<![CDATA[Art Geek Zoo Comics --]]> http://www.artgeekzoo.com// ... 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z Rob Stenzinger /pick-and-crunchy---separate-days---pages-1-14 <![CDATA[Pick and Crunchy - Separate Days - pages 1-14]]>
to be continued...


January 15, 2012: Started posting pages for "Pick and Crunchy - Separate Days". This is a flashback short story, set during their High School days together before the talent show incident. I started this as a 24 Hour comic back in October of 2011, wrote, thumb-nailed the whole story then fully finished the first 10 pages. 

I've continued this short story both for fun and as prep for the next chapter of The Way of Sound. I hope you're having fun with it too!
 
Update January 22, 2012: Added 2 more pages! Scroll all the way down to see the latest... 11 more to go!

Update February 11, 2012: Added 1 more page! Scroll all the way down to see the latest... 10 more to go! ]]> rob.stenzinger 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z /behind-the-scenes---refining-character-designs <![CDATA[Behind the Scenes - Refining Character Designs]]>  

As part of the work of developing the next story arc in Art Geek Zoo: The Way of Sound, I've been refining the character designs.

These character silhouettes help me make each character more recognizable and refined. While I'm keeping the essence of all the characters: Pick Wingvey is still a sincere penguin, Crunchy an acerbic green flying V guitar. Improving their "readability" will make it easier to put them in the kinds of situations I have planned for them in the next story arc. Another bonus about playing with the character silhouettes - I'm refining the characters relative sizes to one another.

Recognize anyone? Curious about anyone you don't recognize? ]]> rob.stenzinger 2012-01-07T00:00:00Z /2012/01/happy-new-year-from-art-geek-zoo-comics <![CDATA[Happy New Year from Art Geek Zoo Comics!]]> 2011 was quite a year of creative growth for me. Even though AGZ went on a bit of a hiatus... I've been up to quite a bit elsewhere. WOW do I miss posting comics weekly here at Art Geek Zoo but in order to have the time to help launch and grow Lean Into Art, grow my interactive design consulting (user interface, user experience, and game design), it's been necessary.

I can't wait to share more news and details - I'll get to regular blogging here before I get to regular comic posting but rest assured more comics are coming. Not the least of which is the epic huge next part of Pick and Crunchy's story. Here's a preview of some notes where I'm pondering Pick Wingvey's visual design:

 

And here's a few extra doodles of pick where I'm thinking about the various styles I've used for him and what might be next:

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