ICECUBES the comic strip #218
ICECUBES the comic strip #218

ICECUBES the comic strip #218
ICECUBES the comic strip #218

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ICECUBES the comic strip #0218
Posted on February 21, 2013 by Leroy Brown
Shrinking heads.

7 thoughts on “ICECUBES the comic strip #0218”

  1. Leroy Brown

    HaHa Dr Dre headphones.

  2. Bo Lumpkin

    If pro is the opposite of con would Congress be the opposite of progress.
    Yep…seems like we are going backward. Some of the games people buy to play interactive stuff is almost like when we did stuff like that for real as a kid.

    1. Leroy Brown

      No kidding! It seems like they just try to imitate things that already exists. Like trying to make digital ‘inking’ look more ‘real’. I say, nothing beats the real thing!

      1. Bo Lumpkin

        I’m guilty of the digital inkin’ because I need to have something I can redo about a hundred times without startin’ from scratch.

    2. Leroy Brown

      Of course! Using computers to make art is fine by me. I do all my colors in Photoshop, not to mention fixing any inking errors. But I still like the natural line better. I think technology is good when it’s used for something you can’t do otherwise. When it just copies older techniques I feel its just kind of wasted.

  3. Bo Lumpkin

    Hey Leroy…where in the world are you buddy?

    1. Leroy Brown

      Hey Bo, I know I’ve been really quiet lately. I am waiting on word from the syndicates to see if there’s any chance of getting the strip picked up. I have been caught up in some other projects as well. It’s hard not to get burned out after 5-6 years without having a clear indication of being able to turn the strip into something viable- I need to continue to pay the bills! Thanks for being there and caring about ICECUBES, I’m going to do my best to get back online asap!

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Positions.

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES When I’m planning out my strips I try to draw the characters in different poses to see which ones work best. It’s a good idea to try things out before drawing the strip and to experiment. Often times I come up with unusual results and that goes into the strip. The funnier the better! 🙂 Be sure to take the poll! This coming week will be the last week. If you want a third comic on Fridays remember to support ‘ICECUBES’ by clicking on our sponsors!

Pencils.

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES I like how these pencils look. Sometimes the pencils look better than the finished ink job. I hate when that happens! Oh well, you decide. Notice how I always extend the drawing beyond the panel in order to get a balanced feeling. You can click on the image to get a better look. The finished comic strip is here.ICECUBES

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.

Comic strip blocking.

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES ‘Blocking’ just means blocking out how the action gets laid out on the page. In this case I was trying to work out the way Peckinpaw tripped and fell by making the gesture and movement read well in the limited amount of space of the 13″ x 4″ strip. Some artists call this the storyboarding stage. It’s real important to do this before you start drawing the real strip or else you will be erasing and restarting a lot. I always try to avoid a lot of erasing because it can introduce smudges that are hard to get rid of. It can also mess up the surface of the paper making it harder to ink. You can see click on the final published strip here.
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