Glen the Caterpillar Comics

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Glen Learns the Secret Life of Bees

I actually had fun with today’s Glen! It came out pretty nice! And I think it captured an idea well. Good job me!

The Making of Glen

Inspiration for today’s comic came in the form of my constantly wandering mind. Basically I read someone was watching The Secret Life of Bees and I couldn’t help but wonder what are bees keeping secret?! And then it occurred to me, their fuzzy black and yellow stripes are just coats!

Other than that I didn’t do anything crazy new in drawing this except I created a new layer to add watercolor painted wings that looked translucent. The rest was straight up Old School Drawing. I know, how does anyone do that anymore??

Glen’s Trusty Steed Asks for a Promotion…

With Halloween approaching I felt like Glen needed a nice costume. Delighted he told me he wanted to go as Zorro and the giant snail could go as his trusty steed Tornado but I guess the lines of communication got crossed because they both showed up as Zorro… SIGH.

This is really what happens when you combine a lack of inspiration, the advice of a muse, and a few flu-induced fever dreams. Suffice to say it’s been a rough week but Glen, as usual, made it worth it. I cannot tell you how happy I am with my progress as these panels get more and more complex complete with many layers of scenery, texture, and costuming. It’s SO NICE to be able to show the world just a sliver what’s going through my strange mind. Here’s hoping you find this week’s comic as adorable as I did. Signing out with love,

Theophanes Avery