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I could have sworn I already put a comic up for today, but apparently not – so, here is one (20 mins late, so sue me). At least I’m updating unlike some people. DAILY, too.
Honestly, there’s a respect I have for daily artists, so I’m glad I am one. I think there’s a certain commitment one needs to create art at such a rate. I couldn’t have handled daily with as much work as I put into the Fish Food comics, but Penny and Arthur are so much fun to draw (and have so little going on artistically) that I’m really happy with the daily workflow.
Also: Happy Birthday to Jeff Dohl (whose house I am currently at!). Other birthday comics can and will be found here (I’ve also put a link at the top of the page).
–Erty
P.S. Google analytics tells me I have viewers from China! 你好
I don’t think about it much – but this comic is being drawn by the Erty in FishFood III. Which is drawn by the Erty at Lawrence U. Layers of reality and un-reality (or for Jeff “Happy Birthday” Dohl) layers of realty.
Hey, I’m not on Erty’s “unlike some people.” That’s good.
Ah, thanks for reminding me! You’ve been added.
I don’t care much for daily comics because a lot of time the art tends to look sloppier– I’d rather the artist take the time to make sure that it looks clean and correct, characters are consistent and proportionate, placement and emphasis of objects make spatial sense both internally and in page design terms, etc. But that’s because having high quality art is important.
I’ve done some comics like that (although not many), and I plan to do comics like that in the future. Penny and Arthur is really about the story and the jokes. I agree – I would like to be able to spend six hours on a comic, and I know that a lot of the time my characters are terribly mis-proportioned. Unfortunately, grades are my first priority, so I can realistically only spend a short time on each comic.
I’m enjoying being able to draw each day, and as we move into the future (hurr hurr) I’ll be experimenting with different art effects and stuff.
Thanks for the comment!
–Erty
Oops, I meant to say that’s because *I think* having high-quality art is important. Some comics actually don’t need it.
Working on art every single day is one of the key ways of improving, I’ll give you that. Whether it’s drawing something new every day or spending several days working on one piece doesn’t matter as much. It’s a tradeoff, though, because frequent updates are indeed great. Since I belong in the camp of “if it looks wrong, draw it over”, I’m not likely to be able to output new material more than tri-weekly at the very most (that is, when I finally focus on a single project), but that’s okay.
Back to your comic, I’m interested in seeing where this goes. I do wish you would put more effort into making your characters designs and proportions more consistent, but I understand where you’re coming from.