- Who are you?
- We are two teenage girls, currently trying to get through school. Lindsay, the artist, is in college, while Rachel, the writer, is still at the high school where both attended.
- Why did you make a comic?
- Basically, we were bored, and needed an outlet for our rampant imagination.
- What is this comic about?
- It’s basically about two teenagers and their many escapades at work. Eventually, it will follow them to school and class as well. It’s not so much about the office specifically as it is about trying to keep a healthy sense of humor despite the new responsibilities they have.
- How do you put together a comic?
- First, Rachel comes up with an outline of what the comic is going to be. She then emails this to me, since we don't actually go to the same school. I then spend a couple hours sketching the comic, then inking it with my pretty micron pens. I just erase the pencil lines, although a lot of people scan before inking, print in an unscannable blue, and rescan once it's inked. I guess I'm just lazy. Once the comic has been scanned in--usually at about 200dpi since I'm on a laptop--I open it in Photoshop.
In photoshop, I dupliate the background layer so I can edit it, deleting the original. I duplicate that again, setting the top layer to "multiply", so it will strengthen the linework. I create a new layer between those two and name it "colors", then use the magic wand tool to fill in the different sections with color. The next new layer above that I name "shadows", which I set to "Multiply" and 30% opacity. To fill in the shadows I select seperate sections of color, then use a black pencil tool to shade them in. For the more complex shadings i've done I made another layer set to "overlay" and shaded with black and white. A blurry background, if neccessary, is put in with a semi-transparent pencil tool.
Text and dialog is then added, and when I'm happy with it I flatten the image, usually resizing to a 560px width. After that it's a a simple matter up uploading the comic to the proper folder online.
- How can I give you my feedback?
- You can either email us, or make a comment in the comic livejournal (it doesn't matter which post).
- Will you actually respond to my emails and/or comments?
- Yes. Just... no senseless flaming, please. That kinda gets on my nerves, and it's really not constructive at all.
- Can I be in your comic?
- ....Maybe. Do we know you, and are you funny?
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