SVS Virtual Studio MARCH 2023

[crispalomino]

Hi, everyone.

I started a webcomic on Valentine’s day, The MisAdventures of Winston about a french bulldog and his friends.

[crispalomino]

@Melissa_Bailey wonderful!

[crispalomino]

@Lisa-Clark do you know about Clip Studio Paint? One of the cool things about it is it has poseable models to use as drawing references. They just had an update and added a hand camera. You use your phone camera on your hand and it poses the hand model in CSP to match. So can’t find reference for a hand pose, make your own. That excited me.

[jenn]

@Chantal-Goetheer those are lovely, i bet the kids loved them!

[jenn]

After a dry spell of many months I dredged up an old concept this morning (again) to try solve the problem of why it just wasn't working even though I had already redone it once. I was partly motivated by the bunny boys' latest draw-over video, so I am offering many many thanks for putting that out for the world each month. It might be many months again until I finish it, but the point is that I sat my butt in the chair today to start Iteration 3. Hugs and/or solidarity to everyone who is finding it hard to do that, too.

Iteration 1:

Iteration 2:

Current Iteration:

[Chantal Goetheer]

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[Chantal Goetheer]

@jenn it looks very promising! Can imagine the horrified look of the parent when walking into that scene. Great you picked it up again.

[LauraA]

@agathe Hi! I am in Turin, about two hours from the border. For the illo, my suggestions are by no means obligatory, but since I spend most of the past year working on storytelling, I thought I would offer something from what I've learned. For me, storytelling is one of the trickiest parts!

[LauraA]

@NickyDrew It's such a struggle trying to figure out how far to take each element stylistically! I did go back and rework Hansel's face, then deleted most of it and ended up with a little more volume. I probably end up spending more time on cartoony faces than I do on more realistic ones! Draw, delete, draw, delete, hmm, there's something I like. I wonder why? Eh, just go with it! Etc.

[LauraA]

@crispalomino Such sympathetic expressions!

[ArtMelC]

@jenn Just wanna say good to see you back here! It's looking great.

[crispalomino]

@LauraA thank you very much.

[NickyDrew]

@crispalomino This is so adorable- I love how expressive your characters are!

[NickyDrew]

@LauraA Ha yep that's definitely a struggle! I think I spend more time erasing than drawing too!

[jenn]

@ArtMelC Thank you for your encouraging words

[Lisa Clark]

@crispalomino I did not know about that! I think that could come in very handy… Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

Hands are hard and I’m all up for anything that can make it easier. Thanks!!

[skeletortoise]

@LauraA I love the classic feel of these illustrations! Well done!

[skeletortoise]

@Mimi-Simon This looks so cool! Would love to see it when it's finished.

[jenn]

@Chantal-Goetheer thanks so much for the feedback

[Mimi Simon]

@skeletortoise i'll post it though it may not be till the April thread.