Did a lot more poking, redrawing and finally decided these pages were done. I think the mice acting together will get the feeling across better, more a feel of some hip-hop boys doing their thing. This would likely be the number in the Disney movie that's a lot of fun but doesn't really fit in with the other songs. That's what the mice are for; to cause some chaos. And now, vacation, or at least it will be in a few days. Likely won't have time to draw much before then.

 

 I haven't really felt all that well emotionally lately. There's been no creative spark. I haven't liked the pages I'd done for the comic. I haven't felt artistic at all. I had decided to step away from the comic, just put it out of my mind for awhile, something I've done before though it doesn't make me happy. And then, today, I sat down and tried to both really loosen up and go back and look at the earlier pages with the mice. And then I redrew these two pages. Well, most of them. And I think they work a lot better. Not complete and maybe tomorrow, I'll hate them. At least I made something.

 Did a bunch of work on these pages today, including adding a new page between the two I'd been working on. This will screw up the numbering again, but it's not the first time. While it's a little clunky for animation, I think it works ok for comics. There's movement, which I want, and a decent fluidity to the smear, which was hard to do. I think things are going to get a bit more extreme from here on out, but that's the mice. They're loud and rude.

Did a little work on this yesterday. Thursdays are hard as it's grocery day, podcast day and laundry day as well. That being said, I was put in mind of one of the old animation techniques from Looney Tunes, something called a 'smear.' It was first used to extremes in a cartoon called, "The Dover Boys." Still frames of that cartoon are insane and wonderful. While I don't think I can go that far, I think a good deal of exaggeration is warranted for this track. The mice are LOUD.

 

 I haven't felt a creative spark for art in awhile, so this comic has languished a bit. Between prepping for this week's podcast (watching the movie, writing the script), doing some laundry and recording some VO auditions, I didn't really feel like drawing, but I wanted to have drawn, if that makes sense. So I did the Terry and Rooster figures for this page and cut out where the spotlights would hit. So that's at least something.

 So, a couple of updates though I haven't really been able o dial up the right motivation to make art. The bottom is the updated version of the latest opening page for track 12 of City Silent. Had to fix the credit and lighting. But I think that's going to work. The top image is Smatt from the next page. I think. At least it's progress. Work just sucks the life out of me. I have been enjoying the auditions I've been doing for VO work lately, though and have been shortlisted for a couple of them. So here's hoping.