the dregs #37

this episode, drawn in mid february 2010, is something that i agree with. i am one of those people that hates valentine's day. i know i sound bitter, but it has nothing to do with relationship status. i think it's a stupid "holiday" that i'm guessing was made with good intentions (and you know what they say about those) but has become something gross. don't go out to eat with all the other lemmings because a card company tells you to. do something special because you want to WHEN you want to. that being said, this is a saying that i use from time to time (i also flip flop it for new year's eve). the punchline was something that i struggled with, but i think peg pulls it off.

on a technical note, i used mechanical pens to ink this episode and i think i'm going to stick with them. i'm going to have to get a bigger variety of line widths, though, but it'll be worth it. not only did it cut down on the inking time, but look at the line quality. much better.

the dregs #34

this episode was done in the last week of january 2010. it was a relatively new joke from work that the door guy and i made up. we both have beards and we were talking about how he grooms his and how i just try to keep my mustache from getting in my food. somehow it got to "if i had back hair, i'd get that shit taken care of." it just kind of went from there.

on a technical note, sal's top arm took a little while to get right - the foreshortening, etc - but i think it came out great. i'm going to keep trying to put the characters in interesting poses and layouts. the last few have really looked great. also, i really really am happy with the line work in this one. over the past few episodes, i thought my pen nibs had dulled and needed replacing. i found out that they were just gunked up with the bristol board after the tooth of it had roughed up from erasing. either i have to quit erasing or stop being so hasty when i ink. it might take longer, but the latter is the obvious choice.