http://www.vealblog.com An Attempt to Chronicle the Making of the "Veal" Webcomic Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Work is sucking up all my time right now as I am approaching a fairly large deadline. Gotta muscle through it before I can use my free time to keep up on Veal. But worry not! More Veal updates VERY soon! http://www.vealblog.com/?p=53 On what is going to be a recurring theme in the Veal story - females have a strong element to play in the setup of the universe I am building. In fact - most of the alien species that you'll see in Veal that HAVE a gender will be predominantly ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=44 So - since posting the preliminary image of the Hadlock - I've been wrestling with the idea that they look too "Macy's Day Parade" and not near enough like an alien in a compression suit. I've since been pouring over the design, trying bigger bodies like the Jenaki, smaller bodies, ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=40 So as you may or may not have guessed by now - there are aliens in my story. In fact the majority of the characters you'll get to know as the webstrip begins will almost ALL be of an alien species. And as fun as that sounds - there are ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=35 So - one of the new races that I've worked out to the end is a species called the Jenaki. I named them after a friend of mine from college who just had one of those names that made me go - what a nifty sounding name. So when it ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=30 I've been struggling with some ideas as far as style. I think I'm getting close - but now I'm worried Veal's face wont translate right. Can't live in fear though. So I churned out some quick body sketches to get an idea about proportion and how a multitude of male ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=26 [caption id="attachment_17" align="aligncenter" width="460" caption="Some test ideas on what a Grey might look like."][/caption] So today - I thought I'd start off with the sample image. The subject of the past few days/week has been what a "Grey" might look like.  Yes - we're aliens’ territory now. The simple fact is ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=16 So I spent some of this afternoon going over what Veal's body should look like. Build type, scars etc... but he keeps coming out a lil too thin. Waif-like even. When I envision him, he looks thin, but not sickly and when working in a cartoon/comic medium an artist tends ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=12 Hi all and welcome to VealBlog! Since this is my first post, I thought I'd take some time to explain the purpose of this website and give you a smidge of insight as to what VealBlog actually is. The VealBlog is a way of keeping track of my creation process, from ... http://www.vealblog.com/?p=3