If you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
Again pressed for time. Only got some time here and some time there, got to do a little bit of different things.
First off, here is the final panel of the top half of page. 18. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but I work in half pages (sometimes even more than half, depending on the layout of the page). That means I've filled in the missing characters from yesterday.
I also discovered that I had accidentally saved enough screenshots to make a progression video of the top half of page 18. It's only 40 seconds long (with music this time) and you'll get to see a little more of how I work.
I also ended up with a little computer time, which never happens. As a result I finished lettering an earlier page, page 11. Now, I can't show you the whole thing, as there are one or two minor (or major...) spoilers in the first few panels. Still, you get some cool panels.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
A little boy is still not a 100% and a slightly older girl who has a serious case of Igotwhatrestoclassgoticitis, evidently only cure-able by major doses of chocolate buttons and iPad sessions... end result, I'm falling behind.
As you can see, I always try to ink the background first . I do this because the background pretty much has to look a certain way and once it's done, it is easier to ensure that your characters stand out.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
I believe this is how we all feel on Friday morning.
...and this is the coffee situation...
Here we have the return of Jack Knightley and his girlfriend, Ella. Keep forgetting how big of a cast I have in PJon Pay PI: Prizefighters & Knickerbockers. See if I can't share some of the other characters I've introduced.
Have a great weekend.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
And every time I feel like this someone like this always shows up...
Not exactly a Gus MacDugal moment, but the can't all be that, now can they...
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology.
Who'd have thunk it?!? Day 20?!? Keep this up and I might actually finish one day...
Anyhoo, here's another Jon Pay/Gus MacDugal moment. I like these. As to what's going on here, it's safer not to know so don't ask...
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology.
More supporting characters!! Here we have Jack Knightley comforting his girlfriend Ella...
...at the same time as Gus MacDugalreceives his marching orders.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology.
It's the weekend, so a little bit harder to get a proper update in. Anyway, here it is. All the gang, Jon Pay, Gus MacDugal and Jack Knightley, have all arrived at their destination that they've been charging towards over the last few days. What is going on may or may not have to remain a secret. At least for now.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (sorry. Not included in any of the Black Friday offers. Then again, they're always cheap.)
I finished making corrections to yesterday's panel. (These corrections didn't slow me down as much as panel one did, but you can see me working on them here.) What do you think? Better?
And I managed to continue.
Raymond Chandler has been quoted for saying that whenever he was stuck in a story, he would have someone walk through a door with a gun. Not quite what happened here, but I like that little nugget of information and I like to refer to it every now and then, especially if I'm stuck in a story.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (sorry. Not included in any of the Black Friday offers. Then again, they're always cheap.)
Don't just hate when you finish something and you are really happy with how it turned out. You show it to people whose opinion you respect and you expect them to sing your praises. Instead they start pointing out things that are wrong and/or could be improved. And you know what's worse?!? Having to admit that they are right!!!
So here's the panel that Rob X Román, script-doctor and editor of Jon Pay, PI: Prizefighters & Knickerbockers and Frank M. Cuonzo, colorist extrodinare and also editor, had issues with. They felt I needed to make some changes to Jack Knightley. (Thanks, guys, for always pushing me to do better!)
And here's me trying heed their advice and make the suggested improvements.
What do you think? Were the guys right?
Also, Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends and family.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
One of many things I love about working digitally (I "ink" on a iPad Pro with ApplePencil), is the eraser. You draw the full background, making sure everything goes to the vanishing point. Then you just erase anything you don't need. Yes, you could of course do the same thing traditionally but you'd be left with bulky, blobs of whiteout.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
Couldn't finish this one. Don't know why it's taking me so long...
This is going to be a tough page. Lot of backgrounds in most of the panels, but I'll do my best.
If you want to learn more aboutJon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
Well, who'd'a thought?!? Page 15 done bang on schedule!! I promised yesterday I'd show the last three panels and as I said on day 5, Gus MacDugal would get some screen time.
If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
Sorry I'm a little. Busy Sunday. But it is still today, so I'm still on time.
One panel off finishing this page. I'll show the last three panels tougher, just cause I like them. So today, here's are some details of panel 11. (Yes, you read that right: 12 panels in this page. I just can't help myself...)
Let me know what you think or if you have any questions.
And, as always, if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
Told you this was one of Gus MacDugal's "moments" and a sequence I've been looking forward to. Granted, as I discovered, I was not looking forward to the background. One of those background that is a LOT of work to get right, because if you have one line wrong, it ruins the whole effect. And in this case it was three times as important to get it right (you see why over the next few days...). I do think I pulled it off. What do you think?
And speaking of Gus moments, here's one of my favorites ones from Jon Pay, PI: The Comedy is Over. It was written by my partner-in-crime, Rob X Román and this scene is pure Gus. TCiO was a first in so many ways: the first JP that was produced fully digitally, the shortest production time, the most noir-ish to date, and the first one where I did not write the script. Up on till this story, I would write the script and Rob would iron out some kinks (or tell me everything I'd done wrong...). This time around, Rob wrote the script and I tried desperately to find something, ANYTHING, he'd done wrong. It was one of the must fun and educational comic-productions I've had. Look forward to doing it again, either withanother Jon Pay adventure or we may go Steampunk Western. When Rob's involved, you don't always know where you'll end up. I had never thought Jon would be investigating muder under the Big Top.
And, as always, if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
I was doing so well last night, I thought I was gonna be able to finish two panels. Then I had a major technical issue with FlickNex and before I knew it, two hours had gone by and the technical issue was still there... ain't technology swell?!?
I love having Gus in a scene. He is just such a fun character to work with. More than once he'll pretty much write himself and I am forced to cut jokes that I find hilarious but have nothing to do with the story and actually slows things down. At least he has several chances to shine in Prizefighters & Knickerbockers as he also did inBullets, Babes & Bylines.
And, as always, if you want to learn more aboutJon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)
