[Image: A screencap of Photoshop with all the menus hidden. On the canvas is a sketch of a comic panel: a girl is hunched over a desk with a laptop on it, writing in a notebook.]
Paths are totally great for working out perspective. #PROTIP
Tag: the hues
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[Image: A screenshot of Photoshop of a sketchy woman in sunglasses giving a WTF expression.]
LAUREN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IT’S NOT YOUR TURN YET.
ETA: Maaaaaan I just realized Lauren is totally channeling Hipster Ariel!
Some forward progress
So far I’m up to page 3 of The Hues. The rest of the chapter (24 pages total) is all thumbnailed and loosely scripted.
I’ve processed and sent off some sketches for the secret collaboration project.
The Hues website doesn’t look totally like butts now. (Going to save up for a Real Web Designer to make it look cool, but this’ll do for now.)
It still feels like climbing a mountain, but I’m trying to focus on the progress.
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[Image: Two side-by-side screencaps of comic lettering in Photoshop.]
I think I’m getting the hang of hand lettering. The letters on the left are from page 1, and on the right is page 3, which itself is the most dialogue-heavy so far. I was getting into a pretty good groove and the letters on the right more closely resemble my handwriting.
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[Image: A painted comic page of the Columbus skyline at nighttime, with a blue hologram floating in the sky above the buildings.]
That skyline looks familiar… hmmm….
This is a big splash page/panel with an inset panel up at the top, but I took the BG into a new file for the painting part. :) I’m really happy with this!
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[Image: Colored pencil drawing of Hue Violet looking fierce.]
Some cast members have shuffled around. Maya here used to be Hue Auburn, but I decided to cut the previous Violet and put Maya in her place. Violet’s emblem was previously a diamond shape, which is now on Saffron’s uniform.
Ink, marker, and colored pencil on brown card stock.
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[Image: Colored pencil illustration of Hue Azure looking serene.]
Still not totally sure about that emblem (it is one element that was there from day 1) but it’ll do for now.
Colored pencil, marker, ink, on brown card stock.
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[Image: Colored pencil drawing of Hue Flora looking vivacious.]
I really like her hair.
Colored pencil, marker, ink, brown card stock.
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[Image: Colored pencil drawing of Hue Saffron with a snarky expression, flipping the bird.]
Lauren has a bad attitude and is not putting up with my bullshit.
Oh and I haven’t figured out if she needs glasses as Saffron or not. She probably will, because that would make it more interesting, I think. But I obviously forgot to draw them.
Ink, colored pencils, and marker on brown card stock