Color!
Come Wednesday, the surprise is that Pylon is first colored! October 5, I tried rudimentary coloring, and I posted it instead of the normal greyscale. Believe it or not, it's all GIMP'ed.
The thing is, I can't do this too often. It took almost four to five hours (I wasn't keeping track) to ink and digitally color this sucker. I don't have that time often, and will likely not in the future. I have studies, Man! And exams. And papers. Will Pylon still Mon-Tue-Fri? Sure, but don't expect a whole lot of colored ones to appear.
Also, traditionally, Pylon has always been done in greys. The 100 or so penciled strips were all greys, and most of the digital strips, until 10/5, were grey'ed. I don't know why, and I can't really offer an explanation of why I prefer greyscale. The most obvious has to be that it's easiest for me. I can quickly ink, scan, and GIMP a greyscale. But the coloring takes a while, as I'm trying to avoid "MS Paintism", which can be seen here or here or here or here (They're all from the same source, but the actual comics that have MSPaintism would induce a heart attack from the violence of color). If you still don't know, it is when someone uses MS Paint to make horrifyingly bright, neon, vomit-inducing colors. Or retina renching. MS Paint, by itself, isn't too bad of a tool. In the world of comics, MS Paint is kinda like a chainsaw. And using it with color is like trying to use said chainsaw to whittle a tiny ship in a bottle. It's overkill. And the result ain't pretty. I'm trying my best to avoid that.
I think I discussed enough, in both this and the last post. So, until the next most dire post.
The thing is, I can't do this too often. It took almost four to five hours (I wasn't keeping track) to ink and digitally color this sucker. I don't have that time often, and will likely not in the future. I have studies, Man! And exams. And papers. Will Pylon still Mon-Tue-Fri? Sure, but don't expect a whole lot of colored ones to appear.
Also, traditionally, Pylon has always been done in greys. The 100 or so penciled strips were all greys, and most of the digital strips, until 10/5, were grey'ed. I don't know why, and I can't really offer an explanation of why I prefer greyscale. The most obvious has to be that it's easiest for me. I can quickly ink, scan, and GIMP a greyscale. But the coloring takes a while, as I'm trying to avoid "MS Paintism", which can be seen here or here or here or here (They're all from the same source, but the actual comics that have MSPaintism would induce a heart attack from the violence of color). If you still don't know, it is when someone uses MS Paint to make horrifyingly bright, neon, vomit-inducing colors. Or retina renching. MS Paint, by itself, isn't too bad of a tool. In the world of comics, MS Paint is kinda like a chainsaw. And using it with color is like trying to use said chainsaw to whittle a tiny ship in a bottle. It's overkill. And the result ain't pretty. I'm trying my best to avoid that.
I think I discussed enough, in both this and the last post. So, until the next most dire post.
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