Rumors -2- Learn to Code

Apologies for taking so long on this, but I really poured myself into it. Also had a rough week after traveling. Then (if weren't in the discord to see the announcement) Annalise was born on New Year's. We missed our additional tax credit window of 2020, but we did have the first baby girl born in 2021! ...in Fort Worth.

Yay.

Everyone is doing great, just dealing with fatigue, a newborn, and getting the kids back into the routine of physically being at a place called 'school.' Will post more when the main site comic gets an update. Will most likely be Tuesday the 12th. 

On the comic, I really wanted this to be the best looking comic I've made so far. I also wanted to do a more rapid pace with time skips to accelerate the plot, while doing constrained panels. This counters my typical writing style and art style. I usually write 800 comics happening the same day, and creating broad, more horizontal panels (I like more cinematic set-ups.) I'm trying to move away from rim-lighting everything when I shade.

Just all of my crutches...

working on 'em. 

There was a lot of challenging of myself.

So thanks for allowing me the time. You guys deserve the best product I can make, not the easiest thing I can schlopp out.

Creating these little mini-worlds for certain characters is always fun. Just like with Pumpkin's world on the main comic. They have their own hobbies and friends groups. Almost every scene has some kind of 'interest' Caleb and Vu are into. Squid monsters, The Mighty Boosh, koi.. Tim Horton's cereal (which I assume just tastes like the brick and mortar buildings.) 'Show don't tell' doesn't have to just be plot related. This also helps me achieve one of main goals with every strip I make: "How can I make this comic look 'lived in?' My other is "How can this elicit emotion?" Love to talk more about this some day.

Next one up soon.