Here is the current stage of the first Moe sunday strip.
I’m always surprised by the changes I make while making the strip. New jokes, changed dialogue, added flair. Ideas always raise their little hands while I’m trying to work.
The biggest change was the redrawing of the middle panel. I didn’t have enough room to illustrate the visual metaphor of Hannah actually mixing up the pudding like she was cooking as she listed the ingredients. But I didn’t want another talking head, so I added little icons of the ingredients.
I also combined the “and ‘nilla wafers” line to that panel and gave Moe dialogue in the next to last panel instead of the quiet pause. I think it’s better for the changes.
I’ve started the inking and will finish that next. The last thing is the coloring. That will be a very experimental process because I’ve never really colored a strip like this.
I’m working on a set palette of colors too use for all strips in the future. That way, it will be easier, thus allowing me to be lazier.