Shoot, I almost forgot to update again today. Too much going on.
This is a Photoshop painting I made for guess which recent holiday. It was an experiment: it was for a slideshow presentation, for which I normally make one image per slide. This time I tried to be clever and made one big image, and zoomed in on a different chunk of it for each slide. I don’t know if it was any faster than my usual routine, but the final product came out all right. I like the kid with the raygun, and the sullen/quiet teenager setting out the silverware.
It’s been a busy week or so. (I’ve lost track.)
Just because I like it, here’s the last panel from the most recent Smithson.
Via Boing Boing.
Let us give a 21-Proton Gun salute to SF Grand Master Jack Williamson, who passed away today at the age of 98. Williamson was an incredibly productive writer who was first published in 1928 and whose last novel was published just last year.
My favorites from his oeuvre are the Legion of Space series (great pulpy adventures that any fan of Star Blazers should love) and the robot dystopia novel The Humanoids; he also wrote great short stories like “Jamboree” and “Darker Than You Think”. Rest in Peace, and thanks for the wonderful stories.
This is a new interpretation of a panel from last week’s Smithson. (I’m trying to bring the wacky energy I’ve been getting with the cutout paintings into my comics work, and this was a convenient way to practice.) Micki looks OK here, I think, but Chuck’s looking a little too cartoony. After I scanned this in I repainted his eyes somewhat so they’re not quite so Little Orphan Annie. Panel border and lettering in Photoshop of course.
