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.

Running Advice

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

Learning from other artists

At the end of last semester I finally got around to watching Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.  The movie is based off of a six book comic book series by artist Bryan Lee O'Malley.  I loved the movie's visuals, and soundtrack, but it is a PG-13 movie.  So it isn't for kids. . .sorry.  The comics combine the video game world with comics.  For example, whenever Scott defeats one of Ramona's evil ex's they explode into quarters.   The movie combines the video game world, comic world and movie world all in one.

I just recently finished the second comic in the series: Scott Pilgrim verse the World.  This comic has my favorite few pages in comics.  When Evny (one of Scott's evil ex's) calls Scott, Bryan Lee O'Malley uses the same panel format for at least four pages, but it is the most captivating few pages in comics. 

I can relate to Scott because I have dated someone like Ramona Flowers and also someone like Kim Pine.  It drives me crazy reading these comics because I want Scott to end up with Kim not Ramona.  In my own life I was stupid enough to leave Kim Pine.  I guess you don't know what you have till its gone. 

Anyways, I'll rant more about this later.  All of the artwork in this post are studies I did experimenting with O'Malley's style. 

just the line art

added digital colors

I really enjoy drawing in this style.  I usually use small pens but for these I got to break out my thick, bold pens and I even busted out some ink and brush (not pictured).

-Aaron

Update: Tomorrow there will be a new vlog posted and I just finished writing a third LA comic so hopefully I will have time next sunday to draw it.  I am thinking of starting up My Skinny Jeans are Red again as a daily strip, let me know what you guys think.

me as madman finished

me as madman

This is a work in progress!  It is me as Mike Allred's superhero Madman! 

I'm not as fit as Madman, but that is what I would look like in the suit.  Let me know what you guys think in the comments below!  And part 4 of the tattoo ken arch will be posted just as soon as I draw it!
-Aaron

Christmas Colors!

Color seemed necessary to illustrate the point of this comic. 

Some of you may of noticed, but the updates have been lacking this past week.  I originally had a buffer of 10 or so comics just in case a busy week like this happened.  Unfortunately, I spent a week working on a mini-comic that didn't work out and lost the buffer.  I don't want to bore you all with my excuses, but this past week I have had to worry about a Physical Science 100 vocab quiz, exam, 2D Design projects, homework, my dish room job and trying to get enough sleep.  

However, I have some cool projects in the works:  A mini-comic that, depending on popularly, I would like to get printed and have up for sell (probably cost $5-$10).  A spirit pokemon comic. A guest strip for one of my favorite webcomics (hopefully he will post it!)  And finally, I am working on a story for a long format adventure/horror/sci-fi comic which would include zombies! And who doesn't like zombies?

artistic note: The art style and craftsmanship of My Skinny Jeans are Red continues to annoy me!  This comic really is not a reflection of my art. 

--Aaron

College Comic-- a breakup story

Hey everybody!  Here's a funny story about Aaron's luck with certain girls here at the Y.  It's funny, a lot of girls are like this because there are just so many guys to choose from!  It happens every day, I swear.

Enjoy!