Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (42) ¬

1. 
   David Herbert

   November 10, 2010 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

   I’m bad at drawing characters facing right as well. What is it with facing left that makes characters look better?

   • 
     pakopako

     November 16, 2010 at 2:29 pm | # | Reply

     It depends on how your brain is wired in preferring one side.
     One manga artist said they would always photoshop their pages and flip them to let the other half of the brain figure out if something was missing before finalizing anything.
2. 
   Kyle Lees

   November 10, 2010 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

   So, do you draw her facing right and then flip her? That would make me feel way better about my own process!

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     David Willis

     November 10, 2010 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

     I’m talking about when I’m drawing Amber freehand. Y’know, without any pencils. Just taking out a pen and drawing her.

     When I’m drawing a real strip, and have pencil layouts, the flipping isn’t a problem.

     • 
       Kyle Lees

       November 10, 2010 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

       That… that’s what I meant too. Definitely.
     • 
       Macker

       November 10, 2010 at 10:23 pm | # | Reply

       Put an “Evil Twin Beard” on Amber’s face-right drawing…and you’ve got a new character!
3. 
   Brendan

   November 10, 2010 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

   …now I’m going to notice this every single time I see her.

   DAMN YOU WILLIS.
4. 
   Milosh

   November 10, 2010 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

   Wait… Willis is left-handed?

   • 
     Jen Aside

     November 10, 2010 at 12:12 am | # | Reply

     FILTHY LIES

     [...filthy camera, too]

     • 
       The Dawgboy

       November 10, 2010 at 8:14 am | # | Reply

       Since the books and the rest of the crowd are seemingly unblurry, one can only assume the speed of Mercury overtakes Willis when he is commissioned.
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     The Dawgboy

     November 10, 2010 at 8:12 am | # | Reply

     No, he had to draw himself facing the other direction (making him right handed in the initial drawing) and then used digital processing to flip himself on the paper.
5. 
   loneislander

   November 10, 2010 at 12:10 am | # | Reply

   Man I have the same problem but reversed. Good at facing the right, shitstorm when facing the left.
6. 
   Dena

   November 10, 2010 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

   She’s facing right in the drawing you did for me, and she doesn’t look wonky there!

   • 
     David Willis

     November 10, 2010 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

     I took extra special time to do it.

     While drawing facing the other way I can do blindfolded.

     • 
       Thunderboom

       November 10, 2010 at 2:55 am | # | Reply

       I feel it is now my duty to challenge you to that, Willis. Drawing blindfolded, I mean.
     • 
       Phil

       November 10, 2010 at 10:49 am | # | Reply

       How about 4th wall-breaking Amber, facing the viewer?
   • 
     I'm Batman

     November 10, 2010 at 8:44 am | # | Reply

     Actually, I like Right-Facing Amber better. She’s a little more stacked.

     • 
       Herp

       January 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm | # | Reply

       This. I was about to say something. It’s like a flat tire facing left, and when she turns right someone comes out with an air compressor and blows those things up.
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     maggie

     November 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm | # | Reply

     Dena! I know you!

     That is all.
7. 
   LOLwut

   November 10, 2010 at 12:38 am | # | Reply

   …you need to work on your penmanship Mr. Willis. I almost thought you had an “‘Animated’ lunchbox full of penis” sitting next to you…
8. 
   Erica

   November 10, 2010 at 12:43 am | # | Reply

   Oh my gosh! It’s Amber’s evil, right-facing, not-so-identical twin!
9. 
   Matt

   November 10, 2010 at 1:07 am | # | Reply

   Amber facing right appears to have larger boobs than her reverse twin.

   • 
     Kamino Neko

     November 10, 2010 at 4:44 am | # | Reply

     Oh, thank the goddess, I’m not the only one to notice that… >_>
10. 
    RaijinK

    November 10, 2010 at 1:42 am | # | Reply

    My drawings have the exact same problem with right-facing characters. It’s just because 3/4 left-facing is the default in my mind for doodles, so that orientation gets more practice than any other. Dunno why that is. Must just be the way you learn to draw that burns the penstrokes for certain human features into your brain, and the reversing those strokes is like trying to write backwards. It’s just plain awkward.

    • 
      BKHoosier

      January 7, 2012 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

      It may have something to do with “muscle memory”. Kind of like bowling right handed your whole life, then trying it left handed and feeling like a total clutz (sp)! Just sayin’?
11. 
    KaGAmi

    November 10, 2010 at 1:53 am | # | Reply

    Suddenly the Shortpacked title image is a lot more funnier.
12. 
    StClair

    November 10, 2010 at 2:03 am | # | Reply

    She’s not an ambi-turner!

    • 
      drivethruwhale

      November 10, 2010 at 2:37 am | # | Reply

      But we know what will make her feel better! ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCCINO!
13. 
    Demon of Light

    November 10, 2010 at 3:05 am | # | Reply

    I thought I was the only one who had problems drawing characters facing right. And I’m not even left-handed.
14. 
    I

    November 10, 2010 at 3:17 am | # | Reply

    I got it! So when Amber’s facing right it must actually be Dorothy!
15. 
    Judas Peckerwood

    November 10, 2010 at 3:43 am | # | Reply

    Um, is it wrong that I prefer the drawing of Amber facing right? She looks much more, uh … feral. GRRRRROWWWLLLLL!!!!
16. 
    Fred Davis

    November 10, 2010 at 9:51 am | # | Reply

    “animated lunchbox full of penis”?

    • 
      K8

      November 10, 2010 at 3:14 pm | # | Reply

      PENS Fred. Pens.
17. 
    Eric

    November 10, 2010 at 10:36 am | # | Reply

    Wait. You’re left handed?
18. 
    BlueNight

    November 10, 2010 at 10:55 am | # | Reply

    I have been able to collect dozens of nearly identical panels of webcomics, each panel featuring a female character viewed 3/4 turned to her right, glancing to her left, with a troubled expression on her face.

    It’s like the webcomics version of the Dreamworks Face.
19. 
    ColdFusion

    November 10, 2010 at 1:01 pm | # | Reply

    90 percent of what I draw is facing left, if not more.. but then.. I also do like.. front-facing for everything human and profile for everything else.. because I am a hack
20. 
    Andrusi

    November 10, 2010 at 1:09 pm | # | Reply

    Amberdextrous.
21. 
    RayBarrington

    November 10, 2010 at 1:32 pm | # | Reply

    Would it be strange if you had problems drawing Faz facing left but not facing right?
22. 
    Cassidy

    November 10, 2010 at 4:32 pm | # | Reply

    how do you pronounce Cintiq… is it like Cinty -Q or cintik?

    • 
      David Willis

      November 10, 2010 at 7:05 pm | # | Reply

      “sin-teek”
23. 
    Sean Whitmore

    November 10, 2010 at 10:55 pm | # | Reply

    What’s the name of that device, “Cintio”? I’m trying to Google it and all I’m getting are websites in Spanish.

    • 
      Sean Whitmore

      November 10, 2010 at 11:15 pm | # | Reply

      Ohhhh, that’s a “q”. Ne’mind.