a. chicken pooh, is very special!
b. HP Deskjet 895 CSE (great printer!)
c. Darlene, my pony
d. EZonics USB cam, crappy
e. Daphne, a pony
f. Computer no. 3. Geoffery.
g. 96 ct. crayon box!
h. legal pad (storyboards)
i. dirtiest keyboard, ever!
j. CPA mousepad!
k. over-priced optical mouse
l. obsolete speaker and microphone
m. coaster maker
n. alarm/phone/radio
o. HP Scanjet 4100C, my hero
p. comfy chair!
q. pencil box with crayons and sharpies
r. lap desk with battle damage
s. some sharpies, gluestick, and an X-acto knife (I sold out)
t. pointy scissors!
u. file box of construction paper (yes I file construction paper)
v. more construction paper
w. trash can! (always over-flowing) how i make construction paper angst, a documentary
INTRO. The art
of Construction Paper Angst has evolved a little bit over time.
First of all, the skin started out very pink.
Only recently have I fixed this, and it haunts me still. I've considered
redoing the entire damn strip many times.
One problem is I never to plan ahead. The strips
usually get started at 9:30pm on a school night and take until 11 or 12 to finish.
This is due to my permanent writer's block.
I eventually write the strips out on a legal pad in storyboard form,
but I can never come up with quite the right idea. This is why the
comic never makes sense. Maybe I’m jumping ahead of myself, lets go to
BEGINNING. Before
I could make any comics, I had to make the cast.
Each person is basically just a paper doll done in construction
paper. Each “doll” is about 9 inches tall and takes an hour and a
half to construct, depending on who is in the room. The dolls usually never
look quite right, just ask any cast member.
One of the things about the comic I regret is the
large cast, a simple group of four or five characters would be best,
but because the characters are real and I’m a teenager, it has become a social
struggle.
For every character made, there are two more people complaining. This is
why I made the bunny saga and have been planning a comic with fictional characters.
MECHANICS. The dolls
are made using normal construction paper, sharpie markers for outlines
and details, and crayola crayons for details and forest creatures.
If the clothes are real I usually take the images from the net which is
another thing I'd like to change.
I scan the completed characters in pieces so that I can
pose them. I usually scan one shoe, one arm, and no arms
or hands. Many parts are just stock pieces. Pupils and
other small details are added on the computer.
Most of the dolls get
screwed up in the making, but I fix them on the computer.
COMIC. As I said,
the strips are storyboarded, but usually I rewrite them
just to make sure they suck, Er...
I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro for the comic.
The strip is basicaly all cut and paste, because it would be pointless to
remake the characters for every panel. How I do the background changes.
I sometimes draw crayon, or use photographs. Also, I use solid colors
(I like to call the darker green "Sonya Land"), and if I’m really motivated
I make construction paper backgrounds.
I’ve dreamt of an accurate representation of the high
school, but the random hallways with lockers will probably have to suffice
for now.
I’m probably forgetting the most interesting and exciting parts,
so e-mail me if you have any questions.
Thanks for reading!