--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Inkwell" <inkwell_01@...> wrote:
>
> >Heck, I don't even have time to do folios
> >anymore!
>
> Skunkwork folios? Yeah that sucks. But you are
> doing CnC folios, or was that a one shot deal?
The "Manila" folio is a one-shot deal. I have no plans to produce any others due to time constraints.
>
> >No, it's there. The black ink outline makes it
> >appear smaller since the surrounding area is
> >filled with black and grey (hence, only the
> >white area of the tooth shows up). Also, the
> >online version of the comic is actually much
> >larger than the original drawn art. The original
> >comics are only 7.75 inches wide.
>
> Ahhh. My bad. I assumed the upper right fang
> would be bigger, more prominent, than the upper
> left fang for perspective reasons. When I view
> Sarina's muzzle that upper right fang looks like
> it's missing.
When portions of an image are that small, it's difficult for me to get such details correct (hence, why newer projects, like "Caterwaul", are being drawn over-sized). Shaky hands also make it difficult to get such small details correct with ink pens.
>
> >Unless you're in the circus or have had numerous
> >on-the-job accidents with power tools, all humans
> >have 5 digits per hand. ;-)
>
> Heh heh. That's the rumor. Naw...Alexia's finger
> count was never established until page #98 was
> drawn. I had figured a cartoon four count from the
> beginning of CnC; making her consistent with the
> other characters. ("The Simpsons" characters are
> four count, "Scooby-Doo" characters are five
> count.) Apparently the earlier CnC artists didn't
> create any model sheets of Alexia or leave notes
> behind for her overall design.
>
> (So...you are first to set her finger count design.)
>
> [At least the other characters aren't viewing Alexia
> and other humans as five fingered freaks.....or are
> they? Hmmmmm.]
>
I've always drawn humans with five digits per hand, even in the old Skunkworks comics. The anthro characters don't have "hands" so much as they have modified "paws". They have one less knuckle per finger, too, as the claw is often utilized as the last segment of the digit.
--JMH
Received on Sun Jul 10 2011 - 15:58:01 CDT