Tag / Winter

by Andrew Pilcher

Feeling blue

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This is the second of the all-digital cartoons produced on my iPad. I’ve sorted out the pressure curves on the brushes I intend to use the most, so I’m much happier with this one. You’ll be able to tell the difference between the pen-on-paper strips and the all-digital ones because the digital ones have straighter and fuzzier, panel frames but free-er, more brush-like artwork.

In an attempt to give this strip a chilly feel, I’ve colored it with my normal palette and then put it through a photoshop color filter to accentuate the cool blues.

by Andrew Pilcher

Condensation

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It’s winter – The house is sealed against the cold and every time I have a shower the windows steam up. This annoys Bella as she can’t see out any more, so she has learned to wipe her body against the glass to remove the condensation. Luckily, the real cat that stares at stuff hasn’t learned to climb onto our balcony so he/she can peer in on us. Yet.

by Andrew Pilcher

Craze

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I’m not too sure about this one – with hindsight I can see that the bush in the background is in the wrong place and impedes the easy comprehension of the drawing. I only put it in because in was in the background of the previous strip, but I should really have followed the rule of ‘if in doubt, leave it out’ this time round.

by Andrew Pilcher

El Nino

smith-pilcher-901-160111I’m doing some weather forecasting here. The UK has had a spectacularly warm winter so far – up to now I haven’t had to put the heating on once. The temperature has really dropped below 10°C and daffodils and other harbingers of Spring have started appearing early. However, that usually means a cold snap will turn up around mid-January, and that’s what I was banking on when I wrote this in November. So far everything appears to be happening bang on schedule.

by Andrew Pilcher

Snugger

smith-pilcher-744-150109This is one of those strips that was a direct result of the one before it. Having drawn Jones in earmuffs in Wednesday’s strip I started to wonder how Scrumpy would appear in them, and whether they would even fit.

by Andrew Pilcher

Snug

smith-pilcher-743-150107It’s winter, so it’s time to come out with the cold jokes. Inspired by the many woolen hats that Linda wears at this time of year – I’ll have to take some photos and post a gallery of them some time.

As you can tell I’m still running slightly behind schedule on this blog – that ice storm has meant I’ve had to prioritize catching up with my work on my real job in publishing, as I’ve had so many projects deadlining at the same time on dates unhelpfully close to the New Year. I’ve battled my way through them so I should be running on a more even keel now. I may even find the time to post some more Riverfields strips and a gallery of new Billy and Bella photos. Let’s see what happens…