Blizzard Warning: Get out your Snowshoes

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:56 am

This is the grand opening of "Cold Feet" on Comic Genesis!

Follow the antics of Bert, a wacky optimist with a sense of adventure, and Bill, education paired with a sharp sense of appropriateness.

This is mainly a gag strip, focusing on a pairing of random quirks and harsh reality. The strip is done in black and white, although there is occasionally a bit of spot colour. It is entirely done using vector art in Adobe Illustrator and while this lends itself to "cut and paste" comics, I try to include a few pieces of custom artistry in each cell.

Please enjoy it for what it's worth! Criticism is welcome!

(Link is in the signature below).

Mr. Caravaggio · Post by **Mr. Caravaggio** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:40 am

This one here...
http://coldfeet.comicgenesis.com/d/20051003.html
This blows my mind.

Other than that, it's pretty good, though it is kind of funny when you read them all and then hit the back button continuously really quickly, then you can see the text change while the penguins stay in pretty much the same place.

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:46 pm

Mr. Caravaggio wrote:This blows my mind.

Heh, thanks

. I enjoy abusing the english language as much as I can.

Mr. Caravaggio wrote:Other than that

Point taken. My only excuse is that I do all my comics on my laptop using only the track pad. This is only an excuse though, and I agree that different positioning of the characters is something I'm going to have to work on as the comics progress. (It takes a really long time to draw and shade them in Illustrator)

Mr. Caravaggio · Post by **Mr. Caravaggio** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:05 pm

Illustrator? Lord, when I tried it for a while shading things was the hardest part. I like the idea of a grid with lines to denote areas, but it was just so cumbersome.

I don't really have a problem with the frequency of the stances in a comic as long as the dialogue makes up for it. I loves me some 8-bit theater, and that's got even more static sprites. Of course the variety there comes from all the colorful backgrounds clevinger throws in there. I'm not sure you'll be able to send these guys to that many places...

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:25 pm

Yeah, I got comfortable with the program and I've decided to stick to it. It actually does allow a lot of control over most of the aspects of the art, which is why I like it. Not to bash myself, but there's no way I could reproduce as clean a comic by hand (believe me, I've tried).

Wendellpdipmier · Post by **Wendellpdipmier** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:12 am

I loved it!

My wife homeschools our kids...I read the strip to her. She burst out laughing.

Great stuff.

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:56 am

wendellpdipmier wrote:I loved it!

My wife homeschools our kids...I read the strip to her. She burst out laughing.

Great stuff.

/blushes

Thanks!

Kilre · Post by **Kilre** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:14 am

hilarious. the crisp art helps too. it's hard not to laugh at penguins doing silly stuff. lots of smart-alecness-y-goodness

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:27 am

Kilre wrote:hilarious. the crisp art helps too. it's hard not to laugh at penguins doing silly stuff. lots of smart-alecness-y-goodness

Thanks for the kind words! As I mentioned before, Illustrator really helps with the cripness of the art. Go vectors!

NerdHouse · Post by **NerdHouse** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:31 pm

I must say, the overall site style and imagry is dead sexy.

The humor just isn't my cup of tee, but it is good for those who do like that style. My only 'complaint' is that if I loved this comic I would disappointed at the update regularity. You are using a very copy/paste-ish style (much like my own) that would seem to ease the producing process.

Avatar007 · Post by **Avatar007** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:46 am

Ooh, I'm glad you like the site

NerdHouse wrote:disappointed at the update regularity.

I see where you're coming from, but I'm currently doing an engineering thesis as well as a mechanical engineering group design project (which amounts to a second thesis), so my comic generation time is pretty much limited to cut and paste.

I fully intend to do more dynamic art once the group design project is over (sometime in december) because I agree that it makes the comics more interesting overall.

You'll note, however, that I've never missed an update either.