Making of 'Hoe"
Added 2020-05-23 02:39:29 +0000 UTCA couple of weeks ago a friend sent me this screenshot of one of his friends FB posts. He thought it would make a good comic and had asked his friend if it would be OK for me to use it.
I stripped down the joke and moved things about a bit -I wanted to hide the Minecraft reveal until the very end. The 1st draft had him playing it on the switch handheld. I got all the way to coloring and suddenly realized I was missing a trick by not showing his screen. I tore up the last 2 panels and made them one.
It then annoyed me how similar it looked to the "Why Daniel" comic, which also had her carrying the laundry past Vince at the TV. I wanted her doing *something*, so it was clear she was just walking by. I looked around the house for new ideas and noticed the pile of Amazon boxes by the front door.
For the TV, I grabbed my kid's Switch and took a couple of screenshots. One of his character holding a hoe and the other in 1st person, so I could get a clear background. I photoshopped the background a little to remove the character's hand and add a bunch of salmon in all the hotbar slots -cats in Minecraft love salmon! :)
For the Minecraft character itself, I drew over the screenshot of a real character I'd taken, matching the shadows, then fiddled with the proportions to make it look a bit more cartoony. Here's a close up so you can see it isn't actually as neat as it appears!
