Thursday, February 26, 2009
ANATOMY OF A FREELANCE JOB COMIX(based on a true story)
Been doing a LOT of in house freelance jobs lately, and after one particualrly "killer job" I decided to make a comic about it, as best i remember it
First thing I recieved was the deposit check and samples. The client overnighted it as promised, and I was confident they had followed my instructions to the letter. This was a massive twenty person caricature for a company poster and I emphasized that I needed good samples. To my horrow when i got into the studio i found these teeney weeney almost postage stamp sized pictures that were blurry and washed out looking. I thought my eyes were gonna roll outta my sockets to make them out. My Client had also given me a killer deadline. I called my client in desperation pleading for better pics, and also an extension if I was doomed to work with these. their answer was concise and immediate. I immediately got myself a pot of coffee on and went into automatic pilot, sketching erasing redrawing, ripping pages up, throwing them all over the studio..... Finally in the wee hours of the morning I managed to scan everything, photoshop held together and I scanned everything over.
The client loved them.
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3 comments:
I say it again:
ELGIN,
YOUR CARTOONS ARE AMAZING !!!!!!!!!
WHY DO YOU DON'T MAKE A COMIC BOOK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JAN
who sez I'm NOT going to do that? heh,heh. patience young jedi....
The Comic book Idea is in the back of my head and I will be submitting these to Exaggerated Features as well. When I draw these toons my emphasis on more on animation and character design. I want them to have an "animated saturday morning" type of feel to them. I Hope on some level I'm accomplishing that. The project sure has been fun to do thus far.
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