It's Melon time!

Just in case anybody cares, a cool list of all of the art in this thread can be found here (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/). If you're just looking for the best stuff, make sure you check out my Deviantart account (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/).

I thought I'd put that up so in the unlikely event that this thread becomes huge, people can find all of the parts of the comic and so on in ultra quick time.

Aren't I nice.

Art's a bit basic, but the jokes are great, and that's what really matters in a comic. Good job :)

"ZOMG!!! Ur art sucks!! U r teh n00b!!!111!!!111one"
Pretty nice...and lol at the hug thing.
yay,melon time

Lol, thumbs up, Funiezzzz.

Phew! That's all right then. I was half expecting to be chased out of the forum by people waving flaming sticks for posting some n00b art. It's good to see people like it, well, good for me at least.

it's good, i wish i could draw like that :P

Art's a bit basic

Yay basic art ROCKS ! :) Well done !

Heh, I feel his pain. :(

You guys should all be thankful you don't draw as bad as me. :p

Good job Melon. :)

Thanks for the nice replies guys.

Now, because it is my art and I'm a bit cheeky, I'll post my Fan Artist of the Month entery here as well, just to beef my thread out a bit. :p

Click here (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/faotm0107.png) (35.03 kB)

Normal comic service will resume shortly.

15 day long double post! I should think it's allowed. Serves me right for posting my FAOTM pic here.

Anyway, I didn't realise my maths coursework would take up so much of my time. So this is about a week overdue, but never mind.

Part 2 of my comic (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic2.png) (319.06 kB)

As I'm still learning and practising, I've decided to do things slightly differently this time.

First, I drew it twice the size on 2 A4 sheets. That worked well.
I thought I'd add all the text in by computer as my handwriting sucks. The text is nice, but the speech bubbles are horrible. Does anybody know how to make nice speech bubbles? I'm using GIMP.
I added gaps separating the panels. Now it's much clearer.

I'm trying to improve, so any advice is very much appreciated.

Worms should be fatter, and not as tall.
Otherwise, good. Although you probably coulda made better use of views in the first comic.

Fatter and less tall you say?

*Quickly sketches*

What about this?

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/sketch1.png

I decided to make the head more 'bulbous' while I was at it. I think it's a great improvement already, although I don't think you can really criticise such a simple picture in depth.

although I don't think you can really criticise such a simple picture in depth.

I'm sure error can :p

Fatter and less tall you say?

*Quickly sketches*

What about this?

I think that's nice! Maybe a bit less on the top head but really nice.

Also, I love the lemming pushing the door.

Quick edit of that image. I have outlined the changes in red :)

EDIT: crap, forgot that I thinned him as well. Ah well.

Wow that looks much better, although I'm not too keen on how much you've moved his bottom lip in. Looking back at my head now really makes me laugh. I didn't realsie I'd made it so wide at the back. Serves me right for drawing him too quickly.

Thanks a lot for the tips.

although I'm not too keen on how much you've moved his bottom lip in.Yeah, personally I'd aim for somewhere between the two.

If I drew like that, that is :p.

It's the moment you've all been waiting for (that'll be you then...)

Comic part 3 (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic3.png) (216.01 kB)

I decided to go back to writing text by hand. It doesn't look so out of place then. Alos, I made the speech bubbles have straight talk lines instead of curved ones. Looks better in my opinion.

Any advice on drawing lemmings? I don't know what to do with the arms, and I think it sort of looks bad, but it's the best I can come up. And when he talks it looks like he has a beak. Any suggestions at all?

yay, i like it it's funny, but the worms should be a bit fatter, dunno, just try to draw them a bit fatter and less tall...

About the lemming arms, look at your own arm...

The problem with your lemmings is that you keep your base shapes too simple. You need to use more complex shapes than what you have.
I mean, when a lemmings hair is at the back of its head instead of the top, you just know that you're doing something wrong!

I thought this thread was about breasts, I see the actual content is far from the misleading title. I'm calling trading standards, false advertising!

The problem with your lemmings is that you keep your base shapes too simple

*cough* (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/18561370/)

I must be doing something right if it's picked up eight faves. Even if the doctor does pin his medical badge behind his right shoulder.

Back to Melon's stuff: all I can say is it's funny, clear and the expressions work well. It's not brilliantly "lifelike" drawing, but it doesn't have to be.

I understand that comics don't have to be well drawn to be funny, but I personally want to improve. I'm drawing these comics because I want to practice and improve, not the other way round. I thought that if people saw something funny, they'd be more inclined to comment. Besides, it's an excuse to draw them in different expressions.

The problem with your lemmings is that you keep your base shapes too simple. You need to use more complex shapes than what you have.
I mean, when a lemmings hair is at the back of its head instead of the top, you just know that you're doing something wrong!

So that's what was wrong with his hair... Call me stupid, but I kept looking at it and thinking "Something's not right here" but couldn't figure out for the life of me what it was. I'll fix that.

I thought this thread was about breasts, I see the actual content is far from the misleading title. I'm calling trading standards, false advertising!

I'm surprised, I thought Slick would be the first to say something like this.

Anyway, I've started my research on how to draw lemmings again, and I've changed the design a bit. I don't have access to a scanner unfortunately, so I've tried to draw it in GIMP instead, but my mouse work sucks. What do you think?

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/sketch2.png

Isn't there a line tool in the gimp?

First make a quick sketch, then make it nice and clean with the line tool. Then delete the sketch layer and voila... if gimp has line tool... I dunno... It probably does.

Hmmm, their body is a bit too rectangular... :-/

I would see lemmings a bit more like this: (smaller head, bigger feet)

I would see lemmings a bit more like this: (smaller head, bigger feet)
Yeah! That's a good one.
Oh, except I'd say smaller feet than that.

Isn't there a line tool in the gimp?

First make a quick sketch, then make it nice and clean with the line tool. Then delete the sketch layer and voila... if gimp has line tool... I dunno... It probably does.

You hold shift to draw lines. And that's an awesome idea. I try not to do sketches on the computer but that'll help if I need to. I never thought of that.

Hmmm, their body is a bit too rectangular... :-/

I would see lemmings a bit more like this: (smaller head, bigger feet)

Brilliant. I'll use that pic as a guide, except I'll make the feet a bit smaller. I agree with Plasma there.

Thanks so much everybody.

I liked the comic Melon. Your handwriting by the way, is the coolest I've ever seen.

Y-y-y-you like my handwriting??? I think you are the first person who has ever said that to me!

Mind you, you don't have to read any of my essays. I suppose it looks nice in a comic, but it's not pleasant to read otherwise.

Anyway, no comic this time folks, I've been busy drawing something else, and this time it'll be in colour! I've just scanned it, so it'll be a while yet. I hope to get the next part of the comic out next week.

As for now, tease tease.

Hurrah! Another double post!

Anyway, my picture is finished! I've spent a while on this but I'm really pleased with the result. It's even 1024x768, so you can set it as your desktop background if you really wanted to..... like I have :D

I present you with... Aku vs. Philby!
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/akuvsphilbythumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/akuvsphilby.png)
Click on the picture for the full-sized version. (Unless my site is being a pain and won't show it, in which case you'll need to click here (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/akuvsphilby.png)

When I drew this I didn't have a source picture of Aku or Philby to hand, so I may have taken a few creative liberties, but hey, so what?

What do you think?

Good improvements, Philby got 2 right hands.

Nice, but as Plicketysplock said, Philby has 2 right hands. Also, Aku is looking too far down. Apart from that, it's a large improvement from before :)

AAARGH!!! I've just realised! It's not that his hand is the wrong one, it's that it's in an impossible angle! I can't believe I didn't notice that! His hand is upside down! Flipping it in GIMP doesn't work. I worked so hard and I've made such a dumb mistake. I can't go back and change it without starting again! Damn it!!!!!!

Mind you, I think the fists looked wonky anyway. I spent about an hour and a half continually redrawing the hands, and still couldn't get them perfect. But the thumb just doesn't stick out like that.

And I never noticed the eye looking at the wrong part either.

Oh well. Funny how you don't notice these things until you release them to the public eye eh? I'll have to redraw it one day, but I think I'll move on to the next comic part for now. Still, I've learned. I'd be laughing if I didn't feel so gutted. Oh, and LiketySpli(tt), you're comment about using the line tool worked wonders when doing the outlines.

At least you don't draw blob hands, however they're cool too.

Whoop whoop! More comicy goodness!

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic4thumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic4.png)
Either click the thumbnail, or HERE (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic4.png) if the picture won't load for some crazy reason.

As you can probably see, I've decided to try colouring it this time. Just don't assume I'll do it for each part, as it takes quite a while. Oh, and I thought I'd try out shorter tails too, as everybody seems to do those tails. And Duran the lemming has a new style based on _Kilburn's drawing.

Finally, I've decided to keep a nice list type thing of all my art HERE (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/) for convenience sake, so you won't need to search through the thread if it get's big.

And I've just realised I didn't put shading in this comic. Ah well, I can't be bothered now.

Brilliant. Keep it up :D

Love the story! We want more!!!1111111 well, at least I do.

Hehe, very nice. I want more too!!111!!one!!1!eleven111!!1!

COMIC COMIC COMIC!!!!!!!

Unfortunately, it's not a continuation of my other one, but rather an unrelated strip. _Kilburn was moaning that nobody had drawn him yet, so this should keep him happy. I also drew Paul.Power because everybody has to draw him, right?

I didn't have very long to draw this as I was busy, so you'll have to excuse some drawing mistakes. I have tried a new method of outlining and colouring the picture though, so any comments on that would be much appreciated.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/cillitkaboomthumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/cillitkaboom.png)
Cillit KABOOM! (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/cillitkaboom.png)

Plus it's trade competition for Inflammable Johnson's Baby Lotion.

Nice job, anyway, and thanks for the cameo :)

Cillit KABOOM..... ROFL

Yay I've been drawn, finally ! Awesome one ! :D

KABOOM! and the stain is gone...

Very nice, made me smile.

For some peculiar reason, Tgworm's avatar request thread has been deleted.

That means that avatar I worked on for LiketySpli has gone. So I'll post it here so people can see it.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/muscularfly.gif

Also, I made this a while ago. I was going to use it myself, but I prefer my melon smashing one, so if anybody wants it feel free to use it.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lem2space.gif

-EDIT- Actually, while I'm at it, here's the entire list of avatars I've made, just for completeness sake.

The full version of my current one.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/melonavafull.gif

And the avatar I made for MAD 5.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/muzerMAD.gif

-EDIT 2-
Oh yeah, I forgot this one.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/joeyjoejoe.gif

For some peculiar reason, Tgworm's avatar request thread has been deleted.

That means that avatar I worked on for LiketySpli has gone. So I'll post it here so people can see it.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/muscularfly.gif

Also, I made this a while ago. I was going to use it myself, but I prefer my melon smashing one, so if anybody wants it feel free to use it.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lem2space.gif

-EDIT- Actually, while I'm at it, here's the entire list of avatars I've made, just for completeness sake.

The full version of my current one.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/melonavafull.gif

And the avatar I made for MAD 5.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/muzerMAD.gif

-EDIT 2-
Oh yeah, I forgot this one.
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/joeyjoejoe.gif

I deleted it because it was pointless, Nice avatars, ur current one is by far the best!

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/muscularfly.gif


Awesome! thanks!

Could you send me the high quality version? angry_cookie at hotmail dot com

What? The high quality version of that avatar? That IS the high quality version.

OK that's not strictly true, however, being the fool that I am, I made the avatar and then indexed it with a maximum of 30 colours, then deleted the original file. So, that's the highest quality version that's left. I never checked to see if any colours were actually removed, but I didn't notice any obvious change.

I normally keep the originals of things I make for about a week until I'm certain I won't need them again. This time I didn't, and I won't be remaking it from scratch.

Even so, that avatar there only uses just over 6000 bytes, so if you want any improvements done to it, I'll be happy to do them for you. Unless it's "more quality".

If your into this avatar making thing then do me one as follows please: a worm on an island, suddenly a plane comes in and crashes, the boom has "Tgworm" written in it. cheers

Is this some sort of reference to Lost?

Basically, do you want it so a worm is watching a plane crash onto this large island he is on, or would you prefer maybe a worm sitting on one of those tiny desert islands with the single palm tree, and then a plane hits him?

Also, you do know that the avatar size limit is 10000 bytes right? I'll probably be able to get in 15 frames max, depending on how large I make it. I'll try though.

What? The high quality version of that avatar? That IS the high quality version.

OK that's not strictly true, however, being the fool that I am, I made the avatar and then indexed it with a maximum of 30 colours, then deleted the original file. So, that's the highest quality version that's left. I never checked to see if any colours were actually removed, but I didn't notice any obvious change.

I normally keep the originals of things I make for about a week until I'm certain I won't need them again. This time I didn't, and I won't be remaking it from scratch.

Even so, that avatar there only uses just over 6000 bytes, so if you want any improvements done to it, I'll be happy to do them for you. Unless it's "more quality".

Ah, ok, if I want it higher quality i'll edit it myself. ;)

Is this some sort of reference to Lost?

Basically, do you want it so a worm is watching a plane crash onto this large island he is on, or would you prefer maybe a worm sitting on one of those tiny desert islands with the single palm tree, and then a plane hits him?

Also, you do know that the avatar size limit is 10000 bytes right? I'll probably be able to get in 15 frames max, depending on how large I make it. I'll try though.

The second one, 10000 is good! Cheers

It's comic time again! I'm still working on your avatar tgworm, I'm not totally sure exactly how I should do it yet.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler1.png

-EDIT- And in case nobody understands, the basis of the joke is due to THIS (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=563164&postcount=28) post.

It's comic time again! I'm still working on your avatar tgworm, I'm not totally sure exactly how I should do it yet.



-EDIT- And in case nobody understands, the basis of the joke is due to THIS (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=563164&postcount=28) post.

LMAO

The drawing is not perfect, but those comics rule! It's like what happens with Paul...

EEK, almost puhed off the front page, time for an update:

Comic Part 5 (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic5.png)
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic5thumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic5.png)

This comic started before the craze and it's still going to carry on when it's over. And I forgot to shade it again, ah well.

Haha, that's my favourite yet. At first I thought it looked a bit odd the way the panels were done, but now I look again, it works well.

"Uh, Melon..."

Heh, nice one. Best yet, mainly because you've expanded from mostly just one joke in the last panel. Like the way the art's progressed too.

Haha. I like the lamp comic. Way to do what Slick actually requested.

These fillers will never get old.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler2.png

Damn you FAOTM March entry for taking up my comic time.

quite samey

I'm getting some deja-vu here. :p

The current avatar craze has given me a wonderful* idea.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler4.png

*may not actually be wonderful.

That silly filler.
Getting old..

Hahaha! Don't worry, it's not finished yet.... I've got loads of spares to unleash unto you all when I feel like it.

Getting old..
Seconded. Bow it out while you're not being hated for it. ;)

NEVER!!!! I'm going to post one every day that I don't post art, or until I run out of ideas, or until someone shoots my arm off.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler5.png

You'll learn to love them, just you wait and see.

Shoots melon's arm off, and leg. Seriously, most people hate it when newbies greatly overuse jokes/fillers/fads etc. Especially when they are rather pointless.;)

Hey guys, look it's that REALLY funny comic again!:p
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Tgworm/micktake.jpg

BWAHAHAAAAHAAA!!!! I should SO turn this into a compo!!!!

I love it! More more!!! I'm adding that to my site as a "Guest filler".

P.S. A real comic is coming shortly, don't worry.

BWAHAHAAAAHAAA!!!! I should SO turn this into a compo!!!!

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5527/meloncomicqd5.png (http://imageshack.us)

Yerrs indeed.

And suddenly it hits him...

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/Filler2.png

Haha!! Keep em coming folks!

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
The whole point of my first comic "mick-take" was so that blummin filler would stop cropping up......ARRRGGGHHH!

The whole point of my first comic "mick-take" was so that blummin filler would stop cropping up......ARRRGGGHHH!
That's another fine mess you've got us into. :p

reminds me kind of of this (http://www.qwantz.com/).

reminds me kind of of this (http://www.qwantz.com/).And the nominations for this month's slow-on-the-uptake award are...

reminds me kind of of this (http://www.qwantz.com/).
No, wigwam! Don't encourage him!

*sigh*

;)

AHAHA! I can't believe I didn't look here earlier... :D

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/7213/fillercomicvy0.png

AHAHAHA! Splapp you are the woooooMAN~!!1 :D

I've got another.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/VirusMan/11.png

SLICK! You legend, you!

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/2254/fillercomic2qr9.png

SPLAPP! You are a god among the greatest of us all! :D :D !


Oh, and ...
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3359/11ii3.png

SLICK. WE RULE.

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/8959/fillercomic3ev1.png

BWAHAHAHA!!!!

WHAHAHAHA!!!!

Oh god I love you guys so much. I haven't laughed this hard in ages!

I might just keep making these, I didn't realise they were such a comedy goldmine! Please, if anybody wants to make one, please do.

HAHAHA!!!!:D

Oh yeah, and wigwam, daily dinosaur comics is exactly what I based this on. It even says so in my second filler.

SPAPP! I DIDN'T SPELL YOUR NAME RIGHT! AHAHA L:D


http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8599/11bk7.png

SLICK! IF YOU SAY YOUR NAME BACKWARDS IT'S KCILS!!11

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1599/fillercomic4jk0.png

SPLAPP! The NUMBER JOKE NEVER GETS OWELD. :D

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8023/11oi1.png

SLICK! I'M EATING A SINK!

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/7020/fillercomic5kd9.png

SPLAPP! I HIT CHASE WITH A CAT! IN THE FACE! IT'S THE CLOSEST THING HE'LL EVER COME TO GETTING A ..... in the ...fac...e.. COMIC!

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/9402/11es5.png

SLICK! I think I done'd a bad fing. :(

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4416/fillercomic6bu2.png

BEST. THREAD. EVER!

Sounds funny coming from me seeing as it's my own. But it's true. You guys are hilarious.

Most people would hate this sort of spam attack. But this is excellent.

SPLAPP! MY HANDS! THEY CAN TOUCH EVERYTHING BUT THEMSELVES!...OH WAIT LOL :D

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/212/lolyr2.png

SLICK! It's HAMMER time! srsly guys.

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5254/fillercomic7ox5.png

SPLAPP! THESE COMICS ARE STARTING TO KILL ME! :D :D :cool:



http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6282/lolxr1.png



:cool:

SLICK! SLICK! I'm tired now... this is my last one...


...FOR NOW! MWAHJahawhw. You fadge. :mad:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6793/fillercomic8ko6.png

...

Dear lord.

Melon, you'd better have something damn good to follow that...

...

Dear lord.

Melon, you'd better have something damn good to follow that...

Anyone, better have something damn could to follow that little shenannigan*.:p

*probably spelt wrong

Well since Melon can't follow that. I guess we'll just have to.


http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3358/loltx2.png


Im in ur thred postin ur arts

HEY KIDS! Uncle Splapp is back too. :cool:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2072/fillercomic10hu1.png

Oh Splapp. You and your wackyness.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1887/lolht2.png

Slick, the meaning of life is to eat other animals eggs. Simple as that.

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9265/fillercomic11ji6.png

SPLAPP! HIT THAT! :D


http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/7030/lolpb9.png

SLICK! CHEEEESE!

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8922/fillercomic9zl2.png

Splapp! Speng bub stole my hot dog. :(


http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3463/lolxd2.png

SLICK! Want some onion milk, Slick?

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1348/fillercomic12sp8.png

I think I have cancer.


http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2035/lolia1.png

SLICK. I don't hate you, but this is my last.
[P][QUODE][/QUOTE][/PHP][/CODE][/CODE][/QUOTE]

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8350/fillercomic13wh6.png

Slick and Splapp deserve awards for those...
*Splapp's award here*
*Slick's award here*
Seriously, most of those made me laugh...
*Thumbs up*

The problem with Slick and Splapp's fillers is that they are so good I just can't compete.

On the plus side, this thread would be semi-dead as I'm currently too busy to do more art at the moment. So for now, here's another filler.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler6.png

I've also added Slick and Splapp's fillers to my site (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/) as I think they are hilarious.

BANDWAGON!

My nipples are rather hard... I should stick a knife trough them...

The illusion was spoilt by the word "fall".

Otherwise, that would be a dead ringer for Gardener's Question Time.

I had no idea this thread was so fantastic.
Time to fart out my own. :(

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7223/lampzj8.png

愛陰道!

I would do one, but I don't have anything funny...

Don't mean to sound arrogant or anything, but these latest ones are sub-standard :p

these latest ones are sub-standard
NO THEY AREN'T :mad:

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/3959/lamp2gi7.png

Wait, yes they are. :(

Ahahaha! This thread wins.

Oh, right, real art, yeah I'll get to that eventually....

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler7.png

Oh, right, real art, yeah I'll get to that eventually....
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler7.png

Oh yeah, I see that at me friends house on ABC (They have crappy Freeview :p)
I don't get it. At all. In the middle is better :p

If You Were A Burger Tgworm, You Would Be Called The Mac Gorgeous!

Aww...one of mine are missing. :mad:

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3728/11vb3.png

Are you hinting that you're tired of being a lamp Slick?

The Ohio state my God lazy boy is inhaled so loudly!

Anyone could guess what it originated from before it was killed?

The Ohio state my God lazy boy is inhaled so loudly!

Anyone could guess what it originated from before it was killed?

Share some of your crack, and I'll be happy to give you an answer. ;)

Share some of your crack, and I'll be happy to give you an answer. ;)

I am bored. Now heres some sniffy for you, so grab the tube.

FILLER TIME!

Aha! Only kidding you! Nearly gave tgworm a heart attack there.

As a distraction from my coursework, and to prove my art isn't dead yet, I thought I'd have a go at using Flash.

I couldn't help but notice SupSuper's sigworm profile contain the following:

The M13E is a standard-issue weapon powered by a self-generating plasma battery

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/plasmagun.png

P.S. What's the best way to shade things in Flash? Any ideas/advice?

Actually, wouldnt a "self-generating plasma battery" be a lot of me's reproducing asexually?

...
Some worms do reproduce asexually, y'know.

Well I originally read it as "Plasma gun" and I thought, "I've got a midly amusing idea!"

Then I went to quote it and realised I was wrong. Now I just look a bit daft. (like I didn't anyway)

But you reproducing asexually? Gives a new meaning to "Plasma, why don't you go f*** yourself!"

Very good, like what you did there. Expresions could be a bit better though.

FILLER TIME!

Aha! Only kidding you! Nearly gave tgworm a heart attack there.



It was close I can assure you..:p
Have you got a flash trial or something because I can't imagine you would use paint the whole time if not. You can use the little shading tool thingy to shade or just do it manually, really just a matter of opinion. Good art though. Not too sure about right worm's mouth.

Actually, wouldnt a "self-generating plasma battery" be a lot of me's reproducing asexually?

That was one of the most disturbing images I ever though of... D:

That was one of the most disturbing images I ever though of... D:
....
You do know there's nothing actually sexual about reproducing asexually, right?

....
You do know there's nothing actually sexual about reproducing asexually, right?

But there is a disturbing image you can think of when you think of it...

Soooo, Melon, when are you going to continue your Detective comic?

Soooo, Melon, when are you going to continue your Detective comic?

When:

a) I get access to a scanner again.
b) I finish my coursework and find time in amongst revising to draw it.
c) I've made fun of tgworm.

I've got the story, I just need to draw it.

I sent a filler

I sent a filler

why don't you directly post it? :p

everyone does

For the "benefit" of everybody else..... hdhdhd's filler.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5250/filler1zb9.png

Hurrah! Comicy goodness! Not my detective comic, but this needed to be done.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgwormthumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)
tgworm is an idiot (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)

I might colour it in using Flash at some point, but I wanted to get a move on with my detective comic before then. I might come back to this afterwards.

You'll probably notice that I've changed my style considerably. I find this easier to draw and look at, so it's win all round.

And yes, tgworm does appear to be having a growth spurt during this comic. My bad. He's so much bigger by the final panel. And my university scanner is rubbish too.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgwormthumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)
tgworm is an idiot (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)

haha!! genious! that one was great. And the style was neat! thumbs up!

Also, about the lemming, I'd suggest to make the cloth like a tunic, not like an oval... and bigger feet. try it, and decide.

It was really genious about the sucking part.


[Im tgworm and i] *suck*

Well, that is the best comic you've done so far, keep up the good work!

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/durianflash.png

So here's the deal. Now I'm better at drawing worms, I'm going to try and improve drawing lemmings. That's a Lemming as I'd draw him now. I personally think something's not right, but I don't know what it is. Any suggestions anyone?

P.S. Metal Alex the feet are slightly bigger and the clothes are more like a tunic in that it doesnt curl in underneath now. I think it's better.

Nice art Melon.

And... A filler.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4489/afillerformelonrb4.png

Just a quick, stupid joke. (Maybe is not funny, it's because im not good at jokes :( )

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/durianflash.png

So here's the deal. Now I'm better at drawing worms, I'm going to try and improve drawing lemmings. That's a Lemming as I'd draw him now. I personally think something's not right, but I don't know what it is. Any suggestions anyone?
Yes, you've drawn the left hand on the right arm. :P Or he has turned his arm, but that would be just weird.

I thought I'd crack out my old set of colouring pencils.

Turns out I don't have a pink. Hoho. Oh well. Here's my efforts. Guess who's art I used for a reference in the bottom right picture (it's not difficult really).

Click me click me (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/sketch3.jpg)

I rather stupidly drew stuff on the other side, so I can't scan it. Damn. So I had to take a crappy photo instead.

Hmm... the shading didn't come out very obvious at all. Double damn.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/durianflash.png
The arms are, well, sticks!
1: Arms should be thicker!
2: Arms shouldn't be straight! Lemmings have muscles too!

Drawing his hand back to front was a mistake, but I agree the arms are too thin.

I think the head's alright, but it's the rest that I still struggle with. He's OK, but could do with some improvements.

I'm beginning to regret making a Lemming character slightly, because I can't draw them. I want to move on with the comic, but don't really want to draw the next part, as it involves drawing Durian in some more awkward poses. I could just skip that part, but I think it's funny enough to include it.

Thanks for the comments and advice, if anybody has any more, there are definately welcome.

I thought I'd crack out my old set of colouring pencils.Please, never do that again. :P

Or get a pencil sharpener. (or how you call those things?)

Eh? I did use a pencil sharpener, but they got blunt very quickly because they are old and rubbish (and soft) pencils. It was more of a test to see how I could shade with them, but it didn't come out very well by camera.

That, and the worms weren't in a pink colour because I rather strangely don't have one (I mean, what's up with that?) So they had to be red, and it didn't look as good.

I should probably colour them on a smooth, flat surface too.

Anyway, enough of the procrastination. I'd best get a move on with the comic.

Guess who's art I used for a reference in the bottom right picture (it's not difficult really).

OOH, I'VE GOT IT!

It's NO-ONE!

Actually, it was this:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=272913&postcount=564

But I hardly do it any justice. I didn't add in the *bandana* or anything because I was concentrating more on the worm shapes, so there you go.

I didn't add in the banana

Banana? What banana?
But yeah, I think you did a good job of copying it. :)

Edit - Ah, bandana.

So I see. I said no-one though, because there isn't a picture at the bottom right. :p

Hurrah! Comicy goodness! Not my detective comic, but this needed to be done.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgwormthumb.png (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)
tgworm is an idiot (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tgworm.png)

I might colour it in using Flash at some point, but I wanted to get a move on with my detective comic before then. I might come back to this afterwards.

You'll probably notice that I've changed my style considerably. I find this easier to draw and look at, so it's win all round.

And yes, tgworm does appear to be having a growth spurt during this comic. My bad. He's so much bigger by the final panel. And my university scanner is rubbish too.

Haha, nice one. A comic I can enjoy. Merely because I brutally murder you at the end

*Melon briefly returns*

Man, 2 months without internet sucks.

Oh yeah, part 6 of my detective comic. I've been meaning to do this for a long time now.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic6thumb.jpg (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic6.jpg)
Click the image to see the full picture.

Anyway, in case you're wondering, it's coloured in with pencils. Didn't come out very well on the scanner, but looks better in real-life.

You may wish to read really badly drawn previous parts which you can see here (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/).

I'm sure I'll be back in about a month to read your comments. Ho hum.

Oh, I see improvement! I find the bodies a bit slim, but it fits in the style. Anyways, even though you improved the lemming's head (now you got it right), it still needs practice on the arms and body... I mean, there's still a good hunch on hi back.

WOOO melon's back! *10 infraction points*

Nice ne melon, I like the colo(u)ring on this one! Also like Alex said, you've improved quite a lot!

Also yes, 2 months without internet does suck.

Melon's hand in the last panel should be faced the other way. As in you should be seeing the back of the hand.

tgworm, i think uve done somethin rong because i cant really see it. :confused:

Melon's hand in the last panel should be faced the other way. As in you should be seeing the back of the hand.

Now that I think about it, if they were a bit bigger, it might look better...

"Or maybe, just maybe, it had something to do with robots. I hope so. I like robots. Disco robots with afros."

Classic.

Oh, I see improvement! I find the bodies a bit slim, but it fits in the style. Anyways, even though you improved the lemming's head (now you got it right), it still needs practice on the arms and body... I mean, there's still a good hunch on hi back.

His back is actually meant to be hunched. I could try a straight back just to see, in fact I might just do that. Limbs are the main thing I'm really bad at drawing, that's the great thing about worms, they don't have them, and it's the main reason why I draw them over anythnig else. I guess I just need more practice.

Melon's hand in the last panel should be faced the other way. As in you should be seeing the back of the hand.

So it should. I make mistakes in my drawings all the time. Durians hat usually swaps sides, I forgot the belt on the worker, and Melon's hat is back to front in part 4 depending on which side he's facing. God knows how I managed that one.

Now that I think about it, if they were a bit bigger, it might look better...

Possibly, I've struggled a bit with drawing big fat hands, but I'll have another go. The fingers normally end up too short and the hand becomes a funny shape.

Anyway, enough of this. Does anybody remember that "draw Pigbuster" competition a few months back? Well I actually had an entry for it, but never entered it, so instead I used the opportunity to test my colouring with pencils skillz on it. The comic itself wasn't as funny as it should have been, which is why I failed to enter it, but here it is anyway. The backgrounds are a bit rubbish, but I was only testing different types of styles.

Under Your Hat
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/underyourhatthumb.jpg (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/underyourhat.jpg)

I think the worm style in the first panel isn't bad. In fact, I don't know why I don't just adopt it for my comics. I think there was a reason but I've forgotten it. I've already started work on part 7, so maybe for part 8...

Hehe. Good one.

Admittedly I'm only in this thread to talk about the writing, but yeah. Nothing really wrong with the art, either.

hehe... That explains everything...

Superb! never knew deep down inside this little Piggy was Emo!

Hooray.

Guess my scarf is green now for some reason. :p

Your scarf is green because I couldn't go online to acess your sigworm's profile, so I had to take a wild stab at the colour. Meh.

Did some doodling today. Added a "centre line" to the drawings of my worms and my art instantly improved 60000%* Nothing worthy of scanning though.

Oh, need some art you say? Here, have part 7. 2 comics in 24 hours. I'm on a roll.

Part 7
http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic7thumb.jpg (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/comic7.jpg)

*Figure may not be strictly accurate.

Lovely comic, I like the worm trying to open the safe in the background. :D

Your expressions are kinda weird though... might focus on that point.

Can i point out that the signs "Evil Villains Only" and "No entry" contradict each other? Nice comicness, the safe cracking worm is a cool touch.

i think you have forgotten to update your list in http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/

It has only part 1 to part 6 but no part 7. nice, though.

Read all the hand-drawn comics.
Awesome. Good colouring skills.

i think you have forgotten to update your list in http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/

It has only part 1 to part 6 but no part 7. nice, though.

Indeed I had, but with limited internet access, I'm not usually able to do them in advance. You may need to whack the refresh button any time I update my site, it doesn't always show immediately.

Anwho, thanks for all the comments. Some of the expressions do come out a bit wierd, but it's largely in part due to the rather wierd way that I draw them. HOWEVER:
*dramatic pause*
I have changed my style, again, again.

I've realised that it's so much easier to draw things properly if I lighlty draw a small "centre-line" down the direction the worm should be facing, allowing me to correctly draw the position and width of eyes and mouths etc. I should, of course, have done this from the start.

I've got two little drawings here showing what I mean, they're a bit messy, but they are sketches. I've not rubbed anything out so you can see the line.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/sketch5.jpg

In fact, here's a little picture of _Kilburn with the dreaded Bunnynator 3000.27 to re-inforce the point.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/bunnynator.png

Yeow! Those are good! You should focus on that style!

That be awesome me tells you, keep it up, that be just perfect me says.

OOH! OOH! I know who the evil guy in the shadow is!

OOH! OOH! I know who the evil guy in the shadow is!

Cool. You'll have to wait until I get round to drawing the next part to see if you're right, but that may take a while.

Anyway, somebody once told me that worms was a game of tactics. It's true. Brute force is a tactic.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/tacticalplay.jpg

I call this one "Desert Wind"

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/desertwind.png

Your worms seem a little too... fat.

AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

I was told they were too thin before!

*Smacks head repeatedly against wall*

AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

I was told they were too thin before!

*Smacks head repeatedly against wall*
Yes they were.
I preferred the one of Alien King. That looked about right.

I think the worm in your av is just nice, melon.

wait-- that must be the consequences of McDonald's!

AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!

I was told they were too thin before!

*Smacks head repeatedly against wall*

I think you should make them as fat or thin as you wan't. Not every worm is the same. :p

In fact, here's a little picture of _Kilburn with the dreaded Bunnynator 3000.27 to re-inforce the point.

Yes ! Awesome ! :D But I agree with Plasma, your worms look too fat. :-/

OOH! OOH! I know who the evil guy in the shadow is!

The hands are a good hint, yes. :p

I'll give you all a hint. His First initial is... MMMMMMFFF! ( Gets bound and gagged by Melon)

I'll give you all a hint. His First initial is... MMMMMMFFF! ( Gets bound and gagged by Melon)
Ooooh! So it's MMMMMMFFFappalon, isn't it? Ooh, I should've got that one.

It's taken AGES, but here it is at long last.

The Final Showdown

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown1thumb.png Part 1 (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown1.png)

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown2thumb.png Part 2 (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown2.png)

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown3thumb.png Part 3 (http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/finalshowdown3.png)

It's an entire comic in one go. I felt it would have more "OOOOMPH!" if I released it all at the same time.

Now, I'm aware it's not shaded, I can't be bothered. I'm also aware that indexing it made the explosions look crappy, but it was either that or 5x the file size. I'm also aware that I've made a few big mistakes, especially in the first part. Finally, I'm aware that Sigma (he's the bad guy, he's from Ground Zero) is supposed to have a big chin, but I couldn't draw it and make it look good at the same time, so I ditched that idea.

Normal service will resume in a while, but I've got stuff to do first.

Oh yeah, comments and criticism appreciated.

One spelling error I noticed: it's "pursue", not "persue".

Other than that, great stuff :)

Haha, wow, I didn't expect that. Great stuff. Thanks. :D

The movie title bit was pretty funny. Man alive, though... I didn't think Sigma was evil enough to conspire with Uwe Boll.

That was great! Really, great! and LOL at the pun!

Wonderfal.

You're definetely one of the best comic writers around here. Keep up the good work! :)

Awesomeness. Pure awesomeness.

I just noticed that Philby is in the bunch of people.

Lemon too. :p

And I LOL'd at the pun too. Nice work. :)

It's only been over a week since I visited last. Hopefully I'll have internet sorted soon so I can be back here full-time again.

Thanks for the comments. I worked pretty hard on trying to make that the best comic I'd done so far. I'll be getting back to the detective comic soon, but I've got some other stuff to get on with first.

Nobody's made a guest filler in a while.
I'll break that while.
[img=http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4446/filler1ad1.th.png] (http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=filler1ad1.png)

Nobody's made a guest filler in a while.

Rather ironically, you managed to prove WHY nobody has made a filler in a while.

Great material, Melon!

Happy Lemming (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Lemming-68925934)

Do you want to tell him or should I?

You'll have to believe me when I say that I tried my best to restore the original colours on this image that were lost through scanning. The black background sort of dissapeared. It looks much better in real life.

Nice picture.
But for a second I thought the Lemming floating down on an umbrella in the background was a Voodoo doll of somesort! ...That would be something to be happy about! Practicing Voodoo on your enemies!

Nice colouring on that one! Just perfect. :)

I think it's time for a sketch dump post.

*Sketches*

*Dumps* Hmm... this sounds bad.

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/sketch6.png

hmm, that looks gooood!

Like the top one.
Nice job.

I've decided to get a Deviantart account (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/) because eventually I'm going to run out of space on my own site. I'm not moving everything over, just some main stuff. I'm not going to move over the Forum News or detective comics, as I don't think the time and effort has really gone into those pieces to qualify moving them there.

Feel free to comment on stuff.

what?! I finally get my lazy ass over here and what do I see? not only are there no boobs here, you don't even have anything new!

for shame!....for shame!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/HuntaKilla/lolboobs.png

You know you love it.

You know you love it.
I always wondered why you decided to make Slick worried about growing breasts!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/HuntaKilla/lolboobs.png

You know you love it. hehehehe, I love you HK :)

Oh well done HK. Now I'm going to have to change my sig. I hope you're happy.

Anyway, in case anybody cared, the reason I'm so quiet on the art front is because I have 4 assessed problem sheets and an essay due in the next couple of weeks, so I'm a bit busy at the moment.

Introducing:

HILARIOUS LEMMING COMICS : PART 1

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lemmingcomic1.png

LOL LOL tell me another

Back by popular demand, it's:

HILARIOUS LEMMING COMICS : PART 2

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lemmingcomic2.png

I didn't see that one coming!

I DEMAND MOAAAR! Please.

|^| He said it.

awesome. Just awesome.

Introducing:

HILARIOUS LEMMING COMICS : PART 1

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lemmingcomic1.png

Back by popular demand, it's:

HILARIOUS LEMMING COMICS : PART 2

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/lemmingcomic2.png

quickly becoming one of my favorite comics

I got a new graphics tablet today. Huzzah!
I thought I'd have a quick go at drawing something with it, but at the moment it's harder than I thought.

http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/art/Tablet-Test-1-74037308

This isn't meant to be an eye carressingly beautiful picture, but any criticism is appreciated.
And yes, next time I won't colour over the outlines.

In future I may draw things on paper and scan it in as usual, but then go over it and colour it in with the tablet.

That's what I do.
And yeah, Tablets get a little getting used to.

I think it looks fine.
Tip: if you're going to test out a drawing style as such, don't also try test out a colouring style too.
Tip: don't talk about things you know nothing about.

Tablets are good for airbrushing and final touches, but I don't like using them for an outline or rough skeleton.

Tablets are good for airbrushing and final touches, but I don't like using them for an outline or rough skeleton.

I find things end up a little out of proportion when I do the whole thing on computer (providing the picture involves legs and feet!)

The health crate looks really out of place.

awesome work Melon, sadly Filler 8 no longer works :S http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler8.png

awesome work Melon, sadly Filler 8 no longer works :S http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/filler8.png
It does now. You weren't missing much.

For some reason it was inexplicable missing off of my site. How odd.

Hmm.... I should really get back to the next part of that detective comic I was working on. I've got the whole story written up.

Hmm.... I should really get back to the next part of that detective comic I was working on. I've got the whole story written up.

YES! http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w220/GrimOswald/awesome2.png

I mean, err, that would be cool.

Well now isn't it a shame that lately all the art I've done in the last few months has been sketches or not that great. Well all that could change today!!!!!

Except it's not going to. Here, have some sketches.

http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs28/150/f/2008/081/f/0/Lemmings_Sketches_by_h2o_melon.png (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/art/Lemmings-Sketches-80596048)

I can't be bothered to cut/paste what I wrote on DeviantArt, so feel free to read it all there. Yes I know that cut/pasting would probably have been less effort than writing out this sentence, but I'm not terribly efficient.

the lack of a Lemmified me is insulting.

Also me, i guess.

I said it on dA and I'll say it here: Nice Ugly Slick Head one.

I said it on dA and I'll say it here: Nice Ugly Slick Head one.

Ugly Slick head? What?

the lack of a Lemmified me is insulting.
Good.
Also me, i guess.
What? Since when did this turn into a request thread? I have little time to draw anything at the moment, let alone take requests.
I said it on dA and I'll say it here: Nice Ugly Slick Head one.
Ugly? How very dare you. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I said it on dA and I'll say it here: Nice Ugly Slick Head one.UGLY?! THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL VISAGES! THE MOST HOLY OF ALL APPEARANCES EVER KNOWN TO MAN KIND!

I say we burn her as a witch for her insolence! :mad:

I said it on dA and I'll say it here: Nice Ugly Slick Head one.

That's Slick's "Handsome" form.

Very handsome slick, hah.

Also, i guess my request is cancelled, but since i saw someone else do it i guess i might do it too.

Well, at least nobody made a "no wonder she's going out with Plasma" jokes...