Two new pages posted this week…

Page 18 and page 19 have been posted and they follow Bloop’s pursuit of Glom and we find out what Tomo’s been up to.

Page 19 also shows the first example of the story’s new lettering style. I want the word balloons to feel more like they’re part of the art so I’m coloring and texturing them to suit the character who’s speaking. I think the balloons feel less “stuck on” the art and more like an integrated element in it. I’d be very interested in hearing what you think about it.

As always, you can read the entire story for free at http://www.bloopstree.com/webcomic/

Thanks again for the kind support and help spreading the word about Bloop!

– Steve

This week’s new page features the first, full appearance of Glom (though, eagle-eyed readers may have seen him sneaking around the background of earlier pages)…

You can read the first 17 pages here: http://bloopstree.com/webcomic/

– Steve

Hi everyone! I’ve posted a new page of Bloop to the webcomic page. This returns us to the forest after meeting Pinion and Cogswell aboard their ship and we get to see what Bloop’s been up to.

I’m putting the finishing touches on the pages for the BLOOP Kickstarter book and I’m thrilled with the results. I shuffled the story a bit and I think it makes the story much better. (I’ve also gone back and recolored pages 7,8,9 and I’ll be updating them on the site after I get the book’s files are off to the printer).

The very good news is now that I have the book mostly done, the Bloop webcomic now returns to its weekly update schedule.

Thanks again for all your kind words and support!

– Steve

I wanted to share with you all a look at what’s going in to each page – including the reveal of Bloop’s tree house on page 20 of the story. I’m wrapping up the pages for the first book and I couldn’t be happier with the progress (okay, I wish I were faster).

If you click on the image, you’ll get to see a giant 1500-pixel wide version of the image so you can see all the detail and hours going into these pages.

I really hope you like the results.

For those interested in the tools: the art is done with a Pentel brush pen on Canson art paper. A 005 Pigma Micron and a white gel pen were used in a couple of places to clean some spots up.

Thanks again for the support and kind words for Bloop!

– Steve

Giant robots!

As always, you can read the story from the start, here:
http://bloopstree.com/webcomic/

– Steve