Thanks. The next comic just rolled over four pages (and early readings to My Lovely Wife did get hearty laughs.)
Sigh... Making the models takes time. In some cases a lot of time. It really depends on costume complexity and what out-of-the-box objects I can use. I have
a fairly long request list for toons; and some of them are going to take longer than others.
I try and base my time priorities on a few factors, the first is the requirement for the comic I am working on (or the one I am working on next); the next is
my affinity to the toon, those I have actually spent time teaming with, and the third is simple complexity. While it is satisfying to create a close match to
a particular toon; I often grab at the low hanging fruit and build toons that I know I can build in a reasonable time (Most recently Glass Lass). I have
several 'sketch' directories set up with toons in progress - I was working on Space Mage recently.
Of course some toons (Like Pooky) look easy on the surface, but turned into a right cluster when I tried to mess with certain aspects. My tools do a great job
with certain things, but gracefully varying height is not one of them (something that is a constant cheese off in this comic which features Jackie - tall and
Bella - not so tall.)
On the plus side, I think I have all the models done that I need to finish the next issue (Though my lovely wife may take umbrage if I don't add one of her
toons in soon - possibly Fae, most certainly Morgan or Min)
Shayne
Sigh... Making the models takes time. In some cases a lot of time. It really depends on costume complexity and what out-of-the-box objects I can use. I have
a fairly long request list for toons; and some of them are going to take longer than others.
I try and base my time priorities on a few factors, the first is the requirement for the comic I am working on (or the one I am working on next); the next is
my affinity to the toon, those I have actually spent time teaming with, and the third is simple complexity. While it is satisfying to create a close match to
a particular toon; I often grab at the low hanging fruit and build toons that I know I can build in a reasonable time (Most recently Glass Lass). I have
several 'sketch' directories set up with toons in progress - I was working on Space Mage recently.
Of course some toons (Like Pooky) look easy on the surface, but turned into a right cluster when I tried to mess with certain aspects. My tools do a great job
with certain things, but gracefully varying height is not one of them (something that is a constant cheese off in this comic which features Jackie - tall and
Bella - not so tall.)
On the plus side, I think I have all the models done that I need to finish the next issue (Though my lovely wife may take umbrage if I don't add one of her
toons in soon - possibly Fae, most certainly Morgan or Min)
Shayne