The Wind Picks Up
Before I go any farther, for those of you that need a refresher on the storyline, please feel free to start at the beginning.
First comic back, and now it’s time to stretch the old “artist description” muscles. To be honest, my primary goal with this comic, was to pick up where the storyline left off, without embarrassing myself too badly. Hopefully I achieved both, but we’ll see.
Aside from that overachiever-level goal, I’d also like to think that this comic represents what I hope will be the new, more narrative focused JP&TM. Not that I’m suggesting that this comic is breaking some sort of narrative ground or anything, but I’m hoping that in the coming weeks, everyone will start to notice a much more cohesive storytelling focus.
On the technical side, I am willing to admit that perhaps I might have fallen back to my old ways and over-rendered the sandcastle slightly, but I’m hoping that’s offset by the flow of the fourth and fifth panels.
Either way, it feels good to be back, even in a slightly reduced capacity (it’s only going to be a comic a week until further notice) and I look forward to continuing to flex my comicing muscles.
July 9th, 2008 at 3:47 am
It’s great to finally see some new JP&TM. I think you have achieved your goal. With this size/format, are you thinking of submitting to Zuda?
July 9th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Welcome back, Jim. And keep kicking :).
July 9th, 2008 at 6:27 am
‘Bout friggin’ ti–er, welcome back, Jim! I like the texture on the sand castle. The symbols in the expletives are pretty funny. The syringe and bird and a nice touch.
Aren’t there sand castle making tech toys in the future?
July 9th, 2008 at 6:38 am
@Kevin: Negative. I think zuda had a decent idea in their size format, but other than that, I’m not keen on Zuda I don’t think. I’m actually not planning on always sticking to any one format. Instead my goal is to stay within the comic book page proportions, and divide it as needed. For example, my earlier strips in this story line were all in 1/3 page sizes, then this is the 1/2 page size, and eventually we might even see some full page sized strips.
@mischo: Thanks!
@me: I considered the tech toys for sandcastles, but I felt like hardcore competition types might want to kick it old school.
July 9th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Adam, let go the damn rope! Or not. Very funny last panel. And I doubt you can ever really over-render a sandcastle - those buggers take a lot of work, even in real life!
Oh, and welcome back, Jim. It’s a breath of fresh pixels to see your work back online.
July 9th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
@Doug: “Adam, let go the damn rope!” — I hope not! That would pretty much end my storyline right there, with things only just beginning to get out of control…
July 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Yea! JP & TM is back.
Clip art for expletives. Very clever.
& I think rain of a different kind is in the forecast. (Hahaha)
July 15th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Hey Jim, your’e back !! Whey - hey ! Something mystical made me type ‘jet packs’ into Google and Lo and behold your’e back, and better than ever ! - missed you! I’m going to be (once again) a regular visitor to make sure your’e behaving yourself - and dont buzz off again!
Seriosuly Jim, I have a smile on my face now! hope all is well with you, and I’m looking forward to whatever comes our way !
Cheers,
Jan
July 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
@Brandy: I try.
@Jan: Thanks Jan, I’m trying to ease back into, and keep, a regular update schedule again, so we’ll see how it goes.