I had more fun with this one than I’ve had with a comic in a while.
The other day I was looking at some of my work from 2011 and got a little nostalgic. About the look of the art, the tension between the law and the outlaw, and the old-school flavor of the story. In this one I managed to bring that back a little without breaking from the current story of being in space. Of course, I could manufacture something to get us back to earth pronto, but there are some unexplored possibilities out here in space. I think the trick is to make sure we break out the bikes pretty often.
If you haven’t already done so, I do have my reader survey still active. I’m honestly looking to the future and would like to find out what drives your interest in the comic.
I’m off work this week (sort of) and have been engaging in more art, which is fun. I have a few things to handle in the classroom before I go back to work, but it’s nice to have some downtime for fun, family, and art. The weather has been pretty unpleasant, but I need to get a new battery for the shovelhead and see how it does with spring coming on, and with the Top Hatters annual Bike Blessing a month away.
Not to mention how much more style the Shovelhead has got going for it.
Yeah, and I think that’s maybe the only thing that keeps me from drawing other bikes. I’m pretty sure I could figure it out, but sometimes I’m a lot more interested in the lines on a Harley.
I saw a couple of sport bikes yesterday in San Juan Bautista, a local biker/tourist destination. I thought they were cool bikes, and probably a good time to ride, but had no idea how to approach drawing them. One thing I did catch was the fairing between the neck and bottom of the frame created a real nice line, and realized that held the most interest for me, and I’d have to find a way to emphasize that form.
If I ever hadda draw one.