Finally! I've gotten to one of the three characters from the characters contest back in August. Meet Stressy Bessy. The idea came from Shelly H. in Utah. The idea was to have a worker constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Everyone gets stressed, but you always have someone in the office who tends to feel it worse than most. I loved this idea not only because drawing people freaking out is fun, but also because drawing wild, crazy, out-of-control hair is even more fun.
This strip was a landmark in many ways. The first one wasn't a good one, though: this is the first strip to fail to meet the two-week deadline. However, it's also the first strip not to be crippled by my terrible handwriting... Enter the computerized speech bubble and printed word! Hooray! This required downloading a special tool for Photoshop and the subsequent learning to use it. The next comic will incorporate them in a far cleaner fashion, I do hope.
Also, during the past two weeks, I finalized designs for this website, got promoted, started production on another comic strip (updates on that to come later), and discovered a new love for Shopper's Colossal Donuts. Good, good times. But also very busy, and I admit I'm worn out.
Finally, allow me to take a moment to apologize to all the people who receive my updates: I believe this week marked the umpteenth time I sent out an update, followed by a correction update (in this case, I goofed on the initial overhaul of this website). The bottom line is I have the excitability of a 10-year-old hopped up on Pixie Sticks, and I tend to get so excited about things like this I occassionally jump the gun when I unveil them. I'm trying to stop doing this, I promise.
Finally! I've gotten to one of the three characters from the characters contest back in August. Meet Stressy Bessy. The idea came from Shelly H. in Utah. The idea was to have a worker constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Everyone gets stressed, but you always have someone in the office who tends to feel it worse than most. I loved this idea not only because drawing people freaking out is fun, but also because drawing wild, crazy, out-of-control hair is even more fun.
This strip was a landmark in many ways. The first one wasn't a good one, though: this is the first strip to fail to meet the two-week deadline. However, it's also the first strip not to be crippled by my terrible handwriting... Enter the computerized speech bubble and printed word! Hooray! This required downloading a special tool for Photoshop and the subsequent learning to use it. The next comic will incorporate them in a far cleaner fashion, I do hope.
Also, during the past two weeks, I finalized designs for this website, got promoted, started production on another comic strip (updates on that to come later), and discovered a new love for Shopper's Colossal Donuts. Good, good times. But also very busy, and I admit I'm worn out.
Finally, allow me to take a moment to apologize to all the people who receive my updates: I believe this week marked the umpteenth time I sent out an update, followed by a correction update (in this case, I goofed on the initial overhaul of this website). The bottom line is I have the excitability of a 10-year-old hopped up on Pixie Sticks, and I tend to get so excited about things like this I occassionally jump the gun when I unveil them. I'm trying to stop doing this, I promise.