Don’t worry, the lazer pistol has a safety, and it was definitely on during that interaction on the bridge.
Also, tangentially related to the comic, a friend of mine who has been reading the comic asked how long my comic making process takes. I threw out some random numbers that I thought sounded right at the time, but I thought I would actually keep track for the next one . . . which was this one. The Line work step took longer than it should have because what I had drawn in the thumbnail step (not listed because I did it before I had decided to time myself) didn’t translate well to the actual page so I had to draw and redraw a couple of panels.
Framing: (Drawing the comic panels) 40 Minutes
Line Work: (The art that actually goes in each panel) 15 Hours and 10 Minutes
Inking: (Going over the line work with black inks so I can scan it into the computer for coloring) 3 Hours and 10 Minutes
Scanning/Clean-up: (Getting the images scanned and cleaning up mistakes made during the inking step) 50 Minutes
Text and Speech Bubbles: (Yep) 1 Hour
Flatting: (Segmenting out each panel with random color [it sounds dumb but it’s helpful, trust me]) 4 Hours and 45 Minutes
Coloring: (Replacing the flat colors with the correct colors) 2 Hours and 40 Minutes
Total Work : 28 Hours and 15 Minutes
Oof . . . I’m planning on changing the process slightly to make flatting and coloring easier, that should cut some time.
Hopefully with more practice I will be able to cut the time down slightly. It would also help if I stopped making each page so massively large, but alas, it simply is that way.
Men in Pink Page 10
Here’s page 9 part 2, A.K.A. page 10. In which I upload the other part of a comic that was way too large to be one page, so says the Squarespace. Bartholomew has a serious anger management problem, he should probably get that checked out.
Men in Pink Page 9
Foreshadowing?
Drawing Brian and Marrisa is just the cutest thing. Also, since I’m sure someone will ask . . . it’s far from universal, but unibrows are kind of an in fashion thing right now among Spoonlogian men. Brian and Anthony are totally on top of the fashion curve.
Men in Pink Page 8
This has got to be Marissa’s worst day ever, first some big shot Ambassador comes in and makes her cry and now this?! How could this day possibly get any worse? Oh, yeah . . . and I guess the Ambassador got kidnapped or whatever.
Men in Pink Page 7
Looks like a war zone out here, wait . . . is that . . ?
Men in Pink Page 6
Sophia has invoked Murphy’s Law, only disaster can follow.
Men in Pink Page 5
“Administrative Assistants are people too, don’t be a jerk because you didn’t get your way.”
-Me, just now
Men in Pink Page 4
Eleanor is not much of a morning person . . . and Sophia is just so happy to be here.
Men in Pink Page 3
War sucks . . .
Men in Pink Page 2
It’s a holiday on Oonspayway, something tells me Bartholomew will be a bit too busy to celebrate though.
Men in Pink Page 1
For whatever reason, when you put an image into a blog post (this) it gets a little squished. I want people to be able to comment if they want, which is a feature only available in blog posts. Quite the conundrum, but I think it’s more important to have the better image available than to comment, etc. so I’ll have a link to these pages from the main ones until such a time as that is no longer necessary. Happy commenting!