The Voice of Command is a powerful tool, not to be used lightly. Mina. – – – – – The Sandy Hook Massacre has been on my mind and in my conversations this entire past weekend. If I have any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don't know enough details about Dune to make a Bene Gesserit punchline, but the temptation was there. (Never read the books, and I only know the phrase Bene Gesserit from a PVP Online strip.)
Two things. Firstly, the watercolor print I mentioned on Monday is ready to go! Not sure I can promise Christmas delivery this close to the day, but I will ship any orders as quickly as I can. Secondly, I received[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The episode title is "Terror at 1600". Through an implausible series of events, Sue (a zombie) is invited to serve as head chef for a dinner at the White House. It's not one of the show's best episodes.
Got a few new toys to share today. Firstly, I created a Selkie facebook page for those that wish to discuss, share, like, and congregate on Facebook. If people wish, I could also use this page as an alternative point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Extended Mina dialogue I didn't have room for, for those that like this sort of thing: "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but... well, I believe her story. Plus, she's young, and new, and inexperienced. An incident like this, even if not directly her fault, could destroy her career before it even starts. So, I'm... covering it up... on the condition that she is no longer allowed to take work home."
I hate giving you guys one of my Glaring White Eyesore pages, but due to some video driver problems that crashed my Photoshop and forced me to re-do big chunks of my outlining (twice!), I gotta get to bed and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had some trouble with the second-to-last panel's dialogue. Jessie was going to offer to stream Sue and Kathryn on her laptop for Selkie, but my dialog involved her mentioning that she has a webTV account and could pull up the station's website for her to watch. I was trying to simplify the dialogue when I realized.... just put a damn TV in the lounge. Bam.
Did some Youtube crawling over the weekend, so if you need a quick drama break, please enjoy these videos by one of my favorite groups, The New Pornographers. (lyrics and content are not actually pornographic.)
I think Jessie takes very strongly after a somewhat-negative trait I have: when panicked, I default to the truth.
I’ve started work on a Selkie-themed watercolor illustration that I may be selling prints of when it’s done. Stay tuned…
My original draft ended on a different "punchline", but I re-wrote it to focus a little more on the Selkie/Amanda interaction. Here is the "deleted scene" of what the last two panels were originally going to say: ----- Todd and Mina stare blankly at the readers. T: She wears a kimono and no purse... where does she keep a cell phone? M: I don't want to think about it... -----
Considering Amanda has more battle damage than Tammy I want to clarify that, as Selkie suggested in the previous strip, Amanda DID start the fight. That’s a self-defense black eye, or a “don’t pick fights with kids that are bigger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amanda lost one of her pigtail holders solely to satisfy my love of asymmetry.
Combining Selkie’s love of mad science, and meat. Happy Belated Mad Turkey Science Day ↓ TranscriptTranscript of panels 1 and 2 by request "I gots scales, ands feathers, ands mad science chemicals…" "Ands I makes… a fishy-turkey!" and the last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate it. I aaaalmost wimped out and did a Thanksgiving drawing in lieu of an update. Almost. XD Instead, come back this Saturday for a Sketch Day Bonus which may be Thanksgiving-esque.
A concept sketch for Big Tammy can be seen here. I drew this in ballpoint pen on notebook paper very shortly after I introduced Keisha Wu Moonsong and Sandy (which was practically back at the beginning!). You can see them at the top row since they were new and I felt like drawing them at the time, but below that are some early background-character sketches. Big Tammy is the girl with the ponytail (which I think may have influenced Jessie's design a bit, so Tammy's ponytail will probably be lower when we cameo her next strip to distinctify her a little). The Indian girl with the braid became Savitribai (seen in the foreground of panel 1 here.) He hasn't made a visible appearance yet, but the hippie-looking kid with the glasses and poofy hair became "Star" (the little boy whose parents wish him to be un-named on the seating chart). I have yet to find a use for the kid with unruly hair covering his eyes and the butterfly-eater.
