Following a week off for a March break beach trip and doing taxes, I’m back to doing what I do here at the Jumbodeluxe webcomic. For those of you patient enough to come back, I’ve got a some new stuff on the site this week in addition to the regular comic post. I’ve got a blog category specifically for my sketchbook posts (you’re reading it now) and over in that column on the right I’ve added a widget that shows all the latest sketchbook entries on my flickr page. (I should point out that I’ve had a quick go with the stylesheet to make this work, so if it looks weird, try refreshing your browser.)
I think the robot's hands and feet were about the only things that stayed the same
These sketches are rough ideas for the comic that got refined or changed for the final version. I’m often quite surprised when I go through an old sketchbook and find an early concept that either bears no resemblance to what ended up in the comic, or looks cooler in its earlier stage. I generally work very fast in my sketchbook, so these drawings tend to have a much livelier quality. I’d love to retain more of that spontaneity and fun in the final draft only with less glaring mistakes.
I'm not sure why, but the robot looks much cooler here than it does in the final version.
