Bellyband WIP
Added 2023-01-06 06:48:05 +0000 UTCSome of you mentioned not minding seeing more of the technical, not strictly horny parts of the process. So for what it's worth, here's some of the spoils of my efforts today. I started off sketching things on paper and totally lost the little Winton figure by the time I had been fussing with wiggles in Illustrator for hours(still might try to bring him back.)
Don't ask why it's so important to remake the bellyband for the new laser jet edition of my comics or why I even need a bellyband at all. I just do, it's an affliction. 😌And in case it wasn't clear, a bellyband is the term for this funny little strip of paper that I like to wrap around my physical comics. So...they look nice, and don't catch a cold.
I'm always drawn to this certain era of 1960s print design that revels in color layering. I think they do it pretty naturally by just putting ink on top of ink in a lithography process or what have you, but I have to fake it in Illustrator by deliberately overlapping colors or adding noise and imperfections in photoshop
Thankfully some of the earthiness comes through by printing it with the laserjet and also using an offwhite paper, as well as some natural kinda grainness or hot spots of color that happen with a printer like this.
I really loved this early version with the color showing through the text in blue but it's just kinda hard to read. I may attempt to bring it back in a subtler way, but as soon as something becomes too busy I tend to pull back really hard and simplify.
Happy Thursday!
Wint.
Comments
Thank you Liam! 💕
Winton Kidd
2023-01-11 19:23:58 +0000 UTCNeat!
Liam Harvey
2023-01-11 10:05:22 +0000 UTC🥺 thank you Adrien!!!♥️
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:05:34 +0000 UTCI don't doodle as much lewd stuff on paper-- I used to do it moreso, but I will always do my comic thumbnails on paper and make notes and stuff that way. I feel like brainstorming works better on paper for me
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:05:19 +0000 UTCThank you Kaity!! I'm glad to hear that! ♥️♥️♥️
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:04:12 +0000 UTCHehe, I appreciate that Leonard. I'll be trying to do international shipping, I just have to make it easier for people to purchase multiple comics without having to pay shipping multiple times. Gumroad doesn't have an intuitive Cart feature :/
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:03:53 +0000 UTCI'm glad you hear that Rico! I always kinda figured this was the boring stuff 😅 I'll keep sharing things like this then!
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:02:49 +0000 UTCI feel like you must be referring to something I am ignorant of 😅
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:02:09 +0000 UTCThank you Andy! I'm glad even the less lewd stuff can be interesting!
Winton Kidd
2023-01-06 23:01:32 +0000 UTCWow. That looks great. Must have.
Adrien
2023-01-06 18:19:29 +0000 UTCThat’s so cool! I love seeing the process behind artist stuff, it’s really exciting. Hope you’ll be doing international shipping :) Also, looking at the sketchbook photo, does that mean you still doodle traditionally, alongside digital sketches you post on here?
ValeRipley
2023-01-06 17:09:26 +0000 UTCWow, these look really cool! Thanks for sharing the process, very interesting! Would absolutely love to purchase one.
KaitySky
2023-01-06 14:12:43 +0000 UTCI really appreciate it you sharing your thoughts and processes. Thank you kindly. I’m going to start preparing my wallet for a purchase. Will you be doing international shipping?
Leonard Vindel
2023-01-06 07:56:41 +0000 UTCSee I love seeing artist habits and mental processes when working. It’s the little behind the scenes stuff that’s exciting to me
Rico
2023-01-06 07:35:23 +0000 UTCThis is great development but also exploitative themes based on artistic movements.
Bronxden
2023-01-06 07:05:58 +0000 UTCI love this! It's really cool to see how you work and what sort of references you're drawing from.
Andy
2023-01-06 07:01:15 +0000 UTC
