I am in the process of collecting all my old Java Jaguar strips into a printable book. Which is taking a bit longer than anticipated. A lot of the older strips required a serious face lift.
Here are the first three strips from... Wow! December 2015! I can't believe how long ago this began.
And compare these to the original ones that went online almost 6 years ago.
Maybe, not that much of a difference in the first two. But the biggest difference between the older and later "in-store" panels are the distance of the camera. More recent strips I've tried to focus in tighter just to make the characters larger and more expressive. I also at some point in the series began making the characters' heads proportionately larger and more cartoonish.
Also, you may have noticed that the newer ones are in black and white. Which is probably necessary to keep the cost of the books down. Anyway, posting some work-in-progress here, because this may keep me from making my daily QuickPaints of miscellaneous comic book characters.
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Must be fun looking back. Having them all digital means you should have backups I hope. Good luck with the book.
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Yep, I've got all the digital files saved. And the more I get done, the quicker the newer ones are to make. I can just grab old images and trace over them. "I need Matt holding a coffee mug! Episode 142!"
So smart!
I remember looking back at some of my old Tidwick's and was happy to see the sense of progression in the (admittedly simple) artwork that I did. Unfortunately I lost all the files except for the final jpg's, so all the layering and such was gone. Gone, gone, gone. Hopefully you won't suffer similar.
It's looking good! Looking forward to seeing more.
Well I do have all the original files saved, however, I did switch art programs at one point. The ones in the old format are much more primitive.
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