http://blog.alexheberling.com Comics, coffee, caricatures, and a dash of alliteration to taste. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:05:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've discovered Americans were giving women hammers with which to lay the smackdown long before any women in anime did so.  Let me share something I scanned this week at the library: This is from Judge magazine, dated December 17th, 1901.  I found this picture delightful, simply for the fact that ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/21/an-observation-for-anime-women/ My Lulu bookstore is online.  I've spent the past two weeks or so preparing my material for printing, and at this point, almost my entire body of work is available for purchase.  It's been rather satisfying seeing all of it laid out like this, and I'm glad I finally got ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/14/publishing-on-lulu/ My third 24 Hour Comic is finished! This time, I tried to tackled the webcomic variation of the 24HC, which is mentioned on Scott's website as 100 panels in 24 hours, since many webcomics don't follow traditional full-page format or sizes. I didn't achieve this, but got 24 ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/09/alexs-guide-to-a-life-well-lived/ I'm 14 hours into my third 24 Hour Comic. This attempt is going very differently in a lot of ways from the first two... Firstly, I now have a webcam, and thus I'm recording more little things that get posted to YouTube immediately, and don't have to worry ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/08/24hc-3-hour-14/ Well, I was going to do my third 24HC this past weekend, but decided not to.  It was Halloween weekend, I hadn't had a weekend home to myself in a couple weeks, I was invited to a party, and I had tons of work to do for school (mostly finishing ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/04/its-november/ http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/11/04/summers-year-video/ I've been pretty obsessed with UNIQLOCK lately.  It's a beautiful piece of web art, designed as viral marketing for UNIQLO, a Japanese clothing line.  Chris initially linked it to me, and the first time I saw it, I was captivated for about ten solid minutes. The music was done by Tomoyuki ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/28/coolest-clock-ever/ My illustration of Karen is completed!  I'm very happy with how she turned out.  My additional comments can be read at this piece's deviantART page. http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/26/karen-is-finished/ I've had some mixed feelings towards coloring lately.  I was getting so burned out on Garanos by the time I started my hiatus that, at that point, I knew I really had to change something to keep such a beautiful comic from becoming a chore. Thus, I'm trying out some new ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/26/new-coloring-techniques/ I'll preface this by admitting that I read a lot of blogs.  I mean, a lot of blogs.  I don't watch TV, save for The Office, and I don't read many books, so much of my entertainment comes from the internet.  Being an artist, good artistic and creative resources are ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/22/creative-blogging/ October 18th was 2008's official 24 Hour Comics Day, and I was among the innumerable participants. I did it from midnight to midnight, so that my comic would be completely done within a single calendar day. I ended up doing a sequel to The Shepherd!  I'd never really intended to do ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/20/summers-year/ My 24HC Day comic is done!  I'll do a proper post about it after I've had sleep. The scans I got of the pages are really terrible, and I'll be messing with my scanner to get nicer versions in the future. I can hear my brain shutting down!  It sounds like VEEEERRRrrroooooooooo.... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/18/24-hour-comic-day-its-over/ It's a bit after noon, which is the halfway point for my 24 Hour Comic Day.  I just finished my 12th page!  So I'm plugging along just about on schedule.  I keep thinking I'm behind and need to pick up the pace, but then I remind myself that that includes ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/18/24hc-2-halfway-point/ Yet another 24HC blog post.  By the time December rolls around, I'll be sick of them, I bet. Tomorrow, October 18th, is 24 Hour Comics Day.  I'll be attempting another go at it, but this plan is to do it all within the 18th-- that is, midnight to midnight.  I'll be ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/17/24-hour-comics-day/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Teenage Superhero Full Map"][/caption] Teenage Superhero is my most recent website artwork.  It's a single-page website invoking the capabilities of Infinite Canvas, and tells the short story of a very self-centered, presumably female, teenage superhero. For those unfamiliar with the term, Infinite Canvas is a webcomics concept.  Unlike ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/17/teenage-superhero/ My video log from last weekend. http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/09/video-log-1/ I put together the seperate website for my 24 Hour Comics, and made Pariah much prettier! http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/07/24hc-website-is-up/ I've completely overhauled my portfolio website!  I've updated many sections with new art, and added some sections I didn't even have before, including the commercial design work I've done for various clients in the past, notes and personal commentary on my student projects, and the illustration section, which will one ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/06/new-website-design/ My first 24 Hour Comic, Pariah, was finished this morning with 15 minutes to spare. I've got many many ideas on how to make my next attempt more successful.  Mainly, my right hand and my back and neck got very VERY sore from being slumped over the tabletop, so I'll probably ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/05/pariah/ I've finished the basic inking for all 24 pages.  Third stage is adding all the heavy blacks and line weights.  I'm still making good time...  Very tired, but also very happy. http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/05/24hc-1-second-stage-complete/ Phew.  I've been working on this comic for 12 hours now, which is the halfway point.  I'm making surprisingly good progress, with 18 pages drawn and 15 inked.  And when I say inked, I mean the basic lines of everything.  Later, I'm going back to black in things that need ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/04/24hc-1-midway-point/ This Saturday, around 10 in the morning, I intend to do a 24 Hour Comic.  This is kind of a big thing for me, since I've never exactly tried to push myself at time deadlines with a large number of pages.  Jigworthy strips usually took me around 3 hours to ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/10/02/24hc-the-pre-game-show/ Tsubasacon was last weekend, and I was in the Artist Alley! This is my second year at Tsubasa, and happens to be one of the cons where I know a good portion of the staff. Sales were good, and fun was had. It was still somehow an exhausting weekend, for being ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/09/29/cons-and-comics/ I also went to Cleveland Colossal Convention and Matsuricon this summer, but since both are smaller cons with short summaries I didn’t think they merited their own separate posts, unlike Connecticon. ColossalCon was a pretty okay con.  I was originally supposed to be the Artist Alley head for this con, but ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/09/13/summer-convention-roundup/ 6 weeks later, I’ve gotten around to finishing this post. Bad blogger, bad. I returned safely from Connecticon, the second year I’ve gone. On our road trip was myself, Susan, and Jennifer, the latter being a new friend from the Cbus area. We go on the road at 10 PM Thursday ... http://blog.alexheberling.com/2008/09/12/connecticon-2008/