Comics that are made by people named Allan

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:55 am

hahaha awesome.

Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 9009 Location: SOMEWHERE EXTREME

GUYS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT LAST PAGE THIS IS WHAT TYLER THINKS IS AWESOME:

Dezro wrote:

so I haven't checked any webcomics for a while but then I did and I found this and well you know what I had to do

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

hahaha

$$$$$$$$$

Whimsy Overcomes Him Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 8612

allan did you really say those things

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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:25 am

excellent <3

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revfitz wrote:

allan did you really say those things

blip isn't an autobiographical comic so I'm guessing no
(it has a supernatural plot that usually stays far in the background while the main character does normal things like hang out with her gay ex-boyfriend who apparently represents the artist, at least in this part)

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

I actually think I did say something similar to that back when we were both on Drunk Duck, but I don't think those were my words exactly?

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

Oh, and you guys mind telling me what you think about this on a shirt?

Whimsy Overcomes Him Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 8612

can you photoshop it onto a shirt for reference

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:02 am

allan at this point do your parents know about your comic?
i mean you get actual money from it right, how do you explain that
and i mean how are you going to hide the fact that you are selling merch?
unless you're hiring someone/doing cafepress?
dont do cafepress man.

Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 1786 Location: The fine land

"who's the guy on your shirt?"
"it's Allan!"
"Allan who?"
"It's a guy who has an autobio comic on the internet!"
"..."

Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 9009 Location: SOMEWHERE EXTREME

still want a baseball cap with just your hat on it
I might settle for a t-shirt with your hat on it
or a baseball cap with your hat on it, on a t-shirt

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

revfitz wrote:

can you photoshop it onto a shirt for reference

Here was the original without color tweaks, etc:

And here were two other color schemes:

trainwreck wrote:

allan at this point do your parents know about your comic?
i mean you get actual money from it right, how do you explain that
and i mean how are you going to hide the fact that you are selling merch?
unless you're hiring someone/doing cafepress?
dont do cafepress man.

Newp! I actually have my own credit card/check card so I handle my own finances. The shirts are all being independently printed, so no cafepress, and when my parents ask me what's in the boxes that I'll receive I'll just be like, "Some shirts I ordered" and they'll be cool with that.

Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 8353

so the brim of your hat is going to hang down on the sleeve?!?!?!

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

Either that or I'm gunna off-center it a little so the brim is just barely at the furthest right side of the torso. Or I might just cut the brim a little short.

Whimsy Overcomes Him Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 8612

OK I am just really slow, whatever

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:33 am

I like it best in pink, but I don't know a good backing color for it. Also the brim of the hat being on the sleeve is Grade A Dumb imo. Maybe redraw it so that you are a bit off center but the rest isn't? And shorten the brim? I feel it's somewhat important but man that's a lot of hat you are forcing on people.

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trainwreck wrote:

man that's a lot of hat you are forcing on people.

llph

Will keep that in mind, thanks.

I think the best backing colors are light green or light blue, but I like weird colors on my shirts.

Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Posts: 703

DTZ Reunion Tour wrote:

so the brim of your hat is going to hang down on the sleeve?!?!?!

it might be possible to shrink the image without reducing the quality

much

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

Refined version (detail):

What it'll look like on a shirt:

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:10 pm

that's a lot better

took me a minute to realize that wasn't a glossy effect though

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

Yeah, I trust you guys not to steal the design (cuz who wants it, amirite) but it's just the only big image I have right now.

It also works pretty flawlessly on any shirt color, which is really what I was worried about.

Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 7953 Location: egg

make it off center even more and wraparound imo

I like the design but I think you need to put a lot more thought into how to make it look good with the general shape of a shirt fitting a person's body. having a pretty large "bust" kind of shot of a cartoon dude with a cloud of stuff below slapped onto my chest just doesn't seem that cool to me

Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 3415 Location: California

Yeah, you're right--I didn't really design it with the shirt in mind, a mistake I will undoubtably try and fix with my next design (whenever that is).

I was thinking about making it wrap around the side more, but people bought this because they likes the idea of it being centered, I guess. I don't wanna mix it up too much so that people who already bought it won't want it.

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Where did that hair come from?

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Me being artsy I guess?

I like using a lot of lines for hair but I don't get to do it too often with my style.

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make a polo shirt with your hat on it

Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:10 am

allan i think that'd look really good if it was white on a cream colored shirt fyi

Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 8353

is DP in a can kind of like Prince Albert in a can?