5/24/05 - Another image of my iguana character, Getta Garbo, and Sabrina O'Neil's armadillo character, Emba. They're both a lot of fun to draw, though Getta is a pain to colour with all those stripes and headspikes, and other annoying small details. Still, I'm always pleased with the results, and this time much more than usual. I have to say, this is probably my favourite illustration to date. It was also a lot of fun after months of working on nothing but the webcomic.

Still, the image is not without its problems. Shading flat surfaces with solid shading is always a problem, and the empty seat to the right gave me a particularly hard time. I'm still not entirely pleased with the results.

I did the map of the underground routes seperately and of course when I placed it into the image the red "You are here" dot wound up directly behind one of Getta's headspikes.

I've considered moving towards more painterly backgrounds in the future, rather than making the entire image fully cel shaded. I think this will make my backgrounds look better overall. Still, I'll need to nab a Wacom tablet before that happens.