August 22nd, 2008
The Poorly Thought Out Strip
Here is an actual, completed strip. I think I’ve come around finally, though I still feel very uncoordinated. I think it shows in the not great art.
I now have about fifty emails to sort through, so I’m going to get to that.
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Holy christballs on a sunday! You’ve actually coloured in a comic for once this month! Wowzas.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am
Late Friday!
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:28 am
Fighting fire with fire doesn’t work with that kind of fire… :D :?
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 am
looks great
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:10 am
I bet the guys that paid her are gonna be pissed. I love Pepper’s facial expressions
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:13 am
Josh, you’ve been giving yourself a hard time for thinking you’re art isn’t good enough.
And I don’t think its valid.
Remember back in the day when you did a fan art for theater hopper?
I remember him saying that you “draw the sexiest women”.
If I compare you’re art with the other comics that I’ve been following for a bit, it’s pretty plain to see that yours is the most detailed and most original.
Sure, Gabe is a master of his craft, but he’s doing it fulltime and definitely has a different style than yours.
If I compare you’re work now with the comics from your archive, you can definitely see a smooth steady improvement curve.
Don’t give yourself such a hard time, you don’t deserve it.
August 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 am
As good as ever!
August 23rd, 2008 at 8:17 am
I agree with Dave, your art has definitely improved over time, and even back in the day I bought some of your donation incentives. I’d be doing the same now, if I had any money :(
So it can’t be all bad if people keep coming back and giving you money for it, eh?
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
yeah josh, geez man, i know artist are always belittling their own work, but you can stop that now, ok? your art is fine. good, in fact. you even challenge yourself with complex settings and multiple storylines, for christ sake. incidentally, your fantasy arc was really interesting, and i was disappointed to hit the end of your pepperwood story. the characters were all really engaging. you have a very good sense of story. in my opinion (whatever my opinion is worth to you). So cut yourself a little more slack, ok? in fact, maybe when an artist is disatisfied by their early work, it’s an indication of their growth as an artist. you’ve got lots of cool stuff going on. keep at it!!
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
This isn’t a “I’m not a very good artist” excuse/moment, there really are some mistakes I saw I made in this strip, just because I fell out of that drawing pace. Most days I am satisfied, today I feel it could have been cleaner. The main thing is, it got done. I am happy with how Pepper turned out in #3 though.
August 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Pepper’s high face is awesome. Better hope that’s BC Bud.
August 24th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Break out the bong, lol.
August 24th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hey, those plants haven’t even blossomed. Nothing will happen, when you burn them… ;)
August 25th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Smart arse!
Heh, I’ll admit my knowledge of such things is non-existent, but I do think the joke comes across.