Spaghetti Strap Western » Chapter II: Across the Mojave

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:11:23 +0000

And here it finally is; the final page of Chapter II: “Across The Mojave.” This is a pretty big moment for the story. It’s revealing a desolate Los Angeles. The key was to make it recognizable as LA, despite the fact that it is 150 years in the future. Overall I’m super-happy with this page. [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:36:21 +0000

This weeks song is the song that birthed this page in my head. It is impossible for me to hear this song without visualizing this scene. It also includes next weeks page so unless i can find the acoustic version (for variety sake) this will also be next weeks song. There’s about a dozen or [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:13:52 +0000

If any of you remember my previous comic RobTheBot, then you know that I thoroughly enjoy the use of color. And that obviously is apparent on this page. It was really fun deciding on the different pallets for late evening and early night. The showing of the burial, is something that I always knew I [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:19:56 +0000

Here’s the change of scenery I know all you have been wanting for a while. Here’s sunset at Death Valley. It makes me excited to be using real locations. I think it resonates with people better, when they see somehting they can recognize from their reality. Anyways, there’s 5 more pages left of Chapter II [...]

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Ali Showkati — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:20:47 +0000

This is actually going to evolve into the second of the two main plot-lines of the story. And it’s officially set up now. So 40 pages, huh. I’m sure it’s some kind of milestone, but i won’t get too worked up over it. Maybe on the 1 year anniv. or something. I’d really like [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:45:13 +0000

This is one of my favorite pages because it is one of those scenes that you think up when you’re first thinking about the concept as a whole. Also I’m quite proud of the way it came out, especially cell #4 with the lens flare. I couldn’t have pictured the effect to be any more [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:23:55 +0000

Okay so lots going on. First off I want to apologize for not being able to post a page last week. I was preoccupied with my moving back to Nebraska for school. I decided to make up for it by updating the look of the site. The white background never quite fit the theme of [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:30:16 +0000

Here is the final page of 2009 2008. Working with motion is always interesting. The challenge is keeping it looking like motion and the even bigger challenge is keeping the reader aware of direction of speed. I like using aerial views to get the message across. Dust and blur lines also work. Its fun to [...]

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:12:19 +0000

The mighty “BANG”s return to SSW. Don’t you just love action. It’s scenes like this one that I seriously hope I get the opportunity to put SSW on the silver screen. Happy Holidays!

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Ali Showkati — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:34:25 +0000

I would like to thank Google Translator for providing the Japanese words I needed. Furthermore I would like to thank Apple for providing it’s OS with support for Japanese fonts. This action scene is starting to roll out quite nicely, but I honestly cannot wait until Chapter 3. I’m like my own fan, I can’t [...]