Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Gotta lot of Good things, Stranger!
Got a bit of Random smattering of things this week. Two new normal RTC comics and two other things I made while I was bored.
1."Wake up! Do Somethin' Funny"
This idea came to me several months ago while Kyle and I were messing around with the Sims. In the case of such a game that would make us the "cruel powers that be". Cruel is a good term because I always wake my Sims up at odd hours of the night because I get tired of watching them sleep all the time...its boring. The idea to turn this into a comic hit me while I was at work so I made some rough sketches on my break and made a digital version when I got home that night. Hopefully you will admire it for its simplicity.
2."I am old Now"
Actually as a matter of fact I am old now, 21 to exact. This comic idea hit me a bout a week before my birthday however, while in anticipation. I sketched up a rough story board in my sketch book the afternoon before the party...which was good because it is likely I would have forgotten it otherwise. That being said you can deduce that this comic was not based on the actually events of that morning. Truth be told I far less well then my cartoon persona.
All in all I'd say the 21st birthday, a deep reflective experience. A harrowing if you will, in which one must put aside the past emerge from the haze set in by the devils fire water and press forward stronger then before....That sounded good. I shall have to stash that away for use in something later. For now enjoy.
3. "Oom!"
This was the comics I had been working on for a while to submit to the blizzard comic contest. Unless you are a WoW player it is unlikely you will understand, so I shall offer a quick nauseating explanation. If you play wow stop reading HERE.....
WoW Healer and Mana conservation for Noobs:
Okay for the rest of you. In The World of Warcraft players go into "Dungeons" in groups of 5. These "5-mans" are "instances" of better then average "trash" and "bosses" with "blue" and sometimes "epic" "loot". To get through the dungeon the group must work as a team. The group consists of 3 roles. One heavily armored character the "Tank" who distracts enemies and takes the damage, 1 "Healer" whos sole job is to cast healing spells on the group and keep people alive, and 3 "DPS" who deal high damage per second to the enemies the group faces. Now Since the amount a healer can heal is determined by how much "Mana" or magical energy they have. After a fight a healers mana is usually low to empty and the healer needs to eat or drink to restore it. In "Cata" the latest expansion for Worlf of Warcraft the "top tier" food/drink is "Manacake" which can only be acquired via a summoned "Mage Table" er go you want one of the dps in your group to be a mage since then you get "Mage Cake". Now in a standard dungeon run a healer can easily eat anywhere from 10-20 pieces of mana cake, depending on how bad the group is. Soooooo...... that should be all you need to know to understand the following cartoon if you do not play the World of Warcraft.
4. "The Green Muse"
This is not a comic, just a drawing I did one afternoon while I was kinda bored. I have kinda been brain storming ideas for a comic involving the absinth and mt. dew each having their own distinct green fairies, and they don't get along. I don't know I am still working on it. If you have any ideas or suggestions let me know.
-Nate out
1."Wake up! Do Somethin' Funny"
This idea came to me several months ago while Kyle and I were messing around with the Sims. In the case of such a game that would make us the "cruel powers that be". Cruel is a good term because I always wake my Sims up at odd hours of the night because I get tired of watching them sleep all the time...its boring. The idea to turn this into a comic hit me while I was at work so I made some rough sketches on my break and made a digital version when I got home that night. Hopefully you will admire it for its simplicity.
2."I am old Now"
Actually as a matter of fact I am old now, 21 to exact. This comic idea hit me a bout a week before my birthday however, while in anticipation. I sketched up a rough story board in my sketch book the afternoon before the party...which was good because it is likely I would have forgotten it otherwise. That being said you can deduce that this comic was not based on the actually events of that morning. Truth be told I far less well then my cartoon persona.
All in all I'd say the 21st birthday, a deep reflective experience. A harrowing if you will, in which one must put aside the past emerge from the haze set in by the devils fire water and press forward stronger then before....That sounded good. I shall have to stash that away for use in something later. For now enjoy.
3. "Oom!"
This was the comics I had been working on for a while to submit to the blizzard comic contest. Unless you are a WoW player it is unlikely you will understand, so I shall offer a quick nauseating explanation. If you play wow stop reading HERE.....
WoW Healer and Mana conservation for Noobs:
Okay for the rest of you. In The World of Warcraft players go into "Dungeons" in groups of 5. These "5-mans" are "instances" of better then average "trash" and "bosses" with "blue" and sometimes "epic" "loot". To get through the dungeon the group must work as a team. The group consists of 3 roles. One heavily armored character the "Tank" who distracts enemies and takes the damage, 1 "Healer" whos sole job is to cast healing spells on the group and keep people alive, and 3 "DPS" who deal high damage per second to the enemies the group faces. Now Since the amount a healer can heal is determined by how much "Mana" or magical energy they have. After a fight a healers mana is usually low to empty and the healer needs to eat or drink to restore it. In "Cata" the latest expansion for Worlf of Warcraft the "top tier" food/drink is "Manacake" which can only be acquired via a summoned "Mage Table" er go you want one of the dps in your group to be a mage since then you get "Mage Cake". Now in a standard dungeon run a healer can easily eat anywhere from 10-20 pieces of mana cake, depending on how bad the group is. Soooooo...... that should be all you need to know to understand the following cartoon if you do not play the World of Warcraft.
4. "The Green Muse"
This is not a comic, just a drawing I did one afternoon while I was kinda bored. I have kinda been brain storming ideas for a comic involving the absinth and mt. dew each having their own distinct green fairies, and they don't get along. I don't know I am still working on it. If you have any ideas or suggestions let me know.
-Nate out
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I Sent a Comic To Blizz!
Yep thats right after several months of just working on it in my in between time in the computer lab, I finally finished my entry to the Blizzard comic contest today! See it below...
The ideas came to me when i realized just how much mana cake Sylendria ,my poor priest, ate in a single dungeon run. Nearly a whole stack sometimes! I can only imagine the ill effects it would have over time on her slender little physique, not mention old dwarf priests named "Wilf" who are 85 and have "Diabetus". At any rate, I will hopefully at least get my work posted with the other comics on the Blizz site in a few weeks. Until then you can see it here. Also below I have versions of each of the party members separately. I was rather sad some of there details were lost when i finally jumbled them all together in a group.
If you can guess which 1 is my favorite you get guild Kudos.
The ideas came to me when i realized just how much mana cake Sylendria ,my poor priest, ate in a single dungeon run. Nearly a whole stack sometimes! I can only imagine the ill effects it would have over time on her slender little physique, not mention old dwarf priests named "Wilf" who are 85 and have "Diabetus". At any rate, I will hopefully at least get my work posted with the other comics on the Blizz site in a few weeks. Until then you can see it here. Also below I have versions of each of the party members separately. I was rather sad some of there details were lost when i finally jumbled them all together in a group.
If you can guess which 1 is my favorite you get guild Kudos.
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