I wish I could draw like Kate Beaton. It’s a deceptively simple, sketchy style that encompasses a whole range of facial expressions and body language. When you think about what’s going on there its two things that are not easy: having a repertoire of different ways of drawing people (including costumes and hairstyles) and knowing what emotional emphasis you want to place on a particular character in each panel. I love how effortless she makes it all look.
Of course I also wish I could write jokes like her as well. That’s pretty much just as hard.
Hark, a Vagrant! is one of the funniest things online. Check it out.
In other news, I had a day of collapse yesterday after a very busy and very fun few weeks. Thanks to friends I have some new personal adornment, and I’m diving back in to the work environment.
Tags: comics, drawing, envy