The Doo Family

The Doo Family Portrait_Inked

Here's the inked version of The Doo Family Portrait, and it came out pretty well although I do think that the Hulk was inked better than this one was. It's not like I changed my approach or anything, but the Hulk just looked better. I suppose it was because I inked both of them in the traditional comic book way, and Scooby and his family are cartoon characters and aren't meant to be inked that way. That's just a guess, however.

When I return to SCAD-Atlanta in September I'll scan this into the computer that way I can get started with the coloring process. For now, I just move on to another project.

The Next Project

I had some difficulty in figuring out what the next project was going to be since I had three ideas in mind before I get started on the next really big project. I decided to push the Riddler back in favor of a Captain Planet drawing. I had two ideas for a Captain Planet drawing, and I've decided to go with the second one, which will feature other super heroic captains from comics and cartoons. Aside from Captain Planet, the drawing will feature Captain America, Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, and another super hero captain who will remain anonymous for the time being, and it will be called The Captains of Heroism.

The Green Lantern Problem

The really big project that I was referring to above was the panoramic drawing of DC and Marvel super heroes, and I won't get started with that until near the end of the year, like the first panoramic drawing. Still, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't prepare myself for it, and namely I needed to know who were the heroes that were going to appear. I had a problem, however, with Green Lantern because there are five earthy incarnations of the character, and so which one should I choose? I quickly eliminated Alan Scott and Guy Gardner, but that still left Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart. So I decided to let my sequential art friends lend me a hand with the decision. Even though I was doing that I thought that Hal Jordan was going to be chosen...boy was I surprised. The thing was that I gave my friends another option with Jordan, where I could use him as Parallax in the villains panoramic drawing or use him as the Spectre in the super heroes. Adding that option tilted the scales away from Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern, and so far the consensus is for Kyle Rayner to be Green Lantern and Hal Jordan to be Parallax. I am going to wait a few more days before making it official because there are some friends who haven't responded yet, and so Hal Jordan could still over take Rayner.

Freelance Animator?

A few days ago I saw a job posting for an animator on College Central, and it's with a company called OpenSpan. I don't know much about the company, and there's really not much to know at this point. They're looking for an animator who can assist them in creating a project that will communicate what the company does. What interested me in the project other than animation was that it appears that they want a 2D animator, which is right up my alley. There's nowhere on the job post where they say they want a 2D animator specifically, but they did say that they were looking an animation style similar to a YouTube video that they had linked to the post. When I clicked on the link, I could easily tell that it was an animated video done in Adobe Flash, which is 2D animation. Of course, I won't be using Flash if they choose me, but it's good to know that they are looking for a 2D animator.

I just answered the post not that long ago, and so hopefully the next time I write I can say that I am a freelance animator. That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

Final Thoughts

Aw, fuddle duddles! I am sick again. I hate getting the cold, but at least I caught it before the start of the Fall Quarter because that would have been bad. Not only do I hope that I can call myself a freelance animator the next time I write, but also I hope that I am healthy.

Until next time, this is Billy Wright wishing you all a good night. So long, everybody!