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cenaris wrote:Would the body Art and Pip buried in that flashback ages ago be linked to Vanity's upcoming ghost hunt?

Also, what's you opinion on character cameos in other webcomics? Would you thrilled or not if one of your characters had a background appearance in another webcomic?

No. That body was burried elsewhere.

As for cameos; it usually gets a smile

How do you break out of an art block? I'm sure you get them too. I just as soon as I pick up the pen, I start to feel overwhelmed by the thought of not performing that well with it. Any ideas?

cenaris wrote:How do you break out of an art block? I'm sure you get them too. I just as soon as I pick up the pen, I start to feel overwhelmed by the thought of not performing that well with it. Any ideas?

I do something else for a while. If you're not in the mood to do art, you're just gonna make things worse by sitting, staring at a blank page.

jollyjack wrote:

I do something else for a while. If you're not in the mood to do art, you're just gonna make things worse by sitting, staring at a blank page.

Good point.

The thing with art blocks (and writer's blocks for that matter) is that you're trying to force yourself into drawing something you really don't want to draw (or write). Often, the best remedy is to draw (or write) something else, preferably something that you find fun to draw (or write), and/or turn off your brain and see what comes out.

CyberCorn Entropic wrote:The thing with art blocks (and writer's blocks for that matter) is that you're trying to force yourself into drawing something you really don't want to draw (or write). Often, the best remedy is to draw (or write) something else, preferably something that you find fun to draw (or write), and/or turn off your brain and see what comes out.

Ya, but you see, that dosent work well if you cant in-vision it. if you cant see what ur going to draw form in your head, thair is no way that you will get it on paper. (I know from experience)

Zaran wrote:What ever happened to that Lemur neighbor in SA?

There's a lemur in Sequential Art?

Quoth Nikolai:
Ya, but you see, that dosent work well if you cant in-vision it. if you cant see what ur going to draw form in your head, thair is no way that you will get it on paper. (I know from experience)

That may actually be the problem. You're trying to come up with a concrete image before you draw it (at least, that's how I'm interpreting what you're saying).

Think of coming up with something to draw like running a car engine. If you want the engine to run smoothly, you need to warm it up first and get the oil lubricating the engine, but racing down the highway immediately upon starting the engine forces it to work harder and possibly even make it seize up because the oil isn't circulated enough.

Your brain is similar. It needs to be warmed up, perhaps by doodling in your sketchbook until an image bursts into your mind. That's what they mean by "getting the creative juices flowing". Those creative juices are the oil for your artistic brain.

If you're stuck on an image, you may be trying to force it through a part of your artistic brain that is, for some reason, lacking lubrication of creative juices. Maybe you really don't want to go the route you're trying to force your brain to go, but haven't admitted it yet. Possibly, you just need to warm up a bit and think of something else so your subconscious can play around with the idea for a bit.

This is basically what National Novel Writing Month encourages writers to do – stop focusing on coming up with a final work and just scribble out stuff, no matter how inane, half-witted, lame, or stupid it might be. Somewhere along the way (and you might not immediately realize it's happened), an idea will spark and that image you're trying to envision will start to appear.

Quoth Haskins:
There's a lemur in Sequential Art?

He's a ring-tailed lemur boy whom Jolly Jack was thinking of adding as a neighbor at one point. I know of two images in which he's shown — this one and this one.

OMG!!! thats the first time ive seen a picture of him. Thats awesome!

Will there be jade solo stories?

rpx wrote:Will there be jade solo stories?

Perhaps at some pont, but the 3 recently rescued Quinten girls need a bit of character development first. They're still just side-kick material.

Out of random curiosity, of what species is the lady Kat is threatening in the following comic?

She doesn't appear to be feline like Kat, but she does look sort of like a squirrel differently colored from Scarlet (perhaps a gray squirrel?). Granted, she could also be some other species, hence the question.

CyberCorn Entropic wrote:Out of random curiosity, of what species is the lady Kat is threatening in the following comic?

She doesn't appear to be feline like Kat, but she does look sort of like a squirrel differently colored from Scarlet (perhaps a gray squirrel?). Granted, she could also be some other species, hence the question.

I always thought that she was a dog mix?

After seeing what Helga can do. There is no doubt that she can go toe to toe with Xane from Gold Diggers.

Ever plan on doing a fan pic of Xane and Helga together ?

What ever happened to Sky?

After conquering South America what region of the World is Hamster Jack going after next?

Funny I was beginning to wonder where Sky went. I'd like to see more of her regardless of whether it's in the continued pages of her comic, something new or even in an Apsara folio, I think she needs to make another appearence.

cenaris wrote:Funny I was beginning to wonder where Sky went. I'd like to see more of her regardless of whether it's in the continued pages of her comic, something new or even in an Apsara folio, I think she needs to make another appearence.

She is in the the first Plethora of Pinup in the 2009 Apsara. But that is about all I've seen of her in a while. Praying for a Chloe and Sky Aspara at one point or another.

rpx wrote:After seeing what Helga can do. There is no doubt that she can go toe to toe with Xane from Gold Diggers.

Ever plan on doing a fan pic of Xane and Helga together ?

What ever happened to Sky?

The Nubian Avatar of Battle vs. A Valhallan-born Nordic Valkyrie.
Yeah; I'd pay to see that

Not had the chance to get back to Sky. She's one of many characters waiting for attention.

rpx wrote:Praying for a Chloe and Sky Aspara at one point or another.

I hope people are taking note. Wasn't Sky originally designed to be Chloe's playmate i,e: NSFW content?

jollyjack wrote:Not had the chance to get back to Sky. She's one of many characters waiting for attention.

I would be interested to see what she does next.

jollyjack wrote:
The Nubian Avatar of Battle vs. A Valhallan-born Nordic Valkyrie.
Yeah; I'd pay to see that

I second that.

Have you ever needed or used reference sheets for your characters? If so, are they anywhere online, or do you ever plan on putting them up?

Frist wrote:Have you ever needed or used reference sheets for your characters?

Nope. I just look back at previous images I've drawn of them and use those as reference.

Jack,
What would you consider good practise for colour scheme design? I don't mean practise as in using the same colours for a certain character each time, but rather I mean discovering the right colour scheme that fits the character.

Could you post the last two pages of the Sky Adventure.

cenaris wrote:Jack,
What would you consider good practise for colour scheme design? I don't mean practise as in using the same colours for a certain character each time, but rather I mean discovering the right colour scheme that fits the character.

I'm the last person you should ask for advice on colouring. I'm crap at it.
My method for coming up with a colour scheme is to colour the lineart on a series of separate layers and then alter each until I'm happy with the hue.

jollyjack wrote:

cenaris wrote:Jack,
What would you consider good practise for colour scheme design? I don't mean practise as in using the same colours for a certain character each time, but rather I mean discovering the right colour scheme that fits the character.

I'm the last person you should ask for advice on colouring. I'm crap at it.
My method for coming up with a colour scheme is to colour the lineart on a series of separate layers and then alter each until I'm happy with the hue.

I was talking more along the lines of how you came to the colours your use for certain characters i.e: How you decided Kat had a certain hair colour or how Pip always wears the same coloured jumper or so on.