Walter and Leslie

This is one of the rare comics without Carrotfoot. I think it's nice to see how other minor characters interact with each other, too.

New comic and Process

This week, along with the comic, I'd like to talk about the process of drawing my cartoons. I have a whiteboard and use the back of it as a makeshift lap desk. I tape down my drawing paper to it and draw all the panels. I use a triangle and a T-square to make sure the lines are all straight. I use 8.5in. x 13in. paper, but I draw my comics only 4.5in. x 12in. After drawing all the panels, I loosely sketch out the people and objects in them. I then add in dialogue. After that, I put on the finishing touches and then the comic is ready to be inked. I used to ink the comic right on the original, but now I tape tracing paper over it and trace over the comic in ink, so that way the comic is more clear due to the lack of eraser marks. I use a felt-tip marker for smaller lines and a calligraphy pen for larger areas of black. After I finish a comic, I throw it into my portfolio for display. When I need to put it on the blog, I scan it in and upload it. My scanner only permits one half of the comic to be scanned in at a time, so I have to photo shop the two halves together before I upload my comic. I also have to make single-panel comics shorter than usual.

End of Scout Camp and goals.

This is the end of the scout camp stories. I'm sort of glad I finished it so I could start working on other ideas. I have a goal to draw 50 comics before Aug. 30, which on that date Carrotfoot will turn 1 year old. I have bout 30 already, so I feel like I'm making great progress. On the bottom left is a picture I did of Carrotfoot a long time ago, but never really got around to putting it on the blog.

Confession

I lied when I said that I won't be blogging on vacation. I just found this comic that I guessed I uploaded before I went, so here it goes!