If I were to make this a series, however, it would take much less time...you see, this whole thing was made from scratch, which is why it took so long....but this also allowed me to create a palette of sorts containing all the shapes I've created, meaning I can just do a drag-and-drop job if I want to make another one (this is assuming I choose not to improve the artwork, which I probably should.
Done entirely in Illustrator.
The two most time consuming parts of this comic was
1. Developing the underlying structure, which consists of numerous layers, some locked, some visible, some hidden, which allowed me to create the borders and gutters, while keeping the position of everything consistent using a series of guides (also in their own separate layers so I could hide or reveal them as necessary, keeping my workspace from becoming cluttered and busy). It also made it easier for me to work on one different aspect of the comic without directly effecting the rest of it, preventing any unwanted changes that would force me to redo the whole thing.
2. Developing the dialogue and speech bubbles. Seriously, who knew it took so much work to make it look like a phrase was coming from a certain person?! It takes a LOT of work giving speech bubbles their directional lines (EXTREME use of pen anchor tool and cutting tool), and that's after I had to find a way to make the speech bubbles VISIBLE; they had a tendency to disappear every time I used the Type in an Area Tool (that took some creative ingenuity and the exploitation of a small glitch--go me). Also, coming up with a the dialogue itself took a lot of thinking...how could I make an EXTENDED conversation out of leet-speak, and how could I make it look like the third guy was being made fun of for his dialect and not for his choice to watch a game? Fortunately I was able to answer both with the same solution!
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