I've just been busy trying my hand at drawing and tackling a suggestion John Ralston made yesterday, which was to make the same comic twice - once by hand and once using Comic Life. It's taken me a long time doing the comic once.

In between volunteering this evening at Cinequest (which was insanity tonight) and work, this is the pencil sketch I drew...

That was actually the less time consuming part. Admittedly, I'm far away from mastering the skill of consistency. I'm a lot skinnier in Panel 2 than in Panel 1. Plus my neck shrunk between the two panels.

Inking has taken the most time and I haven't even gotten to the lettering yet. It's very easy to see why there's the temptation to copy-and-paste or type the lettering. I'm not exactly looking forward to tracing letters, which leads me to believe it might be better to at least hand ink any wording before scanning in the strip.

Here is the inking so far...

Stay tuned to this entry, I will be updating it with the final inked version of the strip. I will also be adding the Comic Life version and a LEGO version when I get to it, likely tomorrow.

Final thoughts on Create-a-Thing-a-Day Month will have to wait another day. I'm in need of a shower and some sleep. Happy Wednesday, everybody.

Update:

As promised, here is the final inked version of the strip. The lettering is awful, which leads me to believe it might be prudent to ink it before scanning next time. The strip has obvious issues, but it's a decent attempt. I'm pretty proud of it.

Here is the second version, the one where I copy and pasted the same art in each panel and typed everything using Comic Life.

Finally, here is the official last strip of my unofficial participation in Create-a-Thing-a-Day Month...