A little about Myself:
Hi, my name is Caspell, I am the Cartoonist and Creator of the Comic Strips -MilkyWay USA ©, Fresh Brewed © and Bluntz and Bongwater © . Or all the comics to the right hand side of this page! As well as others not on the page - Lone Justice ©, Minglow’s Tales © and Chuckleberry Hill ©. Over the years my Clients have run the gamut from – Comic Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Apparel, Advertisements, Websites, to Big Signs on Little Buildings… While developing MilkyWay USA for Syndication in 2005, United Media passed on it. In 2008, I decided to revamp all my comics and work them up for the Web. So after going thru hundreds and hundreds of Comic Strips, Drawings and every sketchbook in the studio, I am slowly getting them posted at the website! Back in 1998, I had a camera mounted above my Drawing Board… As an added FEATURE to reading the Comic’s, I wanted to give EVERYONE an in – depth view INSIDE the creative process… A chance to watch as the Comic Strip goes from Idea to the final product… Today, it has changed a bit, I pencil everything at the drawing board and digital for the rest. The times when I am in the studio will be streamed on the front page. At times you will get me in the studio, at the drawing board or on the computer screen depending on where I am at in my day. Feel free to drop me a line in the chatroom. Although I am not always available to chat I will try my best to answer all of your questions. In the future I will record some demonstrations and tutorials. So don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS Feed to keep updated with the WebComic Screencast, Webcomics, Weblog, As well as GIVE-AWAYS and CONTESTS for ORIGINAL ART, SPECIAL EVENTS… CONVENTIONS and SIGININGS! PLEASE READ the COMICS!
What tools I use to make the comics:
The Machine and under the Hood:
Jet Black, Dell Inspiron 1545 , 15.6 High Definition Widescreen Display.
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0 GHZ, 2 MB cache, 800MHZ FSB)
4 GB memory / 320 GB Hard Drive/ Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD.
with Window Vista Home Premium (64bit)
Tools and Software:
Staedtler 925 - .05 mil and .07 mil. Mechanical Drafting Pencil
Kneadable Erasers- Faber-Castell- Knetgummi Art Eraser
Paper and Sketchbooks- Blue Line Pro Comic Art Boards Item#1003. Cut in half to fit the comic which is 4 1/2x 13 inches, Strathmore 9×12, 50 sheets, 70 lbs.
To draw the Comics I use a Wacom Intuos 4Graphics Tablet.
With the help of this fantastic software-
Corel Painter X – To Draw and Ink the Comics
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended – To Letter and Color the Comics as well as ALL Graphic Work.
Corel Painter Sketchpad – Sketching ideas or Thumbnails.
Autodesk Sketchbook 2010 – Sketching Ideas or Thumbnails.
The UStream Broadcast:
To broadcast my screen cast, I use the website Ustream.tv with the help of ManyCam software (It is freeware and is available for Windows and Mac).
