Stupid characters

Posted on October 28, 2010 by David M Willis

So sometimes I spend a whole lotta time drawing backgrounds, only for them to get covered up almost entirely by characters.  I mean, I know what parts are gonna get covered up, since I blue-pencil everything down before starting to ink, but I try to draw the complete background anyway, on its own layer.  Hey, y’never know when I’ll be able to use it again!  (Or use it to make a blog post.)  And it’s much easier to reuse backgrounds if you don’t have to fill in people-shaped holes with the edges of trees or windows or whatever.

Regardless, this is what it looks behind our heroes in today’s strip.  There’s four people standing in a row in most of the wide shots, so of course you can’t see much of it!  But here it is for posterity.

3 thoughts on “Stupid characters”

  1. Acher4

    I confess I really like the outside backgrounds.
    From the night before, at the park and amazi-girl, to here in…wherever they are.
    They seem so lively and artsy. But I guess it’s the distinct drawing of the entire comic, so… :D

  2. Rachel

    I really enjoy your backgrounds. They’re really nice and detailed, and tend to suit the mood amazingly well. Take your time on them, I can wait for comics if it means seeing more great imagery.

  3. Thomas Wrobel

    Its a good principle to keep all your assets.
    Not only for re-use, but one day you might have your comics in a funky system where people can peal back the layers to see how the artwork was constructed.

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