by ncwinters on January 16, 2009
…it’s your day job.
Freelance Freedom #4 is a fun piece of fiction describing the nightmares of Freelance Guy. Have I mentioned that the main character is named Freelance Guy yet? Well that’s his name, you’ll find out why later. This comic was also a fun exercise in creating a gag with almost no text. This happens to be one of my favorite comics I’ve done, complete with two of my most favoritest panels ever. Panels two and three for some reason came out top notch, in my opinion. Don’t take it as conceit, as once I’m done with a comic strip (or any piece of art for that matter) I usually only see the errors. This seems to be the case with a lot of fellow artist friends out there. Some kind of masochistic streak or something. Panel two specifically is one of the best studies of depth I’ve ever done, especially for this comic. I think the more recent comics have “flattened out” pretty heavily and only focus on the foreground. I may have to take this into consideration and step it up in the next few weeks. Keep an eye out, and hold me to it. I also notice that I wasn’t using the halftone pattern very much in the beginning. Enjoy.
*NCW*
Freelance Freedom #4
by ncwinters on January 8, 2009
…almost.
Freelance Freedom #3 was of course still early on in the new comic process. Not a bad comic, just back in the time when I was still focusing on all the wonderful perfect marvelousness that is freelancing. I’ve since made it a point to make sure I talk about some of the more frustrating aspects as well. Also we see the first instance of the bunny slippers. They will be prevalent throughout the strip as the iconic image of the sign of the Freelancer. I need to see if I can actually find a pair of these somewhere someday. Any ideas? Enjoy.
*NCW*
Freelance Freedom #3
by ncwinters on January 8, 2009
…small, medium and no-freaking-way.
Creative License #2 was a fun trip into make-believe land. I say ‘trip’ but the truth is I’ve got a summer home there. Let’s just say I’m a regular and my passport is up-to-date. I did this comic like so many while at my contract job, out on the quad being a loner at lunch. I use the lunch break to of course…work some more. I’m not quite sure exactly how to not always be working, but I’m working on it. Anyhoo, since the job is a production gig, I’m surrounded by other designers and I think that day I was noodling around with Pantone swatches to get a color I wanted. I actually don’t use a Pantone book as often as I should, mainly right before I’m finishing a job and need all my colors in Illustrator to jive on the final print, t-shirt or whatever. Enjoy.
Creative License #2
