This is the start of a longer auto-bio story that I’m planning to kick out. The loose plan is 24 pages, updated once a week.
Originally, I’d started drawing this in the same style that I normally do:
At the last moment, I threw the page on a lightbox and traced it back out, knocking back the details and giving everyone animal heads. I did it just as an experiment, to see how thinks would look if I simplified them. I liked it, so at the eleventh hour, I’ve decided to try doing the story in this style.
I think the animal heads work great. Sometimes it’s nice to free yourself from doing people’s faces – sometimes the tiniest mark can ruin the whole thing!
Wait? Is there a tiny mark ruining it for you?
I like it. They look less depressed than your normal art. >_>
If you can make we feel using the animal heads. If we can look at it and say “He’s tired”, it’s great.
I love your web comic since I saw the link on boxbrow’s bellen, by the way.
Animals drinkin’ beer, I love it! The simplicity is what makes this.