As of late I’ve gotten some flak for my artistic skill. Of which I have none.
Jon does, but his style is more realistic. When I asked him to draw the strip I asked him to go against his methods and adopt a very simplistic, cartoonish style to make things easier. And that’s the style we’ve decided to stick with, especially since I’ve taken over the drawing duties.
I’ve made no claims of being an artist. I just like to make jokes and share them with you. Two of my most favorite webcomics are Cyanide and Happiness and VGCats. I didn’t want to go as simplistic as Cyanide and I couldn’t draw like Ramsoomair if my life depended on it (plus, look at how often he updates). I figured a happy medium would suffice.
Sometimes I’m pleased with the visual result (Toy Story, Kill Bill), sometimes I’m not as much (Blazing Saddles, The Incredible Hulk). But I believe each strip looks well enough to get the point across. That’s about as much as I can offer.
But I’d like to say I can do more. I’d like to try to. As far as the parodies go, I’ll be trying my hardest to make sure the visual style of the comic continues evolving as it has from the very beginning. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll be able to claim I am an artist.
Don’t worry too much about it. I’m the same with my webcomic. I do a a CG one because I’m too lazy to draw the characters from scratch each time. But my CG skills are only so-so. I think if you’re funny enough or have a good enough story, you’ll be fine. Don’t worry too much about it as long as people keep on comin’ back.
Art is overrated. hehe