-15 15:43:26 +0000 UTCTwo things 1. An artist can use any tool he wants, with his art, to create art. If your teachers though that copy paste was a not you had bad teachers, with very limited minds. 2. I'm laughing. The extra had been very funny!!!
Josep Pons
2016-01-15 12:58:53 +0000 UTCI mean, "Our cousin in Canada" is practically a classic. ;)
Walter L.
2016-01-15 12:54:41 +0000 UTCLol. I don't remember who mentioned it, but I have to agree, despite how bitchy they were to Cassie, the twins don't seem so bad in this mini-chapter.
Walter L.
2016-01-15 12:54:04 +0000 UTCAnd that is the way to go! Imagine all those authors of the ancient world, clacking away on typewriters where so much as a misplaced letter could make a whole page look unprofessional. Don't get me wrong, people did it. But it's nice that these days the rest of us don't have to be obsessive compulsives to produce quality work.
Reinbach
2016-01-15 08:17:06 +0000 UTCI had a similar thought and revelation a few years back when I got my first laptop. Before getting Microsoft Word writing was a nerve wracking exercise in hand cramps and paranoia. I used to stuff all my writing under my bed in a wooden box so nothing would happen to it and the months of work wouldn't be ruined. Now I have six backups of every story and even some online ones lol
Snizzlefit
2016-01-15 08:06:01 +0000 UTC
