Thanks to everyone who has read and/or commented on The Incredible Radiaition Poisoning Man thus far... because there aren't a lot of comments, I'm going to assume that it's perfect and that you're just in awe of my mastery.
[turns off ironic faux-arrogance]
Yesterday, I replaced the first story page (where they're sitting in the lecture hall) with a new version, where I re-drew most of the characters and replaced the text with a computer font (it was mostly to change the name of the professor to something that wasn't the actual name of a real person that I know).
Anyway, Something that has always been frustrating (especially since I started forcing myself to draw full IRPM pages and post them on here) is that I always like the pencil versions of the drawings, but when I trace over them in pen, I'm never really satisfied with it. Plus, it takes a long time and it hurts my hand and I have to fix a bunch of mistakes in Photoshop and wah wah wah wah wah. Hard work isn't a problem as long as I'm mostly satisfied with the end product, but in too many cases, I'm not.
This is the problem with doing any kind of art -- the things that are wrong with it are, ultimately, the things that drive the artist insane, even if they're incredibly insignificant. So, after doing some research and some experimentation, I've decided to make a change to the way I draw IRPM comics.
I'm going to try using a "non-photo blue" pencil (it's a shade of blue that doesn't show up well when scanned), and then tracing over them with a regular pencil. Then, using only an exposure adjustment in Photoshop, I eliminate the blue and darken the pencil. Here's what that looks like:
I'm considering (read: going to be) re-drawing most of the IRPM stuff I've already put up. That doesn't mean a complete overhaul. I made sure to scan all the pencil drawings before I inked them, and I'll basically just be printing those out in the same turquoise colour as my pencil, tracing over them, and replacing them. I'm not adjusting the drawing style or the story at all... it's just that the actual lines and figures will look tighter and neater. I'll keep the orignal pen versions up (in the Facebook page, as separate albums), in case you decide that you prefer the drawings I will come to loathe and resent.
I can't help but think this seems Geroge Lucas-y. I will rationalize this, however, by realizing that I am only a 17-year-old with a cheapo Blogspot account.
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