Spencer?

just a quick one.
-A.

more.

Still a work in progress. I'm almost done with the 3rd hour (a full 3 panel comic).

it sorta happened

This was my first year trying to draw hourly comics on hourly comic day.  It takes longer than I thought… so here is just one finished one.
-A. Painter

Time Well Spent part 2

Do you play Star Wars: Tiny Death Star? Ever wonder what happens when you close your game with people still in the elevator?

Well now you know.

I really enjoyed drawing this strip.  In fact, I probably spent too much time working on this.  Look at Greedo's eyes--beautiful.  That Ewok mean business.  Who let him carry that spear past security?

-Aaron

Weeze

Today's strip was based on actual events that took place in a fictional world.  It's titled 'weeze' not because I was wheezing during the run but because we were listening to Weezer as we ran.  

This was my first attempt at painting a background in Photoshop.  I'm super happy with how it turned out.  I like the background painting better than the actual finished comic.  

Oh, and if you hadn't noticed (I didn't) this is the 100th post of MSJAR!  Crazy!
-Aaron

Time Well Spent

I hadn't played 'Tiny Tower' before I started playing 'Star Wars: Tiny Death Star' so I had no idea what I was getting myself into.  Here is a basic overview of the game from the App Store:

"Amidst a civil war in a galaxy far, far away, the Emperor is building a Death Star level by level, and he needs your help. Intergalactic war is expensive, and space stations are, too. Do you have any idea how much it costs to build one the size of a moon?

Live life on the dark side, and join Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader on a mission to attract Galactic bitizens, run intergalactic businesses, and build an all-new Death Star! With that hard-earned money, fund the Empire’s evil schemes to defeat the Rebels and conquer the galaxy once and for all! " 

I've really enjoyed the game so far.  I love the 8-bit style and the music is awesome!  If you have an iPad or an iPod I recommend downloading this game.  Oh, and it's free by the way.

Self Reflection

Last one for the week.  Enjoy your weekend--and perhaps take some time to reflect upon your own life, while reading comics? (its a good idea).

Running Advice

I think I like the black & white one better.  This is my first attempt at painting backgrounds.

Crazy Train

Hey, Hey Listen!

This is the last MSJAR.  I will not update this blog or any other site of mine for the next two years.  Drawing MSJAR has been a good experience and I am grateful for what I have learned.   I am also eternally grateful for those who stuck around and read my comic even though I complained a lot and didn't update as often as I should. The reason for my hiatus is the fact I will be busy serving a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I am super excited for this opportunity.  

With All Due Respect,

Aaron Painter

Doctor Who?

Today's guest strip is by Khail Ballard and is about everyone's favorite tv show: Doctor Who.  Khail is one of the new character's in MSJAR and when I was asking for guest strips he offered to draw one.  Khail enjoyed it so much he has started his own webcomic.  You can find it at capriciouscomics.blogspot.com.  The name of the site will probably change soon though.  We found out that Capricious Comics isn't very original.  However, unlike MSJAR, Khail's comic site updates daily.  Khail shows a lot of promise and personally I enjoy his comic.  So go check him out!

Understanding a little about Doctor Who is essential to understanding the joke in today's comic. Here is a quick summary of Doctor Who which will help those of you who don't watch or know about the Doctor:

"Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS (which looks like a police box). Along with a succession of companions, he faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help people, and right wrongs."

-Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who)

The show started back in the 60's but it only worth watching at the start of David Tennant as the Doctor.  My favorite Doctor is Matt Smith.  Below are the trailers for the newest season to give you a taste:

-Aaron Painter

Do You Know?

True story.
-Aaron Painter

Let There be Light!

-Aaron Painter

guest strip-Problem Sloved!

Today's comic is a guest strip token of Alton the site's manger. 

-Aaron Painter

Bad Life Decisions

Would you look at that?  A new MSJAR?  I have been planning a limited run reboot of My Skinny Jeans are Red for a while.  I planned and thumbnailed the crap out of like twenty or so comics and was planning on revisiting some of the fans' favorite characters from the first run.  But Summer and Spring term have been more work than I thought and I recently received my mission call.  Basically there have been a lot more important things to worry about than my jounral comic. 

However, I did draw a few comics and I collected a few guest strips.  So for the next week you should see a new update almost daily (expect for Saturday and Sunday).  Unfortunately I still haven't drawn the salad girl series of strips based off on some experiences with Ken last Winter and I also bagged an idea for another LA comic.  I realized that I've been over her for quite a long time and don't see the point in revisiting stupid high school romances. 

As an added treat here is my thumbnails for the above comic.  I love see the behind the scenes work for other artists so I figure I'd post this suck up. 

You can tell I was still being infulenced by Scott Pilgrim when I drew this. 

-Aaron Painter

newspaper couch video

Winter Semester BYU 2011

Ken, Alton, Justin and I made a newspaper couch. It was going to be three times as big, but we settled for a third of a couch. I really liked having it. I used it as an extra table for art and when we had guests over they had a place to sit. It did start to get in the way though. Ken didn't like it much after a while.

For my final project in 2D Design I used the couch to make a collage. You can see the process for that piece here:
http://myskinnyjeansarered.blogspot.com/2011/04/2d-design...

Justin and I cut the couch up and recycled it at the end of the semester.

R.I.P. Newspaper couch you will be missed.

music: Scott Pilgrim by Plumtree

-Aaron

MSJAR Vlog 4

In today's vlog I go and steal my artwork from the HFAC.  Make sure to comment below and check my youtube channel at youtube.com/myskinnyjeansarered.

-Aaron

MSJAR Vlog 2

This is just a bunch of random footage.  There is a MSJAR Vlog 1, but its just me talking to the camera.  Vlogging is a lot harder than I thought it would be.  Btw, if you so desire you can watch the above video in 1080HD. 
-Aaron

Hey Justin

Finally part 4 of 4!
I drew this a couple days ago and didn't upload it.  I still have another storyline I want to draw and a few odds and end comics, but I freakin hate drawing in the MSJAR journal!

Stay tune for some fan art in the coming week!

-Aaron

2D Design final project- Process

I love when other artists show their process.  So here is one I made---just for you!


Step one: The Idea!
Next week is the last week of Winter Semester here at BYU.  After this semester I am staying for Spring and Summer semester.  For those you one who read My Skinny Jeans are Red, you're probably familiar with my roommate Ken.  Ken isn't stay at BYU, he is leaving on his own adventure back home in Wyoming.  The guy that lives next door to us, Justin, is a good friend of ours.  Justin is leaving on his mission soon to Brazil.  So basically life is never going to be the same for the three of us.  We are all going our own way.  So I wanted to create a piece of art that cements this idea. 

So I decided to make a large stencil with the three of us that shows where we are now and where we are going.  

Step two: Photo references
I took pictures of all of us and then photoshoped us in the arrangement and composition that I wanted. 

Step three: stencil base
I then took the photo into Painter 3 and painted over it and made a stencil. 

Justin's face took forever to do!


Step four: Printing

After designing the stencil I scaled it to 19'' to 19'' and pulled it into Word and printed out the image.
 
Step five: Trace and transfer

After I printed out the stencil's base I traced it onto tracing paper and then rubbed it on to the final paper.  


Step six: Cutting

Then I stayed up till 5am and cut this bad boy out!


Step seven: newspaper
I wanted a part of our room to be included in this piece of art.  In the beginning of the semester Ken, Justin, Alton and I all helped make the newspaper couch that is in our room.  Originally it was going to be three times as large, but after making a third of it we never found time to build the rest.

 So I took a chuck of the couch out.

And made a college using articles and headlines that related to us or described us. 


Step eight: Final touches
The final step was to glue the two parts together and then mount it onto black form core. 

There is a lot of hidden symbolism in this peice and it took over 20 hours to create.  I am really proud of this.  Hopefully my professor likes it.  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

-Aaron