The Birth of a Web Comic

nick — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:43:41 +0000

I’ve been wanting to make a web comic for a while now. It seems like fun and would give me an outlet for my creative side. I’ve come across three main problems while attempting to throw myself into this artistic endeavor:

Lack of Time
I’m not sure where my time goes. I certainly seem to be busy and tired all the time, but I have very little to show for it.
Lack of Focus
Even if I manage to find the time to sit and think about what I’m doing, I still can’t seem to pay attention long enough to produce anything cogent. Maybe some Adderall is in my future.
Lack of Talent
I can’t draw. Well, that’s not entirely true; I can probably draw well enough to produce a web comic. Randall over at XKCD has taught me that. However, it takes me ages to produce a reasonable drawing and even then I can’t keep it on model for more than one panel.

These three reasons aside I have two web comics in the works. One has to do with a fiery, ethnic heroine who saves the world from some very bad people and the other has to do with antics of me and my co-workers as we stumble blindly through the zany machinations of a tech start-up.

In my opinion, both are extremely promising ideas. And as far as stories go, you’d need some sort of crazy brain turnicut to stop the ideas from flowing. Still, these comics, which are begging to be brough into fruition, still seem so very far away.

Here are a couple of characters I’m working on for the latter comic I mentioned:

As you can see, they’re not entirely crappy, but they could use some serious work and God only knows if I’ll be able to continue to draw them recognizably. Well, stay tuned and maybe you’ll see these two evolve into loveable characters who you’ll follow with fondness and excitement as they forge ahead through the fog.

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The Birth of a Web Comic