chill comic drawin'

Julie Chan

Is there a playlist somewhere? I really enjoyed the music

Jessie Basham

Perhaps, it would put a little extra fiber in those sausages

Joseph Bonnar

That's happened since the first few strips, I think. It is one way that AI's are differentiated from humans in this strip. Except Yay. Their bubbles are sometimes round, sometimes square, and it drives a person with CDO (like me) CRAZY! (CDO: OCD alphabetized, LIKE IT SHOULD BE.)

Marty BlackEagle

i just noticed, the AI's have square speech boxes, human circular... do the AI's sound classic "robotic"? or similar to humans?

Jeremy Westerfield

To quote a certain yellow philosopher, "Bottom. HahahaHAHAhahAHah!"

What a pleasure to see the process that provides our daily pleasure. Thank you Jeph !!

Mad Marie

Are the curtains made somewhere back behind a sausage?

Joseph Bonnar

To understand that you would have needed to have been in the youtube chat while it was being drawn. Jeph said, "I'm a professional" The response? "Professional what?" Jeph said, "professional butt drawer" and while I was snorting my coffee down over my shirt laughing he sketched the butt there.

A-Ron Mozilla

Wasn’t that right after a bout with hands? I figured he was a little frustrated and needed a moment of levity. As a programmer, I can’t count the times I’ve entered (and then removed) comments profane and unnatural, just to kind of jiggle my brain out of tearing myself down about something that I *know* I should know and have done countless times before.

David Durant

I assumed it was a bonus for sticking it out to half way ;-)

Alacrity Fitzhugh

But what's with the butt (52:16)? :p

David Durant

Watching the whole of that on double speed is better than meditation! As someone with zero artistic skills I'm always surprised to be reminded that it looks like drawing hands is harder than doing faces. Oh, and shading is magic and no-one will ever convince me otherwise!

Jessie Basham

It is so cool getting to see behind the curtain where the sausage is made

Timothy Mann

Clip Studio Paint, and looks like a Mac.

Shawn K. Younkin

Always great to watch!

Mike O'Dell

what is the program on what platform??

Noah

@Gary Not entirely clear on what you’re saying; I read the above as implying that drawing is a skill but writing/layout/character design are “art”, something apart/different from skill. Did I misparse?

Michael Chui

@Noah, yeah, calling someone talented is actually damning with faint praise, since you're actually claiming their quality isn't something they worked for. Not how fans intend it (they usually mean "I appreciate your entire body of work"), but it's what the word means when people say "I wish I had your talent". If you listen to artists praising artists, you'll hear them talk about how cool the final product or the technique or the choices are, how they find those things intriguing or moving, etc. They don't talk about talent. There's certainly a degree of native ability: the ability to imagine, the ability to reduce a scene down to lines and shapes and colors, the ability to push through the yuck to turn it into something cool, etc. Some people have to learn it while others are naturally able and others got a bad education. The trick, ultimately, is to think about why you actually like something and talk about *that* instead. Envy isn't really praise. After all, the likely etymological root of "talented" is "wealthy".

Gary Walker

It’s not. Drawing is a skill. Literally any human being with average-ish coordination can learn to do it. Jeph’s art lies in the writing, and the layout choices, the plot and the understanding of the characters. Not to rag on Jeph’s line. It’s profoundly better than my line, as befits our respective ways of making a living (I make art for fun and therapy, not for a living).

Noah

Lately I’ve come to think that the word “talent” bugs me as it implies a skill is somehow innate and not the result of, as stated above, Putting In The Work. (Related: I also wonder about “genius”, for similar reasons).

Gary Walker

Art is in all of us. We can all reach for it. The worst thing you can do to yourself is not try it. Whatever it is. Unless it is, like, hard narcotics, in which case, perhaps, dial shit back a touch. Otherwise, go for it! Art belongs to EVERYONE. Your ability is a myth. Built on externals. But your capacity? That’s a thing to work towards. Be in the moment, not the piece.

Gary Walker

@coinneach I will tell you what I told my father about his woodcarving literally in the last week: just because it was “something to do” doesn’t make it not art.

Gary Walker

And if you’re in VA and in the GOP fuck off, I have a strict no fash policy.

Gary Walker

No real opinion about how he feels about that because I know what getting better at something you want to do is like. I just never wanted to do anything remotely as cool. Full points to house #TransRightsAreHumanRightsYouFuckingBastards

Coinneach Fitzpatrick

Entirely valid viewpoint. I do have some things that I'm good at (and had to work my arse off to get that way), but they're very esoteric.

Gary Walker

Truth? Jeph is good at this, IMO at least, because he overcame that impulse, when his work was absolute shite compared to what was in his mind, as I am fairly certain someone who loves making things, sounds, what have you, would do in many cases, and just DID IT. I’m of the opinion that committing to the work is like 99% of successful art.

Joseph Bonnar

Same here. I do wish I had some smattering of talent. :)

Joseph Bonnar

Ok. I love this. :)

Coinneach Fitzpatrick

As someone whose drawing skills are somewhat below xkcd, this is fascinating.

This is awesome! 😎

Looks a lil like Claire is trying to shake with her left hand at this point (early sketch). I love watching this process.