Tuesday, November 10, 2009

We have moved!

Cynical Woman has moved! This will be the last post to this blog. Our new blog and website are now at www.cynicalwoman.com. You'll be able to find everything there including The Adventures Of Cynical Woman webcomic, Move It Mama Monday, announcements about my latest books and writing projects, and all the other usual insanity. So be sure to visit www.cynicalwoman.com from now on! Thanks!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Episode 41 - Halloween!


Oy, I hurt. I had this brilliant idea that I could do the text for the cartoon in Adobe, which would look much better than my own hand lettering. But then I got the cartoon scanned in and I thought, "Hey, if I can do the lettering in Photoshop, why not do the screen tones too? I know I've got a tutorial on that somewhere!" Several hours later…


I'm kicking myself because I should have just done the lettering and let it go at that, but nooooooo! I had to do the screen tones. And then I made the mistake of resizing the image down and then I saved it over the larger version of the file!! That hurts because now if I ever want to edit this particular episode again, I'll have to start all over from the beginning, scanning in the line work and then adding the text and then adding the screen tones…


Ugh.


So anyway, I have a question. Right now, I'm resizing the cartoon to 1200×410 pixels. This is the size you see after you click on the thumbnail. I've got a giant flat screen monitor, so I have no idea really if this is too small or too large for anyone else viewing the cartoon. Let me know if you'd like to see the cartoon a little larger, or smaller, because the size I shrink things down to affects how the screen tones work (and yes, I'm just stupid enough to try that technique again, because in spite of the time I wasted this evening, I really like how this turned out).


Enjoy your Halloween!