There are a few things I forgot last week, so I'll get to those before jumping into strips 4 and 5. First to mention, Kicking with Cactus is the first time I've ever done word balloons digitally. At this point, I've finally almost got a grasp on it, but I hate it. Lettering will be something I either hire out, or do by hand in the future. I almost hired a letterer for this, but doing it %100 myself seemed like the important part of the exercise. It's probably not a big deal to some, and some people probably hate Kicking with Cactus because of it. In the published version, I'm sure all the lettering will be redone (as well as a few panels, which I'll point out as we go.) Second to mention, is that the stats of the originals are taken by photograph, not scanned. Canon Rebel XS for those keeping track. I prefer to do it in %100 natural light with no flash, but sometimes it doesn't work out. I then crop and greyscale the photo in Photoshop (or gIMP for about 20 strips.) Someday I'll put on my big boy pants and pick up an 11x17 flatbed scanner, but for now I make due. ONWARD!
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Strip #4:
This was a last minute addition. Of the handful of people who saw Kicking with Cactus before it went out into the world, most of them said, "So...what's up with the blankie cape." The blankie is based off of my real blankie, which I've had since I was born and still sleep with every night. So in the raw aesthetic, it's 2 parts sentimental, and 1 part nod to Boba Fett. I thought it was a fair question that deserved an answer, and felt like addressing it right away was the answer considering it comes up later. Erp.
Well, that wasn't working. I had to give it another go.
Strip #5:
Obviously toned down the giant POP! effect, I switched the angle of the central panel as well. In the first try, I was thinking the opposite directions of the central panel and the POP! would give it greater effect. In practice we can see that it's certainly counter-effective. I wish I would have exaggerated the perspective in the central panel a little more. I also need to dive into a few mechanics on drawing people with their tongues out. Always effective when done well, but incredibly difficult to do and not have it look mean or ugly. A few people have asked what kind of bird is being freed from Cactus' backside. It actually comes back up in the comic, so I'll have to save that.
See you next week for #5, our next audio strip!
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