This month's story arc has been a bit of a challenge for me. It's all set in woodlands, and it's not a natural sort of setting for me to draw. The main thing I'm trying to get over is the density of the vegetation and the overgrown undergrowth. The biggest task for me has been to try to keep the woods I draw from looking mechanical. It's so easy for a cartoonist to come up with a glyph that conveys the idea of 'tree' and then reproduce it over and over again. Hopefully I've succeeded in giving the woods a properly organic look while still keeping everything in my style.
If you want to see someone who is a master at this sort of thing, take a look at
Little Dog Lost by Steve Boreman. I'm quite in awe of the countryside he draws.
Note the concept of cartoon shorthand and glyphs - I'll be returning to that in a month or so.
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