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		<title>New (INTERACTIVE!) minicomic available!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Guys, I promise, these things are really cool to toy around with, and I&#8217;m very excited to finally get to show off my handiwork! Suckers are hard to make. Anyway, maybe someday I&#8217;ll put some of the content here, but to be honest, I&#8217;m not really sure how that would even work.
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<p>Guys, I promise, these things are really cool to toy around with, and I&#8217;m very excited to finally get to show off my handiwork! Suckers are hard to make. Anyway, maybe someday I&#8217;ll put some of the content here, but to be honest, I&#8217;m not really sure how that would even work.</p>
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		<title>MUFFIN McCLANE</title>
		<link>http://pompousoctopus.org/2010/01/18/muffin-mcclane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Hot dog, new art! This here&#8217;s an endpage for issue #1 (which is all wrapped up), and I can share it because it has nothing to do with the plot, you lucky ducks, you.
And what&#8217;s more, I&#8217;m knee-deep in a fancy new minicomic that I really think people will enjoy. I&#8217;m told it&#8217;s innovative, but [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hot dog, new art! This here&#8217;s an endpage for issue #1 (which is all wrapped up), and I can share it because it has nothing to do with the plot, you lucky ducks, you.</p>
<p>And what&#8217;s more, I&#8217;m knee-deep in a fancy new minicomic that I really think people will enjoy. I&#8217;m told it&#8217;s <em>innovative</em>, but we&#8217;ll see, won&#8217;t we?</p>
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		<title>A fine how-d’you-do</title>
		<link>http://pompousoctopus.org/2009/09/04/a-fine-how-dyou-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I promise I meant to update this place regularly over the summer, but you know how it goes. Things happen, bets are off, new things come up, that type of thing.
ANYHOW.
The big news is that yours truly is working with the good folks at Slave Labor Graphics, handling art duties on your soon-to-be new favorite [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I promise I meant to update this place regularly over the summer, but you know how it goes. Things happen, bets are off, new things come up, that type of thing.</p>
<p>ANYHOW.</p>
<p>The big news is that yours truly is working with the good folks at Slave Labor Graphics, handling art duties on your soon-to-be new favorite miniseries! Now how about that? More info forthcoming, but here, have an incidental character:<br />
<a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/crone.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-388" title="crone" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/crone.jpg" alt="crone" width="550" height="578" /></a></p>
<p>In other news, my new sketchbook has picturesque forest critters on it.</p>
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		<title>My Future Son</title>
		<link>http://pompousoctopus.org/2009/05/28/my-future-son/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 22:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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GAH, after class critique I know three small changes that can make this ten times easier to understand. I&#8217;ll get to it eventually, perhaps if I ink these.
Anyway, Vis 1 Final.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-381" title="vis1f2" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f2.jpg" alt="vis1f2" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-382" title="vis1f3" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f3.jpg" alt="vis1f3" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-383" title="vis1f4" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/vis1f4.jpg" alt="vis1f4" /></a></p>
<p>GAH, after class critique I know three small changes that can make this ten times easier to understand. I&#8217;ll get to it eventually, perhaps if I ink these.</p>
<p>Anyway, Vis 1 Final.</p>
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		<title>Old West</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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From a script by Richie Daley.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ow_ink2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-377" title="ow_ink2" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ow_ink2.jpg" alt="ow_ink2" /></a></p>
<p>From a script by Richie Daley.</p>
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		<title>Bartman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 21:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Ah, these too. From a Bartman script by Chuck Dixon. Penciled for Vis1 and Inked for&#8230;Inking.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bartman_ink2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-372" title="bartman_ink2" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bartman_ink2.jpg" alt="bartman_ink2" width="600" height="899" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bartman_ink3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-373" title="bartman_ink3" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bartman_ink3.jpg" alt="bartman_ink3" /></a></p>
<p>Ah, these too. From a Bartman script by Chuck Dixon. Penciled for Vis1 and Inked for&#8230;Inking.</p>
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		<title>Two more</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 20:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Oops, I&#8217;ve gotten a bit behind on my posting. These are from a few weeks ago, but I just got to a large scanner this weekend.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/combob_bot.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-360" title="combob_bot" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/combob_bot.jpg" alt="combob_bot" width="600" height="818" /></a></p>
<p>Oops, I&#8217;ve gotten a bit behind on my posting. These are from a few weeks ago, but I just got to a large scanner this weekend.</p>
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		<title>Gotham</title>
		<link>http://pompousoctopus.org/2009/04/29/gotham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Page from &#8220;Gotham by Gaslight&#8221; for Vis 1. I&#8217;m awfully proud of this one.
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<p>Page from &#8220;Gotham by Gaslight&#8221; for Vis 1. I&#8217;m awfully proud of this one.</p>
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		<title>Advanced Defense Mechanisms 2</title>
		<link>http://pompousoctopus.org/2009/04/05/advanced-defense-mechanisms-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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More inking exercises, this time with a brush. I&#8217;m particularly fond of that last one.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-348" title="brush_exercise2" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise2.jpg" alt="brush_exercise2" width="600" height="715" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-349" title="brush_exercise3" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise3.jpg" alt="brush_exercise3" width="600" height="715" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise4.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-350" title="brush_exercise4" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise4.jpg" alt="brush_exercise4" width="600" height="715" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise6.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-351" title="brush_exercise6" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise6.jpg" alt="brush_exercise6" width="600" height="715" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise7.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-352" title="brush_exercise7" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/brush_exercise7.jpg" alt="brush_exercise7" width="600" height="715" /></a></p>
<p>More inking exercises, this time with a brush. I&#8217;m particularly fond of that last one.</p>
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		<title>Advanced Defense Mechanisms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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Reference:
Proboscis Monkey, creative commons from Austin King.
Egg Beater from Chris New.
Mercury 7 from public records.
Gunslinger from me.
These are some quick crowquill drawings for Advanced Inking Techniques. We&#8217;re moving on to brush now, and, despite my relative unfamiliarity with the tool, the next batch is looking nicer so far.
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<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise31.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-338" title="quill_exercise31" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise31.jpg" alt="quill_exercise31" width="600" height="781" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise41.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-339" title="quill_exercise41" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise41.jpg" alt="quill_exercise41" width="600" height="781" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise8.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-340" title="quill_exercise8" src="http://pompousoctopus.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/quill_exercise8.jpg" alt="quill_exercise8" width="600" height="781" /></a></p>
<p>Reference:</p>
<p>Proboscis Monkey, creative commons from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak_in_korea">Austin King</a>.<br />
Egg Beater from <a href="http://www.seenew.net">Chris New</a>.<br />
Mercury 7 from public records.<br />
Gunslinger from me.</p>
<p>These are some quick crowquill drawings for Advanced Inking Techniques. We&#8217;re moving on to brush now, and, despite my relative unfamiliarity with the tool, the next batch is looking nicer so far.</p>
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