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Preview – Page 2 inks

Brock Beauchamp
February 11, 2011

Initially, I was expecting to post some sketches of for the good of the people in the preview for this week and while I started initial character sketches last night, they are nowhere near the point where I’m comfortable posting the concepts. I nailed the dog character immediately but half an hour into the sketching session, I realized that I had absolutely no freakin’ idea what a frog looks like in real life. You take animals for granted, thinking that you know what they look like but when it comes time to actually put pencil to paper, you realize that... View Article

Website revisions

Brock Beauchamp
February 9, 2011

I’ve spent the past two weeks wracking my brain on how to improve navigation for the site. It’s been a long and at times, frustrating road to cleaning up the navigation, links, comic reader, and almost every other aspect of the site. I’ve done about as much as I can for the time being and while there are small problems whose fixes still escape me, I have to step back for a few days and let the dust settle on the current design. After awhile, it just feels as if I’m changing elements for the sake of changing them and... View Article

First page!

Brock Beauchamp
February 7, 2011

Over the weekend, I was able to dedicate large blocks of time to the main book, allowing me to skip ahead and post the cover this morning on schedule. I think it turned out well and while I’m not crazy about cell shading, the time saved allows me to shave the time allotted for coloring in half. Coloring is far and away my weakest point in this process so I’m hoping that I can improve quickly on what I consider to be a rather lackluster part of the comic. This week, I think I’m going to try to stick to... View Article

First page inks

Brock Beauchamp
February 4, 2011

I took a few hours to finish up inks for the first page of the book so I thought I’d post it up here for a preview… It’s basically just a re-working of a page that I did three or four months ago that I felt was below my standards for sequential layout. Artistically, it was acceptable but the layout didn’t convey the images I wanted to portray on the first page. This one is a huge improvement over that piece and I don’t feel bad for spending the time to draw the first page again. Anyway, I’ve been hashing... View Article

Ecaterina – final page

Brock Beauchamp
February 1, 2011

Well, it’s time to wrap up the second Variables short story in preparation for the upcoming main book, which should release next week. I’ve been dealing with the fallout from a house fire that consumed most of my father’s possessions in the past week and that will probably continue several weeks into the future. As a result, my update schedule may vary slightly as I fall behind due to other personal obligations. Other than that mess, it’s great to see the second short story come together. It’s a non-stop learning process, as I see mistakes pop up on every page.... View Article

Art preview – Variables cover

Brock Beauchamp
January 27, 2011

After what seems like an eternity, I finally have line art ready to post. This is the cover for the first issue, which *should* be colored, lettered, and posted on February 7th. It was a breath of fresh air to sit down on a full size comic board and use my ol’ Hunt #102 quill on a piece instead of the all-Prismacolor setup I use for the short stories. As you can see, the art is considerably cleaner than my previous work. I briefly considered sticking with the Prismacolor brush pen to do even the main book after seeing how... View Article