Sunday, September 19, 2010

Evil Can't Be Gotten Rid Of

Or can he? Like every evil presence among us mere humans, Dr. Pfotz is never quite what he appears to be.  But he's not all bad...




Miles just has the best looks.  Of course, it takes hours to go through the footage just to find this one frame.  

But ain't it worth it?



Friday, September 10, 2010

Handy work

Another shot with my hand.  Who would have guessed my hands would be used so much?  George Castanza's got nothing on me!



Story told in pictures...
Boring stuff.  But in context it's humorous, trust me.


They'll put that on my tombstone, I just know it...


This just about sums up how I feel at this point. 

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Why So Serious...ly slow?

Here's what I'm up against: Not only do I have to go through the footage for the best angles and images to take (and keep in mind that's 29.97 frames a second), but then there's all sorts of filtering followed by the the endless possibilities of lighting.  How important is lighting?  Take a look at these three samples and you'll get an idea.




Plus there's cloning that takes forever...



...from the original image....
(could I look any more ridiculous?)

And lastly--one I'm proud of, despite the fact I've grown SO SICK of this paper! Thank goodness it's the last of it.  God is in the details, as they say.  Notice the slight indentation around the thumb.  Gettin' better at this!

13 hour stretch

So much for Labor Day. 10 Panels! What was suppose to be a 7-panel page turned out to be 11.  Need to snap a picture of the LA Skyline at night for an establishing shot. But here are some samples.  Shower, then bed. G'night...





Sunday, September 5, 2010

Wha-La!

All that work to produce these two introductory panels.  Sheesh!!!



Here's the originals, courtesy of my friend's kitchen. 
(Thanks, Sunny!)

Times are changing...


.... ignore the fine print, just like your average consumer.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Grind...

No panels done, just images.  A day spent solely photoshopping pictures- and just two at that!  Of course, a program error caused me to redo an image from scratch, which is like redoing a report you just lost from a computer crash.  Grrrr!  And naturally, the picture doesn't look quite right despite my best efforts.  The blame goes to the different camera lens sizes between the two images I'm trying to marry (close-wide versus long).  Is this the best it can be?  Certainly not, but at some point you have to call it a day and move on.

It's a day. Here's to you, Senator.