Day 23: late post, but with time lapse

Apologies. Between the Late Late Toy Show and Xmas tree decorating, I am posting very late. (Haven't slept yet, so it's still today.)

Figured I'd better make up for it, so I recorded the entire panel being inked. (Also figured it had been a while since the last one, so it was time!) It's roughly 2.5 min (sped up). For future if I hit that lenght, I'll try to add a voice over to explain some of th stuff I'm doing and to make it more interesting. No time this time around. Already late, remember? Doing this blog/production report for me, but those of you who are kind enough check in, help me feel guilty if I don't stick to the daily log in. Thank you for that (seriously.)

Any way, here's the final panel and below is the time lapse. I hope you enjoy and leave any questions or comments below.

Have a great weekend.

If you want to find out what is going on in the panels or if you want to learn more about Jon Pay or Gus MacDugal, there are three comics available on ComiXology. 

(Jon Pay, PI, Gus MacDugal and Jack Knightley ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 4: Mix it up

That's four days in a row. Maybe I will be able to keep this up.

Here's a bit of a time lapse and the finished panel. Out of context, it gives nothing away, so I felt safe sharing. 

If you pay attention to the video, you may spot  how, thanks to inking digitally now, I am actually able to edit or change my pencil. I was once taught by a very prominent inker that "the reader will see my work, not the pencilers". Granted I'm nowhere near as brave as he was and don't think I would give anyone the same advice, however it has pushed me to be looser with my inks and to not always stick a 100% to the pencils. Then again, I am inking myself, and I am a very forgiving individual.

And, as always, if you want to learn more about Jon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Day 3: something a little different

As promised I will try to mix it up a little. That being said, here is a time lapse of my latest panel. I have been looking forward to this one. Just thought Jon Pay looked cool in it.

As you can probably see, I try to stick to the rule of doing the outline of the character first, followed by all the details after. It's not so important in a panel like this but in a busier panel with things happening on several (visual) levels, it makes the panel work better if you can separate the different levels solely by the outlines. At least that was what I was taught and it works for me, so again, I try to stick to it.

As always, comments and feedback is more than welcome.

And if you want to learn more about Jon Pay, there are three comics available on ComiXology (for a very reasonable price if I do say so myself... and I'm a cheapscape...)

(Jon Pay, PI ™ & ©, C. A. Aabø, 2017.)

Mummy piece begins

Started work on a piece I've wanted to work on for the longest time. Figured a little drawing on something I'd enjoy, was overdue...