We all have done it

December 31st, 2008

And if you say you didn’t, either you were raised at an Amish farm, or are just plain lying… These days, kids are more likely to learn about sex from the Internet than from an underground magazine like the ones some classmates used to sneak in into school. But for the same reason Bill Watterson said once that he drew old fashioned appliances on his strips because they looked more fun, the act of hiding (or rather, pretending to hide) a porno magazine under a convoluted blanket contraption has more comical potential than gazing mindlessly at a computer like you are doing at this moment :)

I don’t get to do full color illustrations (click on image at left to view) like this often, because I never seem to have time for them and the method I use is quite time-consuming (I’m absolutely interested on learning speedy Photoshop coloring methods). Thanks to a few slow days at work courtesy of the holidays, I’ve been able to accomplish one, and this also is the very first time I attempt to color a night scene. Hope I didn’t fare too bad. Comments are welcome!

Original on brushed ink and Bristol board, colored on Photoshop.

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