Thursday, September 22, 2005

Notes: A deadly game...

I think this weeks cartoon is pretty funny... not raucously hilariously funny, but nice little chuckle funny. It's probably not the most original cartoon in the world, but the execution of it I think works. From Bif's "Look! Penguins!" approach to the expression on Deaths face at the prospect of seeing penguins, I think all in all it works pretty well.

Because it would be hard for you to tell from the angle, I thought I should mention that it features Ryan who was last seen in 'the price is right...'

Only one real note about the drawing of this one, when I sketched in initially I didn't include the background:



I had a good idea I wanted them to be on a cliffside by the sea, like in 'Seventh Seal', and that's what I drew:



But something was really bothering me about it. The perspective was wrong and the top left hand corner made everything look flat. I thought about changing it and then thought, sod it I could end up messing with it for ages and still not get it right. But then it bothered me so much I changed it. And it made a huge difference.



And the point of all this? I haven't a clue. Except maybe little things can make a huge difference!