Hi there good people, friends, relatives and hopefully my future fans...
*(lol)*
As you can see up there, Ive posted a nice (I think its kinda nice..) webstrip for you all to read.
Its not really fancy or anything but its the fruits of my 4 hours labor in front of my pc drawing it using mouse.. Yes people .. using mouse!
Drawing 3 panel cartoon strip using mouse & keyboard (with an apropriate soft) might not considered as a good method plus it took 4 long hours to finish. It'll took me less than an hour to finish if I actually draw them by hand. I'm not a pro but it can be done. Maybe less than 1/2 hour.
Still, why do I choose to draw them using these unconventional (perhaps unheard) method?
The most likely reason is that my old tablet no longer function and I don't have the money to buy a new one. Plus, having to buy a new one, I might as well consider a better tablet brand than my last one. I always wanted one of those fancy Wacom tablet with better preassure sensitivity. Better yet.. those ultra expensive digitizers!
Sigh....~ cool stuffs sure cost an arm, even if they're not demands legs..
Secondly.. Maybe I'm just had enough inking by hand.. I still draw the initial sketch by hand, using pencil and papers. But inking always the hardest job (besides coloring) for me to accomplish. Its not that difficult but its always end up messy and bleeding. You need good pen/ink and a quality paper to achieve the best results. I don't have all that luxury anymore. I quit... once.
In the long run, using vector computer software might be a better way to do cartoon & comics. There are couple of my friends already using FlashMX combined with Wacom to achieve brush like line art for their cartoon and artworks, and its look very nice actually. Tho personally, I don't like Flash implementation very much, but it work out nice most of the time (for them).
BTW, the strip above is called Download-Addict, created by me, fairx. Using mostly P2P / downloading jokes and theme. Why you asked? Well, its simply because I'm a download addict myself (read my profile). And the main character will be.. jeng.. jeng.. jeng.. (music) - ME!.
Well folks, thats me.. and I mean me.. myself. Who cares what others think. Its my own stuff anyway. But I do hope you'll like it. Maybe I'll do more. Maybe a webstrip a day? We'll see.. please leave your comments and suggestions.
p/s.. please excuse my grammar.. I'm not very good with my english. I got C for my english lessons.
