Apologies for not sending out today’s Toon Mailer. We had a family emergency this morning, and I’ve spent the better part of the last few hours in the hospital. The crisis is over now, but I just wanted to put this out there in case you’re on the Toon Mailer list and didn’t receive today’s comic in your InBox.

-Krishna

pencils and caption for PCW comic

Originally uploaded by kms007

Here are the rough pencils I scanned in for today’s guest-star comic featuring Paul Studiman. When I work on multi-panel comics, I write the script first. Then I block in the images (usually in free-form fashion on a sketchbook page).

I’ll then cut and paste the pencils and arrange them within Photoshop. Then it’s onto inking in Painter X, followed by coloring in Photoshop, once again.

-Krishna

King Bob

Originally uploaded by kms007

I’ve got a tentative game-plan of making a new poster – featuring Bob wearing costumes from every country of the world. This one’s a warm-up sketch, gearing up for that idea. So, what do you think? Is this is something people would be interested in?

-Krishna

Outside of the latest Uncubed, here are some other noteworthy sites you should check out this morning:

PSDTuts: Some of the best Photoshop Tutorials on the web. Very high quality step-by-step techniques to get the most out of Photoshop. This one, on cool lighting effects, struck my fancy.

11 Ways to Get Rid of Brain Rot – clear out the cobwebs in your head and add more brain muscle.

Your Hard Drive Will Fail (It’s Just a Question of When) – there is no such thing as permanency when it comes to storage. Most of this info is old hat to most techies – but the one that’s probably the most overlooked is testing your restored data every once in a while.

25 Beautifully Colored Websites: Good design is never accidental.  Here are some tips for making your color choices more effective. I didn’t recognize any of the websites on the list, save for Veerle’s Blog, which I already peruse.

Happy Tuesday!

-Krishna

IMG_1558

Originally uploaded by kms007

Faced with a half dead 20″ display and a 19″ monitor that’s too small for real work, I bit the bullet and ponied up some of my freelance earnings for a 30″ Samsung. Gorgeous colors – no dead pixels out of the box. This thing is pure awesome. I’m using it with my Macbook Pro, and – very soon – my new workstation beast.

-Krishna

Last night Lunarpages moved my domains over to a new server (bigger, faster, stronger, etc.). A few comments that came through last night / this morning were lost in the shuffle – but outside of that, I believe things are running okay. Hopefully the site loads faster now…

Let me know if you experience any unusual behavior with the site…

-Krishna

Well, not exactly.

Surf guitar legend Dick Dale’s advice is geared for up-and-coming musicians, but I feel that much of what he says is equally pertinent to writers, webcartoonists, and other creative types. What you create is your own – so be careful before you sign any contracts or deals. Special thanks to my pal Justin Hamrick for sending this along.

-Krishna