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Here’s the early sketch:

Here it is a little later (this version is on ’skine.art, too):

And then tonight, I added ink:

Yesterday, I posted the middle one as a comic on Screaming Tongue, but I’m warning you now, it’s not funny.

Update: Once more with feeling:

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Just wanted to let everyone who reads this blog, but who doesn’t follow me on Twitter, know that Screaming Tongue is now alive. There aren’t any actual comics being created there yet, but there are plenty of sketches, some template tests, and several blog posts where I am discussing what I’m thinking in these early phases of webcomic creation. I have two characters now besides Screaming Tongue, himself. There’s Karl:

…and there’s also Andre:

If you like comics, please stop by Screaming Tongue when you get a chance and give me some feedback on these characters and what you’d like to see in a webcomic. I’ve been thinking about premise and story; I’m not really sure where I want this comic to go, but I’m starting to like the characters. Maybe it’ll be a whole bunch of tongues and every once in a while Screaming Tongue pops up ranting about the end of the world, Chicken Little style… Not sure.

I’ve been reading a lot of webcomics here and there, trying to help me think more about what the universe of this one should be.

ps—If you haven’t read it yet, check out Rice Boy. Really cool.

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So, I’m liking this character. Lon says it’s a tumor, but I’m pretty sure it’s a tongue. A screaming tongue. Now to think about what type of things a screaming tongue thinks and screams about and I can whip up an actual web-comic.

Also, I need a scanner.

Update: In the comments, Lon points out that he said a tumor or growth. He thinks a tongue won’t have much to scream about “unless it’s in a person that eats a lot of spicy, exotic foods.” I think he just gave me an idea for the first strip featuring this guy…. Also, I registered Screaming Tongue. Not much there yet. I also took the time to ink in this picture:

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I started this one out by drawing the small, teeny little guy who is sticking out of the side of the big guy’s head. What’s going on here? Tell me in the comments.

Also, I’ve decided to try to make a webcomic out of some of these doodles. Here’s the first panel of the first experimental sketch of what I may be doing. What should I have them say?

In other comic news, you need to read these 200 strips drawn in under 12 hours and subscribe to this blog.

Also, if you like to draw and doodle, you should check out iScribble where you can interactively draw and chat with other people online. Pretty cool. I’m cksthree on there. Also, the other day, I set up a deviantART account, but I haven’t done anything with it as of yet.

Also, rather than worry about getting a Modbook, I’ve decided to just stick with pen and paper and my Wacom tablet whenever I need to do something digital… for now.

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What’s his story? Tell me in the comments.

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I sketched this guy last night before bed. I have no idea what he’s supposed to be. I started with the wide open mouth, then the eyes, the nostrils, then drew his general shape, the bed, then the room and lastly the arms. Name him and tell me his story either by sending me a message @cksthree via twitter in reply to the blog post notification for this post in my twitter stream, by leaving a comment below, or by a video reply over at Seesmic. Here’s the video:

I’ll collect all the replies and post them in a follow up post (WARNING: trollish commenting is disqualified). If you all actually show some interest in this character and come up with a good story for him, I may make him into a regular and try to build him into some sort of web comic production that we all work on collaboratively a la what Stephan G. Bucher does over at Daily Monster.

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I have several sketchbooks lying around, but they’re all filled with pen and ink sketches. I didn’t really have a good sketchbook just for pencil sketching, so I picked up one yesterday and some stuff to draw with as well:

It’s got a really nice feel to it and is filled with different colors of paper. Hopefully this will result in more interesting sketches than the crappy first one I did in it.

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This is awesome: How To: DIY Cintiq screen tablet » Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog.

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I started a 2007 Sketchbook on Flickr.

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