Tag Archive: variables

Introduction to Henri

Brock Beauchamp
January 24, 2012

This page starts off the explanation phase of this issue with the introduction of Henri. He’s a bit of a weasel and Karter has known him for quite some time. But given Karter’s past, he knows many sketchy characters because he is one himself. He’s not really a good guy. He has the best of intentions but, as with many nationalistic people, that fervor for their country is often led in a destructive direction. In other stuff news whatever, I’m building a bit of a buffer up right now. I’m one full page ahead as of today and by next... View Article

New art preview setup

Brock Beauchamp
January 23, 2012

I have never been entirely satisfied with the art preview setup I’ve used for Variables. While I think it’s cool to show the inks for an upcoming page, I wasn’t sold on showing the entire page and revealing what happens next in the comic. So I’m going to change it up for awhile and see how it goes. Instead of showing the entire page of inks, I’m going to show part of the page, fully colored, with no text bubbles in place. So there you go. I’m really enjoying this new coloring method I’m using, though the tiered nature of... View Article

Walkin’ down the street

Brock Beauchamp
January 17, 2012

One of the most irritating part of my mornings are coming up with blog titles for the day. It shouldn’t be that frustrating; they don’t matter. But I sit and stare at the empty field for five minutes anyway. I’m somewhat happy with this page. I like my new coloring style and think it will work nicely once I refine it a bit. On the other hand, much of the anatomy on this page is a mess. Overall, the page is a wash. I really don’t have much to say about it this morning other than “check back on Thursday”... View Article

Laughing at the cops

Brock Beauchamp
January 11, 2012

This page’s coloring and lettering went much faster (and better) than I expected. Initially, I really disliked this page. Now, I kind of like the first panel. I think I did an okay job on the buildings and they came out pretty realistic-looking. Overall, I’m happy the page is done and I’m (mostly) not ashamed of it. This week, I’m getting back on schedule. Expect to see the next page preview on Friday or Monday (probably Monday) and then the full page on Tuesday. After that, I may slip in an extra page to try to catch up on a... View Article

Scene change

Brock Beauchamp
December 27, 2011

Strangely enough, the hardest part of this page was to find pictures of the uniforms of the Hellenic Police. I searched for nearly an hour before coming up with one image to show the upper half of their uniforms. After spending another half an hour looking for a photo displaying the lower half, I gave up and winged it. Sometimes, a guy can get stuck on the stupidest things that slow down production. Originally, this was going to be a two page week but with the holidays and family visiting, I doubt that’s going to be the case. Hopefully I... View Article

Cops!

Brock Beauchamp
December 22, 2011

I’ve been trying to see how much content I could produce for Variables on a weekly basis and after trying to draw, color, and publish two pages a week and failing at it for about a month, I’ve settled on a three pages every two weeks schedule for the time being. One week (like, say, this one), I’ll publish a finished page on Tuesday and a preview on Thursday. The following week, I will publish a page on both Tuesday and Thursday. That schedule seems to be my limit for production now that each page is taking me close to... View Article