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ICECUBES the comic strip #0236 Animated!
Posted on March 10, 2014 by Leroy Brown
Pencils, inks, colors animated! :) New comic tomorrow!

13 thoughts on “ICECUBES the comic strip #0236 Animated!”

  1. J.P. Keslensky

    Nicely done there Leroy. Is that real time or time lapsed. Just kidding.

    1. Leroy Brown

      Ha ha thanks Bugs, it’s actually slow motion 😉

    2. Leroy Brown

      Leroy Brown

      I hope you don’t mind that I called you Bugs? I just really like the name of your comic!

  2. bernard tardy

    Love the animation….Great…

    1. Leroy Brown

      Thank you! 🙂

  3. Mark Stokes

    Just fab, Leroy! Very creative!

    1. Leroy Brown

      Thank you Mark! It was fun to do. 🙂

  4. Vince

    Love this. Great way to show your process. -v

    1. Leroy Brown

      Thanks Vince, I don’t normally scan the pencil of the comic, since I use real ink but this pencil was appealing and I thought if I mess up the ink at least I have the scan to prove that the original drawing was good 😉 Then I came up with the idea to animate all 3 stages.

  5. Todd

    Cool stuff Mr. Brown!

    1. Leroy Brown

      Leroy Brown

      Thanks Todd! 🙂

  6. CPUGuy1

    Very Good Effects!
    Keep up the good work.

    1. Leroy Brown

      Cheers Mr CPU! 🙂 Thank you so much for the nice comments.

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Gestural drawing.

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Leroy Brown
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It’s all in the gesture! That’s where you get the energy and ‘funny’ into your drawings. So I always spend time practicing each drawing on a sketch pad by drawing big circles and blobs for the heads and bodies of my characters. This helps me ‘anchor’ them into place and make them feel real. Be sure to always get a good under-drawing happening before committing to the final. No amount of style can make up for a poorly balanced drawing.
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So get crazy and start making ‘gestural drawings’! 🙂
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Backdrawing.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES When drawing on the outer edge of your panel, it’s important to extend the drawing as if you were drawing the whole character. Even if parts will get cut off it is a good idea to draw them to get a feeling for where things are supposed to fall. For example in this drawing, Peckinpaw is off to the side and his shoulder is mostly cut off even though I drew the shoulder. Without the shoulder I wouldn’t know where to put his arms and hands. Also note that his left arm is drawn even though I won’t see it because of the book in front of it. That way I know exactly where to put his fingers. I call this ‘backdrawing’ or drawing in the round. 🙂
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Drawing tools.

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES Here is a picture of my collection of metal drawing nibs. I have gathered these throughout the years and although I only use a very specific type for drawing and lettering, I like keeping them. The ones I use on the strip are in the little plastic box in the foreground. The techniques I use to draw are very old fashioned to some. Although I do use a tablet for doing commercial work, the plastic ‘sliding’ feeling of drawing on a tablet won’t work for the strip. I like the feel of drawing on paper and inking with nibs.