Many were the days I would look to the great Penny Arcade and think, "Man, how cool would it be to have their job." All they have to do all day is sit around, play video games, and hammer out a comic every couple of days to keep the masses appeased."
Holy cow was I wrong. I got started on the easter episode today. My girlfriend drew it up for me; all I had to do was pull it into GIMP, erase out some eraser smudges, slap in some speech bubbles, and maybe even color it if I was feeling ambitious.
Well, after I spent the first hour figuring out how to even use the GIMP editor (first time user tonight), I spent the next hour removing eraser smudge marks from tiny crevices at a zoom level of 800% with a .25 brush sized eraser. Needless to say, I have a new appreciation for the work that web-comic developers do. I am sorry Penny Arcade, I am sorry for assuming that your job is easy.
Hopefully, with the blessings of luck, patience, patience, and maybe even a little patience, I will have "Easter Egg Hunting" done by Friday. If not, let's shoot for Monday.
TK out.
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