New Era of Freddy? (Patreon)

Hi pals, so, I reached the end of my Freddy comics that I had drawn on Procreate, so I decided to try going back to pencil and ink for these. Procreate makes everything so easy but sometimes when I draw digitally I feel like it's missing something.

Back when I created Freddy when I was in college, I was ALL about the crosshatching. My senior thesis show had huge drawings filled with tiny crosshatching, like one where Freddy was tiny and riding a giant manta ray. I must have pictures somewhere. I just realized I also have no idea where those drawings actually are! Whoops.

Also I have been looking at Richard Thompson's comic Cul de Sac because I am in love with his drawing style and I want to try something new for my next book. Anyway this all is to say I tried crosshatching this one and...I don't think I like it lol. I am going to keep hand drawing them though and experimenting.

This is a true story about finding Kermit at the flea market the other day. I fell in love with him immediately. My plan is for these freddy strips to be inspired by a little moment from my week that I remember. So sort of autobio, but not, I guess.

P.S. I am selling some stickers that I made to raise money for some Palestinian families who are trying to evacuate Gaza. You can order them and read more about it here.

hope everyone's summers are not terrible!

love

Melissa