ICECUBES the comic strip. #0291

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Leroy Brown

Speaking of technology, did you know that you can navigate through all the past ICECUBES comic strips on the website by simply using your arrow keys? Try it! Just tap the back arrow and watch last week's comic pop right up! If you think that's amazing, you're right and it's all in large part thanks to a guy named Philip Hofer, otherwise known as Frumph. Back in the day when I decided to put ICECUBES online, I had no idea how to design a website. So I did my best to cobble together a botchy WordPress site. Little by little, through intensive research I finally came across ComicPress. ComicPress was a way to publish comics that could be read online in an intuitive, user friendly way. Setting it up wasn't easy especially since I wanted to customize my page. That's when I reached out to Comicpress's creator Frumph. Lo and behold he didn't hesitate to teach me all kinds of things about php, css and sundry variables that would allow ICECUBES to end up looking the way it does today. Over the months and years Frumph was always there to help with coding. Recently he helped me with a new comics project I am about to launch. So I decided to thank him in this post and point out that he now has a Patreon account where you too can get help with your comic site.

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Mark Stokes
05/03/2016, 9:40 pm
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There’s a first time for everything!
1. Leroy Brown
  
  05/06/2016, 12:41 pm
  
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  Freeze is a typewriter noob! 🙂

How To Draw Comics. Tracing & Transfers, part 1.

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Leroy Brown

As mentioned last week, here’s a cool trick to use when trying to copy or transfer a drawing. Often you will practice a drawing a few times to get it right, a lot like a musician practices a riff to get the ‘swing’ of it. When you get that drawing right, you can keep practicing it to memorize it, or if you are on a tight deadline (like I often am) you can transfer it.

Here is a practice sheet of Freeze walking. After several attempts I got a drawing I liked (circled in blue). In part 2 I will show you how to trace it then transfer it to your comic. Tune in tomorrow for part 2.

Tracing & Transfers.

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Leroy Brown

Here’s a tracing I did of Freeze walking. I did it because I had done a great drawing that I wanted to copy. Next week I’ll explain how you can use tracing paper to transfer your drawing. It’s easy! 🙂

A Fun Cartoon Crew!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Leroy Brown

Look at this fun crew of cartoon characters! These are just some of my son Apollo’s favorites. Can you name them all? 🙂

More Inuit Masks.

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Leroy Brown

Here are some more Inuit masks! 🙂

Inuit Mask.

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Leroy Brown

I recently went to a really neat exhibit of Inuit artifacts from 100 years ago. I made some sketches of the masks. Here’s one. Hopefully I can use it in the comic strip. 🙂