Ace got out of the house today. I accidentally left the front door open about 6”. He was sitting calmly right outside the door. I cautiously walked into the breezeway and called his name. He turned around and walked back into the house. #heartattack
Enjoy!!
Wired up the new Stratocaster project. I installed hand-made Fralin Blues Specials. Next, I’ll string it and do a proper setup.
Great idea!
I love how Amazon buries their live chat customer service option deep beneath layer after layer of unhelpful reference topics. So efficient. No way I'd rather spend my time than an endless romp through sleight of hand misdirections.
Interesting topic of discussion for D&D folks: In almost every campaign I've DM'd or played, coins become the least important/least sought-after treasure by about 3rd level. PCs stop caring about money acquisition almost entirely. Anyone else have this experience in general?
Ace in your face Friday
With the state of the world right now, I think the comics industry needs more comedies. "Dark & gritty" doesn't feel like entertainment right now. That's why books like D'ORC and LOBO are selling like hotcakes, IMO. We're giving people a 20-min break from REAL dark & gritty.
I have a copy of this and it upped my lettering game massively. Highly recommend it.
Okay, I spoke too soon...just got word from Image that we're not QUITE sold out of the 2nd printing of The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering, but we're CLOSE. Less than 1000 copies remaining. So if you've been dragging your feet, now might be a good time to score a copy somewhere!
Jamming to Trombone Shorty in the studio today. I'm tired and the grooves are keeping me motivated.
Update on Project BNib Shouts Condensed: All 669 glyphs are in, including 6 versions of every letter, 3 versions of numbers and punctuation, barred-I correction, bouncy baseline repeating letters, and manga glyphs. Next up: kerning.
Trailer for Devil in Silver looks pretty interesting! youtu.be/4pMW1Jw5wsY?...
When I'm asked what it's like to be a freelance designer, I tell them it's the best job in the world. I also tell them that every day, I have to wake up and produce something from nothing that's even better than what I created yesterday...for the next few decades or so.
Signing another box of Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering! The 2nd printing is officially sold out, and I only have 3 boxes left in the studio. Snag your copy on Blambot.com!
I finished my first abstract painting. Acrylic on 15" x 30" canvas. All done with a palette knife.
LOBO #2 is out today! Look at all them variant covers! Go fraggin’ get some! (We’re having SO much fun on this.) Skottie Young/Jorge Corona/Jean-Francois Beaulieu/Nate Piekos
Time to decide on a pickguard.
Great news! After I bought the limited edition American Strat body in Burgundy Mist Metallic, I managed to find its original neck listed for sale by matching the serial numbers! The headstock is also painted BMM! #reunited
First sound effect of the day. From Umbrella Academy #5.
The malocchio!
I love that the Navy sailor filming the recovery of the Artemis II astronauts in the pacific deployed the metal horns when the hatch was popped open. \m/ \m/ #rockon #heavymetal
Pretty much finished designing the glyphs for Janice Chiang's custom bold italic font. Next I'll move these over to Fontlab.
New pedal! I am a sucker for fuzz, especially when it’s an octave fuzz!
Getting a late start today--I was invited to a local high school to talk to a student about to graduate. He's a comics fan and an artist interested in working in the industry. Had a great conversation and offered some info and advice. Now...back to work!
Not if the font is kerned properly.
Back in the day of cheap newsprint, publishers were afraid that a single slash I used for the personal pronoun by itself was at high risk of being misprinted. Adding the bars increased its visibility.
Yup. This is how the convention began. Legibility due to ink bleed on cheap newsprint.
We don’t use fixed width dialogue fonts in mainstream lettering.
It’s standard practice for mainstream American comic books. Doesn’t necessarily apply to comic strips.