Choppin' Broccoli
16 days ago
– Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 08:27:40 PM
Insert Joke About Streams
Progress is being made on page 15 while streaming. Slow progress, because I have been obsessing over minor details and keep moving her head around. Anyway. I think I JUST NOW figured out the problem (her boobaloobies are too high on her chest). But here's the progress shot anyway.
I'm going to use this page as an example of "How I do shit.", so I'll be working on other pages while not streaming.
So far we've learned:
- Erek redraws the same line thirteen times for no particular reason.
- The method for how I prefer to shade (Finding the Light™).
Coming up:
- Adding textures.
- Additional lighting.
- Special effects.
Feel free to join the chat stream if you want, but there is zero pressure to. I will continue to post all updates here, including progress being made on the stream. Although, I may start grouping stream updates together so I'm not making a KS update every other day. Gosh, that would get irritating, wouldn't it? Maybe just a weekly recap.
https://twitch.tv/erekrules
Crossing the Streams
21 days ago
– Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 02:41:10 AM
Is that the first Ghostbusters reference I've made?
So, I did a test stream earlier today, worked out some technical issues, and it seemed to go okay afterward. If anyone's interested, the account/link is:
https://twitch.tv/erekrules
No obligation to watch or follow. I'm going to try to stream some kind of art as often as possible. Do not be surprised if you see some Switch games streamed on occasion, as I'm trying to get back to playing them again; it's also been a bit of a journey.
For anyone who doesn't want to deal with Twitch or live streaming, I will be posting art in the form of updates here.
In the meantime...
Update Updating Updates
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 04:33:05 AM
QUESTION
I'm going to begin sharing pages imminently. Do you want me to share them WITH lettering or WITHOUT lettering?
Follow-up Question
Would anyone be interested in watching me work via Twitch or something? Not trolling for followers—I literally do not care—but it's a platform that might allow for more interaction. I don't know.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
If I weren't so far behind on the release schedule I'd have done a holiday themed something or another. Maybe a Valentine's or Easter pinup next year...
I don't have a title
2 months ago
– Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 02:34:18 AM
I also don't have a joke.
I don't know how to begin writing this. Obviously apologies are in order. I underestimated just how much this last year has affected me and I vanished. I stopped using social media, stopped talking to friends, and barely spoke to my family—some of which even live in the same building as me.
I understand that people are angry and disappointed—I would be, too. I will be very surprised if any of you back future projects I put forward after this. And when I say "after this" I do mean after this project is finally completed and delivered, which is the immediate plan.
Frequent project updates and sharing pages will resume following this update. I fully intend to continue this series, as well as others. I just needed to stop pretending I could function and take that time away from literally everything and everyone, even if it ends up being business suicide.
I appreciate you all, including your frustration. I'm sorry and I hope to make you proud soon.
Progress Report
7 months ago
– Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 04:04:43 AM
It's 5am somewhere (it's 5am here).
I lied, here's yet another update before the issue is done. Things are coming along. Not as fast as I wanted, and I'm still struggling with some emotional issues, thanks to the year of no return. I'm having more good days than bad now, though!
I've been cleaning up the sketch layouts and prepping them for colors. I have what amounts to seven more pages of sketch layouts to finalize for coloring. I say "what amounts to" because some pages have half the panels ready for color while the other half are still sketch layouts. So, it's an estimate...
All pages are lettered, some are lettered like this above example where the dialogue and such is final, but the balloons and font style may not be (and may be missing tails, etc)--I'll be cinching that up after colors, during the final lettering pass.
Speaking of coloring, I briefly experimented with a blended style of shading on this panel from the final page of the book. I think I'm going to stick with mostly cel shading for the interiors, but I may incorporate a style similar to this example of Shina Usomon on the covers and prints of future issues.
Her tiddies aren't supposed to be this big, but the idea of having the one rest on her arm while leaning against the wall was too funny to not do it. I do a lot of things just because I think they're funny, and hopefully you guys also find them amusing!
Anyway, that's all the news for now. I don't know if the next update will be telling you to check your email or not, but we're getting really close!
