I feel like Selkie’s move to get a teacher is the right idea executed for questionable reasons. XD
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I thought I’d take a stab at selling the ink-and-paper lineart used to make the last few strips. So, if anyone is interested in owning the original black-and-white drawings from one of the recent strips, I have the linearts for strips 301, 302, 303, and 304 on eBay.
So, here’s a fun background production factoid you may not be aware of. From strip #301 onward, I made a change to my production system for the comic which I am really liking the feel of. I’ve brought a little bit of traditional art to the table instead of drawing everything in Photoshop.
While the backgrounds and colors are still done in Photoshop and Illustrator like they always have been, I’ve been doing the line-art of the characters on watercolor paper with india ink instead of drawing with my tablet. It’s a small, probably imperceptible difference, but I really like the more hands-on feel it gives.
Bear in mind, this is not an April Fool’s strip. Tony has cast Summon: Crew and rolled a 20.
Chanelle: School friend. Likes math.
Michael Robert and Giselle: The psychic devil orphan kids.
Lynni Gideon and Tommy (aka “Truck”): No prior appearances. I loves me some tertiary cast.
As is always the case with Tony’s french, I welcome and invite correction offers. Tried for “Snowball fight” on the translation website I use, I think what I put here is actually “Snow fight”, or maybe “The battle of snow?” Not sure.
-EDIT- Corrected. Thank you Sabsyla.
Also have some stuff to share today! I’ve made some Selkie-themed watercolor illustrations, and I’ve decided to put them up for sale on eBay. These are one-of-a-kind original illustrations, NOT reproductions, so if you’re interested, get them while you can!
And one last thing. Maybe this is just because I love drawing Sandy’s face, but I adore panel four so much I thought I’d offer a hi-res version. Do with it as you please.
Also comes in fully-toothed version:
For records sake:
Amanda pranks two kids with one lie.
I feel like I am breaking an Internet Law by not drawing Selkie as a Spartan for the 300th strip. But in any event… happy 300!
-EDIT- It’s come to my attention that one of my anti-spam plugins is treating comments as spam, instead of holding them for moderation. If you see a message telling you to stop spamming, ignore it and I will manually approve the comments as I can. Or I may just deactivate the plugin if I can’t find a way to fix it. Either way, I am on it.
(Doing the temporary half-comic thing again folks, sorry to do this twice in a row. Colors and backgrounds will be completed tonight.)
I recall awhile back, somereader coined the term “adorifying” for moments where Selkie’s behaviors are equal parts adorable and terrifying.
Panel 6 is totes adorifying. XD
Oh, and for those curious, the classmates-slash-background extras sprinting out the door in panel 1 are, from left to right, “Star” Tina and Joe. “Star” being the kid on the seating chart labeled with an asterisk.
Sorry about the half-comic. It’s gonna be a “I’ll finish it later” day. Hopefully by the afternoon.
Sorry.
-EDIT Comic and Director Commentary updated!
In which educational television is referenced.
I posed in front of a mirror for Sandy’s sing-song pose in the second to last panel, while also singing quietly to myself. I am sure I must have appeared a crazy person.
Well, crazier.
"Fishies For Mes": A Watercolor Print, available now!
The Selkie Volume 1 ebook, now available!
