Dear whoever is reading this

I don't know how you're still seeing this. You may be seeing it via RSS. If you haven't seen any of my comics going up in the last week then you're totally missing out. Check out izaksmells.com proper and make sure you resubscribe. What you're seeing here is my old blogger blog which is now deprecated.

xoxoxo

Tattoo Girl - ONFORM Sketch 2

Carrying on from last weeks sketch this has become a good way of keeping drawing without committing to anything big. We're preparing to move into the new house this Saturday. Last weekend was a blur of painting walls. I can hardly differentiate the days since they consisted of the exact same place except for an intermission for a 25th/Baby Shower/Engagement party. So half the people were getting absolutely smashed while the other half was ogling the babies room while looking at the engagement ring.

I have to say it sucks growing up. Were you aware that the internet costs money? Like, almost all of your money??

Happy Comments 8Bit Icon

We did an update to the visuals of what Happy Comments looks like when you disable it.

I also changed the little icons and changed them pixel for pixel. However I did still downscale them because I'm a dirty corner cutter. Matt needed 38x38 sized icons for hi res displays, so I did 'em. and then made a 19px version of that. Here's what they look like nice and big:

I did the lighter squares around the smiley one because without it the eyes looked like little freaky pin pricks, and that's just not the look I was going for. I was happier with crisp crosses on the dead purple icon because It was so small I needed the crosses to be as readable as possible.

You can still go and download the extension if you want to give it a whirl yourself. It's kind of nice having a little friend on the toolbar all the time.

Happy Comments Character Logo

So my mate Matt hates shitty comments. He also lacks all self control, so he can't help but read terrible things. Due to this lack of self control he suddenly sprung into action and built a Chrome Extension which blocks unpopular comments from wasting your time.

My contribution and claim to fame was making the logo for it. It's based on the quick one he made for testing purposes.

What your comment feed looked like before Happy Comments:

Anyway, if you're sick of reading shit comments online then prepare for this chrome extension to change all that for you.

Here's how it looks in the sidebar. The slider lets you set how anal you want to be with the comments. The lowest hiding only negative comments and when it's cranked all the way up it will only show the most highly rated.

Matt put a lot of work into the button and slider because he knows how to prioritize style.

And here's the icon in action in the extensions area of chrome.

Also here's a bunch of the assets used within the chrome extension store. The font wasn't my first choice but I couldn't get my hands on Serrano Black Italic which is a locally grown NZ font which is used as the BNZ logo and also on the Air New Zealand adverts.

Eventually I settled on Poetsen One.

I'm pretty proud of the little guy. If you want him around you can download him here. Or if you have any comments and suggestions send them to @happy_comments

Blob Man - ONFORM Sketch

Just submitted this little dude to ONFORM, a Tumblr that takes that old drawing game and turns it into a public thing for all artists to take part in, a bit like Sext Me All Your Nudes.

All My Friends Hate You - Blobby World Comic

I've finally put together the PDF of the third Blobby world book. Although the others aren't anywhere near as polished as this one. It's tempting to call this one the first, but whatever. Should look good on iPad if you have the Issuu app on there. Also you can go ahead and download the pdf for free.

I couldn't have done this without Becky, My girlfriend, Matt my boyfriend bro, and Kristof my Spellchecker. I also couldn't have done it without all the human beings that move around me like a constellation of drama and bullshit, you're the best and my constant muse.

Some of the lines in this stretch all the way back to stuff I wrote at uni. My first big payload of strips for this came from my trip to Melbourne, and others were just great lines people came up with.

Hope you dig it.

Tifa Lockheart - Final Fantasy 7 8Bit

It feels like ages since I've done one of these. Figure I may as well do the most famous Final Fantasy girl there is. Rivaled maybe only by Lightning.

Work on the new house is going well. We've now scrubbed every square inch of the inside of it, getting rid of any grease left over by the people who were there last. The walls have had their holes filled in and I'm currently filling in cracks. We have the undercoats of paint ready to slap on the wall (although we have a complete lack of dropsheets and paintbrushes at the moment that we're hoping my folks will provide.)

We've figured out rates and bills and things pretty much and we're left with a couple of dollars at the end of it to do whatever we like with. We'll still be living comfortably, like we're not skimping on food or anything, but buying a new graphics card or chucking bblenders out the window at people will be out of the question now.