I’ve finally finished the artwork on the “Blackbird” comic. Here’s hoping someone picks it up soon. I’m going to take a bit of a break from comic projects for a while (at least those that stretch a few weeks at a time) to focus more on animation and developing teaching materials for the coming semester. One of the modules I’ll be teaching this time around is 2d animation. We’ll be using one of those 2d animation software that’s become so widely used today (check out the newer stuff they’re showing on TV nowadays for some examples), so for the most part it’ll be ‘paperless’. Basically it means that the entire animation process from drawing to final output is done in the software itself. No scanning of drawings needed and no flipping of cels/pages by hand necessary. Time-saving as that may sound, I still believe you can never avoid drawing stuff on good old-fashioned paper. Character designs, thumbnails, pose studies – they’re so much faster and more intuitive to do on paper imho. Wacom tablet and software notwithstanding. Maybe I’m just too much in love with my pencil.
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Did a quick pen sketch of this kid (who I’m assuming is heading home from school) on one of my rare trips on the MRT the other day. I really should get on the public transport more often. And I definitely need to get more sleep…
