triffid

I was walking through the park one day….

24 August 2020

Another occasion to try something a little different. While things are still a bit……off schedule…..still thinking about the current state of of things, how people arrive and read and what makes the most sense. Looking for a balance of “what works on fifty hundred screen sizes” versus “what allows for a lot of play in layout and such”.

Skoode off to the park with his lovable companion, enjoying these last dog days of summer. As a kid, I saw Day of the Triffids several times on one of those afternoon movie shows wherein kids were left to bask in movies that would worm their way into our subconscious and haunt us for decades. The idea of being blind and stalked by weird plants…..some nightmare fuel there. Later I would read the book which you should absolutely check out.

Retribution with orange juice on the side

9 October 2015

And bacon of course. The lesson here is ‘Never get between a man and his triffid’.

Or no – actually it’s ‘Judge not lest ye be thnacked’.

Or maybe ‘Don’t get the cheese omlette. The cook still has pink eye’.

I don’t know man. I just post the thing. I’ll leave you to interpret the meaning.

Motivation inundation

10 October 2014

As all great coaches know, motivation is key. Whether the team wants it or not.

On a more focused note, playing with the layout is something I continually try to do with the strip. Finding a balance between a stable panel layout and trying out something out of the ordinary that helps make things more visually interesting. For some a straight grid works because I feel it guides the story and lets the characters almost ‘animate’ through the panels based on the consistency. Still when that goes on for a few strips it’s time to break the thing and see what happens. Good or bad.

Or so I think.