Hey guys. I'm going to make a new comic strip based on a blue robot. I am really enjoying these new character designs I made. It's simple, i guess. It's not always going to be funny, and it's basically for nobody except me (no schedule). But here they are, I thought some of you might like them:
Originally Posted by rezo
Here's another character. I'm only planning on having 4.
Robobo, Jimmy, Zugg-Zug the Troll and Jimmy's girlfriend who I've yet to come up with. So far I'm enjoying making these characters. Zugg-zug is a troll with an unstoppable hunger for business and aquisition. He's inquizative and is great with numbers. But even though he is intellectual he still walks, talks and acts like a troll in matters not concerning business.
Can you dig it?
Niiice! What did you use to make them?
Character designing is fun.
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Hey, like it a lot. Robobo's expressions remind me of GIR from Invader Zim, in a good way. Very nice work! Waitin' for more...
When you do get around to the comic, be sure to post a link
Yes! I thought the exact thing!
Robobo = GIR
Perfect. ^^
I can't wait 'til your next post where you get upset at McDonald's for not being gourmet anymore.
What's GIR?
I didn't mean to copy anybody elses work. I honestly came up with him on my own. Oh and here's another one, it's Jimmy's girlfriend Grace.
So far I've got compliments in real life on all of them. Most people like Zuggy the best though.
Zugg-zug isn't to scale in the picture either. He's the largest of the characters, not the smallest.
Illustrator.
Yah. The hardest part about all of this will be designing a webpage to go along with it.Character designing is fun.
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Excellent stuff! I actually like Robobo the most.
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
Me too
I have this one drawn out but I'm not happy with the final panel. It lacks a big punchline. It's okay, it's definitely not terrible, but it could be better. I'll have to think about it. That's the great thing about doing a webcomic for yourself, really. I have no schedule and can take my sweet time.
Anyway I need some suggestions on the art, etc.
EDIT: I changed the last panel to mention his tinfoil hat. I think it works... makes me laugh atleast.
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Me likey.
Looks good to me. The font is a little bland though, why not try to plot your print handwriting with one of those glyph-font-maker-thingys.
You got a happy smile out of me
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
I made another one as well but I don't want to show it. But the type is pretty plain for the dialogue. The only problem with making it a comic font is that the type isn't exceptionally large and without a straight forward treatment it becomes difficult to read.
For now I'll leave it as is. Just until I see a better font. I did some research today and asked my friend to go around and show people. He said it wasn't his, and got peoples responses. Most people like it thus far so I think I'm out of the gates at a good pace.
The second one is pretty funny in my opinion.
I actually really do like the character designs. Especially teh robot, and his sweet cape.
And that comic was far funnier than any of the old stuff. Awesome!
Are you sure you're still Andrew? Why don't I hate you?
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lol.
Anything I tried to do with the old Joystick Adventures comics were thwarted by my brothers sense of comedy. We had two different ideas of what was funny. We tried to stuff things together and it didn't work some of the time. Some of the time it did. I changed a lot of the comics and stuff in order to fit his input in the comic and compromised on a lot of things. Most of them being the punchlines of comics. My creative input was split in half, or sometimes less. (sometimes more, the classic gaming goldeneye comic and the Acclaim comics were all mine... actually the counter strike line was my brothers idea... which didn't really make any sense. But the second Battlefeild 1942 comic was my idea completely and I got really good feedback from it).
The main reason I decided to just take it on my own was because he was trashing my blogs on the site. He said they were too opinionated and his friends hated them. I guess I was just pissed off that I had compromised on my vision for a comic so much and now couldn't even say what I wanted to without being censored. I mean, why was I doing it? I rudely told him that if his friends input and satisfaction meant so much to him then he should kindly start up a comic with them. (which he tried to do before he did it with me)
I think my brother can be funny, he just doesn't know how to express it through writing as well as vocal delivery. It's far easier to make someone laugh by saying something in a special tone of voice than on paper. At any rate...
He's currently working on a photoshop message board dedicated to photoshop edits (like STFU newbie but less repetitive). I'm sure you've seen this on fark and Something Awful.
Anyway, I'm off on a tangent here, I'll just say thanks for the comment.
Oh and I thought I'd go ahead and post comics 2 and 3 as well for some feedback. It's hard to judge a comic on just one issue. So here's issues 2 and 3.
and the third one
Don't bother trying to add 4, 5, etc. on the end of those URLs because they won't be found. I'm not an idiot... well... that big of an idiot.
I'm finished the fourth one and Robobo has been introduced. I'm liking the prelude so far. There's going to be one or two more before the introduction image to cap off the prelude and the beginning of the regular strip (not so story driven... loosely with some not being driven at all)
Nobody responded to the other ones so I guess they didn't like them or didn't see them. So maybe this is a waste of time.
Some feedback would be nice though. I'm still looking for a good typeface besides comic sans to input in the word bubbles.
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Good stuff, I love Jimmy's pants after Robobo's entrance
One minor criticism: I think the yellow panel under "Death to humans!" ruins the joke in the next panel, specifically the "hankering for joking around" bit. It'd be better if you still thought he was a killer robot by the time you read the "Just kidding" bit.
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
Do you get the last panel though? Like, do you understand? I think you're right though, I'm going to take out that description.
EDIT: Description on 6th panel taken out.
Thanks for your help astroblue, I appreciate it.
got a site design up at www.joystickadventures.com
Nothing operates yet... but it's coming along. Feedback appreciated.
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