Hi everyone, here’s page 24 at last!

This site has got about 50% new visitors and equally as many returning visitors at the moment. This has got me thinking… Wouldn’t it be nice for new visitors to be able to choose whether they want to start reading the comic from the start, or from the last page posted?
If I bought a comic at the store, I know that I wouldn’t like someone to tell me how the story ended before I had started reading – I’d want to read it from the start, of course!

With the current setting, when someone enters the site, they get to see the last page posted. This comic will eventually come to it’s end some day and when the last page is up, that’s what both new and returning visitors will see when they open the site.
SO… I was thinking about presenting the visitor with a choice when they open the site; do you want to read the comic from the start, or from the last page posted?

I think I’m actually going to go through with this. How about you? What kind of setup do you have on your webcomic? What do you think of this idea of mine?

Until next time!
/Tomii

Hi everyone!

Sorry about the delay, but I’ve been a little tired from work lately and this page had a little more detail than usual. I actually build Pierre’s whole store in 3D to be able to get the right mood in that lower right panel! I think it turned out nice, don’t you think?

If you haven’t checked out the ‘Characters’ section lately, you should! Because I added two new-ish characters there this week – namely Missy and Ms. Denise! And, as I wrote on my twitter, I’ll probably redraw the other characters as well to get a fresh new look on them too.

One more thing, I’m thinking about making a so-called “fan page” for this comic on Facebook … but the problem is that I don’t know exactly what I would do with it after (^,^;) Ah well, I guess I could just create one to begin with and see where it goes from there? I’ll twit about it when it’s done! :D

Well, it’s Saturday and it’s cold and windy outside … guess I’ll just have to spend my whole day drawing and drinking tea, yay! :p Man, I haven’t played any video-games in AGES … it’s time to change that!! (*-* )

Now, enjoy the comic!

Hi all!

It’s done … at last … uh … so … tired.. ahhhh … (-_- )
Man! I tell you this page was NOT FUN to do. I don’t know why, but somehow it managed to take at least twice as long to get this done, than any other page I’ve done. And I had such problems deciding what to put in the panel at the top!! (This is the main reason why it took so long).

I had two alternatives that I was looking at. Both of them seemed okay. None of them seemed to be better than the other. So what do you do!?
Well, you kind of have to think AGAIN and really think about which one serves it’s purpose best.

I ultimately chose to draw it the way you see (kind of a close-up on the villagers) because I wanted the reader to be able to see the faces of those angry villagers better.
In the other alternative I was going to draw Pierre from behind, looking out of his window. The reader would be able to see the villagers here to, but from a greater distance.

I actually made 3D models of the second alternative, to help me with the perspective and camera angles and stuff. I’m gonna use 3D a lot more than I have until now, because it can really help me get an even more professional look on the pictures.

Here are screenshots of that 3D model btw …
View 1
View 2

There! I feel much better now when I’ve got that off my chest (^^ ) Hopefully next page won’t be as hard to do, hehe.

Well, it’s running late so I have to quit now. Feel free to comment if you want.

Good night! / お休みなさい！

Yep, here it is. Page 20, just like I promised :)

You see that cool picture of that house? The one with the sun rays? Yeah … I made that in 3D. A neat little program named SketchUp helped me out there. It’s free you know …
So, can you call it “cheating”, when you use programs to help you do stuff you can really do by hand? … Hell No.

I chose to use 3D to:
1. Save time.
2. Get the perspective right and
3. Be able to choose a camera-angle that would fit the purpose, without having to redraw again and again until I finally get it right.

You think THAT’S bad? How about if I told you I used 3D for the lower left panel as well? Uh Huh!? Yeah!

The bottom line is, if it will help you make a better product, or you just want to save time or whatever, use whatever means necessary and do it! … Just don’t be stupid and tell everyone about it afterwards (like I just did) … Hah! Naaah, I’m just kidding :p

Anywho, it’s getting late and I’M going to bed now, sooo I’ll see you! お休み！(That’s Japanese and it says ‘Oyasumi’).

Hi everyone!

This will not be a long post, I just want to wish everyone a happy Midsummers Day! And even though the weather is not quite what it should be, may you all enjoy some good food and drink and, of course, enjoy the company of your loved ones!

If you don’t celebrate ‘Midsummers Day’ in your country, I’ll provide a simple google search for the term ‘Midsummers Day’s Foods’, enjoy! :p
http://tinyurl.com/midsummersdayfoods

Also, enjoy page 14!
Cya!

I’ve now finally joined a couple of affiliate/advertising services, or what you call them, and my biggest problem now is – where do I put those ads!?
I think ads should be placed where they can be somewhat noticed, but don’t conflict with the overall look of the website. And of course they should be as less annoying as possible.
Putting some ads on the site will, hopefully, generate some revenue, which could be used for buying art supplies and uhm, food? lol… My goal/dream is to be able to work on the comic full-time. I know it’s probably a veery long journey until that will be possible. But if the comic keeps growing the way it’s been lately, I don’t think it’s entirely impossible. Except for the ads you can, of course, help out by donating!
Even the tiniest amounts are welcome! (^w^ )

In other news.. I had my first interview!! \(^O^)/
No joke, I was actually interviewed by the local paper and got to tell everyone about my comic! It was great! But I hate the picture they took of me, I look wierd… gaah! (>_<;) lol
It’s in Swedish, but here it is anyways..
Clicky

Lastly, I got my very first fan-mail the other day (a big ‘Thank you!’ to the guy who sent it, you know who you are!). Like I said last week, making/managing/promoting a comic is hard work, but when you get feedback from people who like your work, it makes it all worth it! Keep ‘em coming! ( ‘_~)

Now, enjoy page 10! A dark one this time!

Hello everyone and welcome to my webcomic ‘Pierre the Baking Cat’!

This is the first serious attempt at making a webcomic I’ve ever done. I don’t know much about anything that revolves making comics really, so I guess we’ll see how it goes :D The only thing I know is that it’s a lot of hard work and that I’ll have to be persistent and don’t give up! Don’t worry, I won’t! (^v ^ )

To the right you can see my Twitter-feed, here you can follow my progress with the comic between my posts here on the website. I’ll twit about stuff like how far I’ve come with the comic pages, what I’m doing at the moment and maybe post some useful or funny links from time to time.

Oh, and this comic reads from RIGHT to LEFT – Japanese style baby! (’ ▽ ‘ ) I know some of you are going to have a problem with this, but to my defence I can tell you it’s for a reason.

Except for wanting to tell you this story about Pierre, I’m also making this comic because I’m planning to enter contests with it; like the ‘Morning International Comic Competition’ for instance, which specifically welcome foreign comic creators.
There are other contests too (Japanese ones) that require your work to be in Japanese, black & white and of course, read from right to left…

As for me, it has become second nature to read this way. I lived in Japan for over 5 years, I have always loved manga and even now when I’m back home (in Sweden), if I go to the book store to pick up a manga, it still reads from right to left.
How about your country? Do the company that translates the manga also make it read from left to right?

Anyways, if you can live with the fact that the comic reads this way, and also that I’m a complete beginner at making comics I hope you’ll be able enjoy the comic as much as I enjoy making it!

Peace! (^▽^)v