Oh hi. You may have noticed that there is no longer a comic on the home page. That is because Random Assembly: The Comic is no longer updating. However, the archives are still intact if you would like to peruse them.
Random Assembly started as a public exercise in Learning to Draw Comics. While the art and writing skills improved over time, the beginning, much like all beginnings, was kind of terrible. I would totally understand if you skipped straight ahead to When I Grew Up & Finally Bought A Tablet.
If you like, you may start at the beginning. If that is not your cup of tea, here are some summaries of how it all went down each year from my perspective. Each link goes to the first comic post of that year. Please view the Archives to see a list of each comic by year.
2002
First attempt at drawing comics, second year in college. Rollerball pens and graphite. Beginning to learn Photoshop.
2003
Moving on to Micron pens and non-photo blue pencils. Slightly better grasp of anatomy. Trying out different paneling and coloring methods.
2004
Attempting brush pens/brush and ink method on heavier paper stock.
2005
Biscuit Press, guest comics, graduation, cast begins to change.
2006
Experimenting with greyscale tones and modified photo backgrounds.
2007
Newspaper format, graphics tablet, Assembly Required journal comics.
2008
Additional practicing with both digital and traditional inking methods.
2009
Scooters, marriage, homeownership.
2010
Digital ziptones, computer failure, and the end of an eight year project. One straggler comic in 2011.
