A Blast from the Past!
Added 2022-07-16 06:23:57 +0000 UTCSorry about skipping this weeks Swampy & Jinx update, but it was a busy, and as usual, often frustrating week, and I barely had time to get the regular strip out.
As a bit of an apology, I thought I'd dig out a piece that some of you may not have seen yet.
Quite a few years back- this one dates to 2010- I would periodically do up wallpapers for readers. (This was back when more people read the strip on desktop PCs than 'phones. :) )
Out of the dozen or so big images I did (the banner image for this page, "Sypmhony", is one of them) this one is still my favorite. Done with no tablet, just a mouse, no layers, and the same antique art program I still use today.
Took me several weeks of work to get just the way I wanted it, and I was pretty happy with how it came out.
And ever since, I've always wanted to have MechaDoc in the comic at some point. :)
Doc.
Comments
I see Doc’s costume for Halloween
2022-07-18 22:40:29 +0000 UTCAmazing work and even more remarkable that you drew it only with a mouse, without using a tablet...
NakedSunFlower
2022-07-17 23:54:06 +0000 UTCPlease share the rest of them with us! Some of us still use desktop computers and love wallpapers that fit a non-phone screen.
Catsnightmare
2022-07-17 03:46:57 +0000 UTCA 4k version would be great :)
Phil Stracchino
2022-07-17 01:02:17 +0000 UTCYou know. yes, it happens that you draw something for a long time, but you don’t get what you really want. congratulations that nevertheless your efforts were rewarded and you got what you need
Naked_SoNUshka
2022-07-16 23:13:29 +0000 UTCVERY cool..., especially the 'hood ornament'! ;-)
Delisle
2022-07-16 21:15:36 +0000 UTCI just love it. The crazy details look amazing. Kudos on doing all that with a mouse.
Zeffy
2022-07-16 16:38:42 +0000 UTCShould loan that out to Mark Stanley. Florence could use a new challenge.
Tony D.
2022-07-16 15:12:50 +0000 UTCI can just imagine maybe using the uncompressed version for a Zoom or Teams video meeting background… “Oh that? Just something else we’re working on in the lab. It’s the new ‘Service Mech’, for those really tough jobs…” 😄 Nah, probably not. I really ought to retain a modicum of professionalism during my company meetings… At least most of the time.😉
2022-07-16 13:43:04 +0000 UTCSize wise it could be a Protomech
Mark Temple
2022-07-16 11:58:53 +0000 UTCoh... I'd actually like to see that - just so my 4k monitor could get a proper challenge for once :p
webkilla
2022-07-16 10:39:29 +0000 UTCInsane. And thus very fitting.
Cult of Dust
2022-07-16 08:03:43 +0000 UTCYep. I didn't get my first tablet 'til a couple of years later.
Doc Nickel
2022-07-16 07:35:40 +0000 UTCWait, you were doing all that with a mouse? Also, "sypmhony"?
Cult of Dust
2022-07-16 07:27:09 +0000 UTCLooks almost exactly like some Battletech artwork from the RPG books, just sub a Warhammer for MechaDoc and Natasha Kerensky for Pirta. :D
2022-07-16 06:48:16 +0000 UTCThe original is 10,300x9,000px, at 600 DPI.
Doc Nickel
2022-07-16 06:39:19 +0000 UTCChuckle, Is that The Corkscrew Cannon on the Right Arm? ;) (Probably Not, But it Should Be :D )
Derek Thornton
2022-07-16 06:38:11 +0000 UTCI reduced it for upload. The original file is in uncompressed TIF.
Doc Nickel
2022-07-16 06:36:49 +0000 UTCIs the resolution 900x606 or reduced patreon the quality?
Sebastian
2022-07-16 06:31:17 +0000 UTC
