I’ve been sketching on paper more lately. I used to do it all the time, before computers really became a Big Thing! I don’t like that I have the urge to press command+Z every time I make a mistake putting pen to paper. Pushing past it with practice.
Posts Tagged ‘sketch’
In case you’re not following me on Twitter or the NPC Comic Facebook page, you may have missed some sketches I’ve been posting there. So here! Have them!
Earlier this week I made a sketch of many Chloes and Binks in the popular iPad app, Paper by FiftyThree, and shared it on Twitter. As I was making it I took screenshots of my progress and compiled into the animated gif below!
Ever since this comic I’ve been wanting to draw Bink as an Ewok. So I did.
Mary on Tall Tale Radio, and a Sketch Sneak Peak
By maryvarn on May 17th, 2011Posted In: NPC Blog,Sketches
I’m pleased to tell you that I had the distinguished honor of guesting on the latest Tall Tale Radio podcast, hosted by the best voice in the biz: Tom Racine. Every show he interviews a cartoonist of some sort, and this week he and I talked about my adventures in comcking, animating, and gaming. If [...]
Sketch Sneak Peak for Monday’s Comic (05-09-11) Plus Email Subscriptions
By maryvarn on May 7th, 2011Posted In: NPC Blog,NPC News,Sketches
Here’s a quick sketch from monday’s comic for ya. And! I use Feedburner to publish the RSS feed for this site, and they have a cool feature that turns the feed into an email subscription. I just turned it on! So if that’s your thing you can try it out here. I won’t sell or [...]
Sneak a peak at some sneaky peaks. Looks like the cats have a renewed interest in Twitter.
View the image larger Not much to say this time. I’m prepping for March Mary Madness and mourning my lack of playtime of games with the suffix -craft. If you’re in the Lancaster, PA area, don’t forget that I’ll be in your neck of the woods this weekend. Come say hi!
See the bigger image here. You might notice that one of the sketches above reveals that I’m trying to draw Lisa’s hair so it’s more natural and messy-looking. But I better stay away from Cathy strands of hair flying all over the place….Ack! And as you can see, despite the brief Valentine’s Day reprieve, we’re [...]
See the image bigger here. I’m enjoying drawing the cats a lot again. Hope you guys are liking the story. Whenever I’m in the middle of a story like this I really wish I had the time to update the comic 5x a week, so you don’t have to wait so long for the plot [...]