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I do enjoy giving orders

by root on December 15, 2011 at 12:00 am
I do enjoy giving orders

Do you want to see something funny? And by funny, I mean terrible? Here’s a comparison study of what my scanner does to watercolors and what John’s does. I’m using the Brother MFC-6490cw and he’s using the Epson Expression 1640XL. Mine’s on the left, his is on the right.

Every time I scan one of my watercolors, it kills me a little to see what my scanner’s done with it. Most of the time I just sort of accept it, because I don’t want to bug John. But I just wanted you to know that I was not kidding when I said my scanner destroys my paintings.

I didn’t mention this on Thursday because I forgot, but if you are all up on every social network and art website everywhere, I’ve been a lot more active lately on Deviantart (where there is a Dawn Chapel group you might join) and on the Google Plus, which I’m quite fond of and have created a G+ page for The Dawn Chapel – should you be of a mind to plus-one that page, I’d certainly be grateful! And I will try to be in the habit of posting process sketches and worldbuilding notes to these places, if you’re the sort that likes the webcomic version of dvd extras.

I’ve been spending a bit of time every week livestreaming when I work on artwork, too. Most of the time it’s for working on commissioned pieces, but I’d like to get into the habit of livestreaming at a regular scheduled time for working on the comic, too. I am thinking Mondays and Tuesdays, 8am-12pm and then 1pm-4pm pacific time on those days. Possibly maybe. For the time being, twitter’s probably the best place to find out when I’m broadcasting.

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Let us to the galley

by root on April 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Let us to the galley

I don’t want to alarm anyone, but we’re ten pages deep into this story now. Crazy! And I’m afraid you’re going to have to cope with the constantly shifting arrangement of the rigging, number of staysails, detritus on deck, etc. until I figure out completely and exactly what the Blanco looks like. Maybe by the end of this story I’ll know how to draw a boat?

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A Well-Kept Kitchen

by root on December 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
A Well-Kept Kitchen

Hi! I apologize for the brief delay. There were a few reasons for that unplanned hiatus, and I should probably address those, and how I hope to be able to prevent any more of them.

I don’t mean to get too saccharine on you, but I feel like this comic is the most important creative work I’ve ever done. It kills me to have had to set it aside in order to concentrate my attention on paying work. And I have every intention of continuing the story at a more respectable clip going forward, though I’m sure you know how reliable the promises of a longform webcomic artist’s are, especially mine.

One of the problems with doing a comic that is completely watercolored, especially using the techniques that I do, is that it’s very time-consuming. (I would say that I regret not choosing a simpler, more efficient method of comics storytelling, but honestly I really enjoy working in watercolor, and like having originals I can hold in my hands too much to do it digitally.) And right now, commissioned illustration is my only source of income, which means I need to spend a lot of time working on them. I’d like to be able to spend more time working on my comic, but it would be a lot easier to do that if it was earning me some kind of income.

So to that end I’ve set up a Patreon campaign.
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Tiny pirates like yourself

by root on February 8, 2014 at 6:34 pm
Tiny pirates like yourself

I finished a batch of four pages, the rest should go up every friday of this month, thanks in no small part to the folks who’ve backed the comic on patreon. I had a lot of fun writing the dialogue for these pages, we’re going to get to know Rasselbock and Pedro a little bit better.

Also I get to draw cartoon food, so that’s fun.

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The Egalitarianism of Pirating

by root on February 14, 2014 at 11:34 am
The Egalitarianism of Pirating

There are few things that an old jackalope takes more seriously than the subject of pirates.

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If you will trundle

by root on February 28, 2014 at 7:10 pm
If you will trundle

In continuing Patreon news, pledges have now passed the $125/page threshhold, which means I’m now committed to weekly updates. Weekly updates or I don’t get paid. I’m comfortable with that arrangement. Let’s aim for fridays.

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Pinkies-out fancy

by root on March 14, 2014 at 4:12 pm
Pinkies-out fancy

I think, if we were being honest, it was mostly probably most Noe catting Hower’s dogs, here.

I don’t actually know what kind of dish carrots al-miraj are, but now that I’ve written about it, I kind of want to make one up. I will let you know how that goes.

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A specialist in hot air

by root on March 22, 2014 at 11:12 am
A specialist in hot air

So some of you might have noticed a change in the color quality when I started posting new pages this year, or you might not have, this might be something that only I can see because it bothers me so much. In the space of time that I wasn’t posting comic, we moved, which means I can no longer pester John and make use of his nice scanner. You remember the post I made about the quality of my cheapie document scanner vs. his nice fine-art scanner?

So for the last several pages, the color fidelity of these pages is nowhere close to what the actual watercolors looks like. The next funding goal in my Patreon is only $25/page away, and that level will allow me to purchase the fine-art scanner that I was borrowing time on before. (they tend to run between $350-500 used, the newest in the expression XL line is like, $2500, which: no thanks). Once I have one, I can go back and scan all of the previous pages and update them with the improved colors. This also includes a lot of my older work for which I still have the originals, including the Firefox and Buble strips.

If you think you can help me meet this goal, consider having a look at my patreon and becoming a supporter. (And, huge thanks to everyone who’s pledged already – I can afford to spend a week or two out of every month working on the comic now, and it’s very liberating.)

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Check the those

by root on March 30, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Check the those

Okay so whenever I want to fast-forward we’re going to get wide shots of the ship sailing through the Empyrean. I hope you are okay with this.

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Do not weep for Razzlebuck

by root on April 4, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Do not weep for Razzlebuck

Pedro just has no time at all for Rasselbock’s tomfoolery. Very serious opossum.

I’m afraid to say there will be no comic next week, because I’ll be traveling for most of next week and did not have the foresight to prepare another page in advance. I’ll see you in a fortnight.

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