>>1952
That's better than most FINISHED works I see on the net.

Ivy is reminding me of Amy Rose...but for some reason this doesn't bother me.

>>2046

Maybe because Ivy's got a much richer personality.

"Defiance"

>>2065
Oh my god, panel 10 is beautiful.
And panel 1 is just way too adorable.

>>2066

Panel 4 is the best face. Ever.

it had to be done

Those damn Bolsheviks

I lol'd at the first panel

Yeah it's just you an me...hiding behind your chair like a creepy troll of perpetual annoyance.

>>2078

lol! So many great faces in this comic.

>>865

sooooooo we can grant LD as rule 34 inmune?

i mean 34 on this would allow us to se god... pummeling someone out of existence for blasphemy and madness.

either way it would only work if it tracy herself did the 34 and it would be at most, softcore but it would be so awesome the universe would implode

>>2154

It already exists.

No I'm gonna link it.

Bohemia Way

>Zib and Mitzi - one from the gallery of unlikely photographs.
>Lackadaisy's band was a nomadic one before coming to rest in St. Louis.

....I now support ZibxMitzi *shot*

>>2252

Good god, I'd like to eat Tracy's brain and figure out how she does hair and lighting.

So glad I bought the book back when...

>>2270
she went to art school

>>2301

>>she went to art school

Um.. No, actually, I believe she is an entirely self taught artist. Which only makes her art even more impressive to me, as most self taught artists that I've seen aren't that good with anatomy or realism.

She's traditionally trained. Whether she took lessons or went to school I'm not sure of, but I don't remember her ever claiming she was self-taught.

>>2319
You don't get that good being self-taught

>>2319

>>She's traditionally trained.

No, she's not.

From the FAQ page on Lackadaisy.com

>>Q. Where did you learn to draw? What school did you go to?

>>A. I didn't go to art school. I did carry a sketchbook wherever I went all through childhood, though. I still do, in fact. It's sort of like a security blanket that I draw on.

>>2321

>>You don't get that good being self-taught

Evidently, some people do. It's not impossible, just extremely rare.

>>2323

yeah true that

>>2323

Or she had a mentor. You can take lessons. You don't have to go to a school to be traditionally trained.

>>2341

>>You don't have to go to a school to be traditionally trained.

True. However, since the question was asking her where she learned to draw, in addition to asking what school she went to, Common sense would lead me to assume that she would mention if she had any tutoring or such. Unless, of course, she was being very literal.

>>2341
Art and music are different from say, science, in that they're a lot easier to teach to yourself. You practice a ton, look over your work critically, get feedback from artist friends, and draw more. It's not like math and science where there are significant conceptual hurdles you will inevitably reach where you kind of need someone to give you some guidance.

>>2345

I think the difference is not so much that the artist can get feedback from artist friends (so can the learning mathematician/scientist) but that the artist can get feedback from anyone. Art is (normally) meant for consumption by the layman... and while the layman probably can't deliver the deep, technical criticism of a fellow craftsman, they can tell you what worked and what didn't work for them.

Four new pages today!

"Handyman"

"Sandwich"

"Rhubarb"

"Gallivant"

>>2706

Rocky's shit-eating grin in that final panel sent me into a minute-long laughing fit, and it was glorious.

I think I'm gaining prescience or something: I had a Lackadaisy dream last night (seriously), and now 4 new pages! Awesome.

Also, my sewer line is also clogged -- and the dream featured a sinking boat. Hmm...

Awww... now I buy Pepper and Freckle as a couple.

Why is Lackadaisy so awesome?

>>2707

Greatest shit eating grin I've seen in a while.

Lackadaisy Preview 0028

>Here's more single-character color art for a card deck that might someday come to pass, more character paintings for the character bio page overhaul that might also someday come to pass, and a myriad of other bits. The "photo" in the lower right appears in the sketchbook section as well, but since that sees minimal use and I tend to forget to tell anyone when I update it, I figured I'd just include it here too.

>(Asa's portrait is styled after old Knapp-Felt magazine ads for hats.)

I can't help but wonder what the Li'l Mordecai sketch is for...

Mordecai will be humanized at some point. There's a background to everyone, even a cold calculating assassin/accountant.

The bottom left pic is instant reaction image.

Button Sketches

>Drawings for a set of buttons that will be available at Summer 2010 conventions. I'll be coloring these up quickly as I can.

The Rocky and Freckle buttons are going to sell out so fast.

>>3134
Mordecai is strangely adorable, holding a pair of scissors and looking like a crazy person.

>>3134
Serafine looks so devilish :)

>>3134

Who doesn't love the cold calculating symmetry conscious murderer?

Lackadaisy Regalia

>This is actually artwork for buttons (original pencil art is >>3134 ) dressed up with an art deco background to make it presentable.

>Presently, these buttons are available for pre-order... The two stupid-happy Freckle and Rocky buttons toward the bottom of the image are convention exclusives that come free with the set if you pre-order or pick them up at San Diego Comic-con 2010.

Want. Stupid lack of money. :(

Also, she says comic updates will pick up again in August after con season.

>>3215

I wish I could make art like this...

New pages!

Lackadaisy Homestead

>This page segues in too abruptly from the previous page but I also didn't feel I should put off updating the comic any longer in order to fuss over this (lest I alienate the remaining four or five people who still check for updates around here). It's something I intend to address before Volume 2 ever goes to print, though.

>It also occurred to me while I was working on this page that it has become a bad habit of mine to pick boring, straight-on angles for establishing shots of architecture. I'll be making an effort to stop doing that.

>Lastly, as a side note, I don't think I've mentioned before that the McMurray house is actually referenced after my own little house (~1910).

Silly Ivy and her pants-wearing ways.

Also, there's a link to the pic of Tracy's house on the page, if you want to see how closely it matches (hint: very).

Lackadaisy Correspondence

>There seems to be some disagreement according to my research as to when exactly paper napkins appeared on the scene. They almost certainly weren't widely used until about 1930, though.

Words to live by.

Truth is pain!

>>3431

I see what she means by being a little rushed, but it's like no one has to actually tell her. She picks up on all this right away.

We're spoiled by this artist. She could easily waltz around like her shit don't stink like many others do.

In other Lackadaisy news ('cause I forgot to post it before), some folks did a radio play of the first few pages of the comic:

http://www.lackadaisycats.com/Lackadaisy-TheRadioPlay.mp3

>Another awfully stupid installment of Chit Chat Time. I'm sorry, internet. (Contains mild language).

>A "bunny hug", according to the classic Savoy Cocktail Book, was a drink named after the notorious, turn of the century dance. It's one part gin, one part whiskey, and one part absinthe.

>And, to be fair, no one ever actually asked about embarrassing rashes.

>>3501

>>3501

A drunk Mordecai is amazing.

>>3511

>A drunk Mordecai is amazing.

I bet he'd be even better with someone to lech on ^_^