Shards

Apologies for the next few weeks as I gain a technological upgrade and have to keep working with an old computer and sub-par programs to crank out Shards. Today’s strip, for example, had the program wig out on me so I published it as-is. Gonna post the slightly updated and fixed version so you can read all the dialogue right now. So what’s been causing all this fuss?

Well, TB just helped me buy a new computer today from Dell. It’ll get here in a few weeks, with my new Adobe software coming mid-June it looks like. For the price I got it for, it’ll be worth the wait. What does this mean? That I’ll be working harder to get more ahead on Shards just in case there are complications with the switchover from old to new computer. This also means that you will be seeing the not-as-good strips for several more weeks. I even did my Japan Needs Heroes submission on Adobe 7.0. Now, there’s nothing really wrong with that version of Photoshop. I just think my version has a glitch because it keeps opening up the stupid internet every other time I select a new color from the palette… And that can crash my poor old computer. So now ya know what I’ve been working with, you might forgive any delays of a few hours in the strip as I fight with my computer:) Now, on to playing get-ahead with Shards!

New shading and style added to give this strip a little more pop, due to 80% of what you see being made of the same shade of chocolate, including parts of the choco-mech… Also, Dave from Selkie sent us an interesting take on what he thought was around the corner for our heroes, as well as a neat Dorothy “conglomerate” pic ala Voltron:

What could it be?

Voltron Dorothy

Haha:) I like using “kilt” for killed, in case you didn’t get that’ what was going on. Well, let’s see. I apologize for both the rougher look of this strip as well as no incentive for a small time. Having my computer crash meant I lost my best art program:( It’s a bit of a change going from Adobe CS5 back down to Adobe 7.0. Eventually, I hope to climb up to the creative suite level again but for now I must accommodate and see if I can play with the brushes again to get that nice clean look instead of the fuzzy look I got using the pencil tool of all things. Hm.

As for the voting incentives, I am trying to do a piece for the great cause of Japan Needs Heroes. Now it boasts a forward by Stan Lee as well as having several established, PUBLISHED, comic names involved! Hurray! So I will attempt to get it done this week, along with the next strip and see where I’m at for time to maybe do the incentive as well.