lookingland

the dogs have been parked (and subsequently parked in snoozeland after non-stop running for 30 minutes).

i then parked my potatoes to make page 4 and have come to the briliant conclusion that the more complex the "shot" you're trying to render, the more time it takes!

i haven't finished page 4. there are two panels of eugenie lighting the cigarette that come before this shot, but this was the toughie, so i did it first. i think it came out all right! it's more or less what i wanted, angle-wise, so i'm pleased. some things i learned from doing this panel:

1. depth of field is less skeery than i previously thought. i did all right here without too much bloodshed.

2. if you don't want to draw knickers on transvestites, that's where the foreground obstructions and speech bubbles come in handy.

3. finding greytones for the various planes is a lot harder than it looks. i actually have to work at it here.

the "griffe du diable"

i think the picture is done except that it's missing something red. maybe the little green jewel of the absinthé is sufficient, maybe i'll color eugenie's lips red in the close-ups ~ dunno. i'll have to play with it when i actually finish the page.

i don't like the way the first balloon is covering the shoe (it's a good shoe), so i may move it a little. my favorite thing in the whole picture is Anselm's bare foot. i also just noticed i forgot to put the smoke coming off the cigarette ~ will fix that too.

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