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Glen Meets the Free Hugs Committee…

Well it’s May Day. This either means the day where old people reminisce about handing out baskets and kisses ooooooor it’s what you call when your plane is hurtling toward a rough and unexpected landing. Maybe there’s some middle ground here? Wonder if Glen could achieve this feat. Why yes, yes he can!

The Making of Glen

I was lacking in inspiration this week and came up with this idea only after procrastinating BADLY. I consulted my muse asking what would be a terrible thing to hug and they said a porcupine. Seriously?! Now I have to figure out how to draw a porcupine! Even though it’s an old idea I still think it came out cute.

I did a lot of new things with this comic… for one I drew a porcupine which I decided should look like an exploding fuzz ball. I used the fingertip blur tool to achieve this and learned the more violently you draw each line the farther it’ll go! I also enjoyed learning how to draw a snake entwined in a tree branch which is harder than it sounds. I was lazy with his scales though using the spray paint tool. And I was challenged in how to draw a face hugger and an amoeba… but I think I got it! Actually the longest time I spent on making this comic was drawing the bubble letters. I have been obsessed with bubble letters since grade school and always wanted to know how to draw them. I don’t feel as if I’m great at this yet but I’m getting there!

When Pets and Crafts Collideā€¦

I know I should be drawing Christmasy comics this month but it just doesn’t feel like Christmas this year. Is it the bizarre weather which is throwing intermittent snow storms in between freakish heat waves? Maybe. It feels like April! But I digress. I can’t exactly take Mother Nature’s keys even though I know she’s tanked. SIGH.

ANYWAY, enough about the weather. This week’s comic is simple, punderful, and I think a bit endearing. I enjoyed drawing it even though I really didn’t have the time to put into it. Maybe next week will be better!

The Making of Glen

I feel like I haven’t learned much in the past few comics… still… I devised my own method of making feathers (basically drawing an oblong blob and using the finger blur to push the veins of each outwards.) And I used the same feather resized, given different colors, and rotated, throughout the whole comic.

Meanwhile I did not get stuck on making the snake look realistic. For some reason I didn’t mind it being a full on green cartoon snake that doesn’t even look remotely like a boa constrictor. Brains are funny things.

I am still struggling to find a consistent “voice” for these comics. There’s not much that links them – not the subject matter, not their complexity, sometimes not even the way they are drawn! It literally is just pasting a little blue caterpillar in whatever situation my mind sees fit. As far as gaining a wider audience to enjoy him this is a bit like gambling… but who knows. 2020 is looking promising – perhaps it’ll be Glen’s year.