Character Sheet Color Test

One of my projects this morning: color testing a character sheet I've been working on for my current comic, Zzackback.

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Working on a character sheet of some potential new characters to be introduced into Zzackback.

The next step is to add color, documenting the color codes for each component. This will make it easier to recall and reuse the color palette for each character.

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Remembering a great moment of my childhood - the day my soon-to-be best friend moved in next door. With a lot in common, we were practically inseparable for years. Sadly, his father accepted a job on the west coast, and his family moved away around the time I was middle school.

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Rummaging through my drawings, I found this sketch of Zack with a Nerf rifle, and thought I'd add some color to it.

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Remembering kindergarten class, where I met the girl who I'd someday marry. Can't believe we're about to celebrate 19 years of marriage together.

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 What can I say? I was never good at jumping hurdles (physical, not metaphorical).

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This comic was inspired by my memories of playing basketball in P.E. class.

Whenever the class played basketball, we'd shoot from the foul line first to determine team captains. Whichever two students that made the shot first would become a captain, then the two would take turns choosing their team among the rest of the class. Though I wasn't much of an athlete, thanks to the basketball hoop we had at home, I managed to get decent at shooting from the foul line. Once, I ended up being the first to make the shot in class. My initial reaction was excitement: “Oh boy, I’m a team captain!” What I quickly learned, though, was that not too many kids wanted to be on the team captained by a not-so-athletic student.

I learned a valuable lesson that day – though it’s nice to know you have the ability to be a team captain if you want, sometimes it’s wiser to acknowledge someone is more qualified for the role, and maybe it’s a little more altruistic to step aside and let that person take the role.

After that day, I still joined in when the other kids “shot for captains”, except I’d tell the class my shots didn’t count. I didn’t want to pass up an opportunity to shoot hoops 😉