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I love a good back-handed compliment (or in this case a back-handed apology?).

It appears little Vanity is trying to fit in and perhaps he’s not all bad… or he’s just really good at hiding it. Another page I really had fun drawing as it’s all expressions and acting (and re-use backgrounds!)

Sam’s first birthday was this past Wed the 20th. I still can’t believe it’s been a whole year already… and then part of me still feels like he’s always been here. Like on crappy days when he suddenly decides to stay up half the night for no discernible reason and we all spend his first birthday cranky and tired. At least he got some cute new clothes for me to dress him in (thanks Jamie & Nikki!), some very fun looking new toys (Faux Nana Pat! Aline & Eric!) and Shark hat! (Diane rocks!) We also celebrated at the doctor’s with Happy Birthday booster shots. Jim and I also got a tetanus shot and my arm hurt for two days… fun!

Pro-Hulk in his little purple Pro-pants (well black & white for now)

Girl Genius for Monday, October 25, 2010

Girl Genius for Monday, October 25, 2010: "The Girl Genius comic for Monday, October 25, 2010 has been posted."

#261: Marmalade Holmes

Snow Job Ch 04 Pg 11

Snow Job Ch 04 Pg 11: "

The Kaagan-Vas outfits were a bit difficult to design, and I’m not 100% sure I’m happy with them. Who knows? Maybe they’ll grow on me, and maybe I’ll tweak the designs a bit for their next appearance. Basically, I wanted them to look a bit pirate-y and ragtag. But not TOO ragtag. After all, they are pretty successful at what they do, so they aren’t just scraping by. I wanted the outfits to have a similar theme since, shape-wise, they’d be all over the place, having to fit over all sorts of different alien bodies and all. I also wanted them to be instantly recognizable, so that you could always pick out a KV in a crowd.

In the end, I opted for a reddish color and some common shapes as the unifying elements (to be further explained in an upcoming Bonus Feature sketch). The original plan was to make it more red and black, drawing inspiration from Sauron’s orc army color scheme in the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King movie. In my case, I wanted the red to be reminiscent of the red KV symbols on the backs of their heads, and I wanted the black to be reminiscent of the black metal of their ships. But here, they’re all a bit too red, which certainly gives them a distinctive look, but I’m not entirely sure I won’t go back to something with more black in it.

Speaking of the Bonus Feature, I timed it a bit off with my recent Display Banner Art Process segment, but going forward, I will try to pair up new story pages with relevant Bonus Content sketches each week. I had picked out a few flashback/KV-related sketch pages to pair up with this flashback sequence, but realized half of the sequence was already paired up with the Art Process content. Oh well…