Warchicks update
So according to my archives in LJ, the last entry I made related to my fictitious punk-heavy metal band Delilah and The Warchicks was last year here. If you watch my DA, you'll know months later this happened.
Well I mentioned this only on Twitter as far as I know but I managed to find the draft for the minicomic about one or two months back. Ironically enough, thanks to my library for bringing K-ON! and thus me watching it at last PLUS bands, guitars and double-neck guitar researching -- I got a little push again into drafting a proper end (instead of what I had envisioned earlier) and working on it to make it a real product. It's what I've been working while I take my breaks from computer use. I've figured out the printing costs from one local printer, since it will be done in a minicomic format that's unusual (or hasn't been used, I haven't seen any other examples). I'll have to check with the other local printer and then with PsPrint but so far my plan for it to be in color --or monochrome at the very least -- has been dashed. No duh, no wonder minicomics are in B&W >:P
If the printing turns out to be costly for a set quantity of copies even in B&W, I'm also planning to see if I can make a website for it and the band. Because I like to go out all out or go home （￣へ￣）/ If you're wondering why I would make a website for a minicomic instead of my normal webcomic, well, you'd be correct in wondering, hah. When you have about 1000 business cards still left over though and you're not able to go to like no cons whatsoever....y-you tend to uh, hold off on the site until you're out of cards and/or figure out how to have a domain referral and all that jazz. *cough*
Having said that, let's get to what I've done so far...
So I designed a (second) draft of the bands' logo. I tried out that Live Trace tool Illustrator has. And uh, I kinda like the result (save for the obvious aligning issues and such that I have to fix):
The letters are still too thin, if that makes any sense, so I need to fix that as well. But other than that I like the accidental effect the trace did with my sketch. (◕u◕) Still have to think about whether I want the "Delilah and The" part hand lettered or use a font.
And here are 8/22 pgs of the Warchicks minicomic done. I haven’t used a ruler properly in so long that I took way more time setting up the panels than I should have. BUT IT FELT GOOD. If that makes sense. 8D
I also used the Ames Lettering Guide for the first time. I didn't follow the instructions because they were confusing as heck so I just made sure the lines were all the same size enough for me. Turned out be a sweet experience ;)