Painfully Hopeful

In The Night

Yesterday, the temperature in the Philly area reached almost 70 degrees. This is, needless to say, unseasonably warm. I was unable to get out with my camera in the daylight hours but, with the temperatures still in the mid-60’s after 8 PM, my neighbor and I decided to head down to the river and take…

Winter Robins

The Philadelphia area got its first real snowfall this past Saturday, which kept us indoors most of the day. Oddly enough, it also gave me the opportunity to take the best “up close and personal” nature photos I’ve ever taken. A flock of robins, who have are wintering in South Jersey for reasons beyond my…

Unpacking All Aboard

A bit of a transitional scene this week, but there’s some interesting things going on. Let’s unpack. “The War Effort” I wrote last week about the Penny Gnomes not being overly fond of the wider world. The truth is, many Gnomes are beginning to call for a Gnomexit 1 from The Realm. They see their…

Fiction Tuesday – All Aboard

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes The Mayor sniffed in derision. “This is highly irregular, Agent Masterful!” The IBI Agent boldly approached the raised chairs. This caused some murmuring among the seated councilors, who normally wouldn’t tolerate such brazen familiarity. Showing no signs of intimidation, Sills approached…

My Comic Workflow, Part II

Yesterday I showed how I take a photograph and “toon” it for use in my comics. Today we’ll finish the comic process by bring the tooned image into Strip Designer to add effects, titles, and text bubbles. This $2.99 app has been around almost as long as the App Store itself and continues to receive…

A Comic Workflow

With the demise of the dearly departed ToonPaint 1 I needed to consider a new workflow in order to post comics in 2017. After some searching, I’ve found a workflow which allows me to create a close approximation to the comics I made using the older tool. I create my line artwork using a nice…