A webcomic. A webcomic UNLIKE ANY OTHER! *evil laughter*

In all seriousness, this is a webcomic, but one whose auther has absolutely NO ability to draw recognizable and consistent images. Thus the world of Pixel.



What's up with this world? Pixel, you called it?

Yep, Pixel. And, as its name implies, all of its residents are (you guessed it!) pixels.

Don't laugh!

No, really, please don't laugh. The artist's ego is fragile. Plus, the life of a pixel is more interesting than it may seem! Just read a few strips. Give everyone a chance. Jed thanks you.



How is the strip made?

Well, to begin with, Kevin, Jed, Sonja and the rest are hand-drawn by monks in an isolated e-monastery in the mountains just beyond the land of Google...

Well, not really.

I work in Adobe Photoshop Elements. First I set out the background, a layer that contains any scenery (such as the table in strip 5) as well as any characters in the scene. When I get really lazy, I flatten it right there and copy-paste it to make the rest of the panels' bases. I use size 14 Times New Roman periods for the pixels themselves (the original strips are three times the size you see them here) and whatever font or size is required for the rest. The aforementioned table, I believe, was a size 24 Verdana capital O.

Next, I type out the dialogue in size 12 Times New Roman, and arrange it accordingly around the characters.This is also where I'm SUPPOSED to check my spelling and continuity, but alas...

Once that is done, the lines that connect the text to the characters are laid in with the line tool, and each panel is flattened.

After that, they are pasted into a 2800/1000 background of dark grey, arranged, flattened, shrunk down to 700/250 and saved as a jpg. Then they're mounted on the site!

All the characters just got really big... then really small. WTF is wrong with your formatting?

Nothing is wrong with my formatting, dear reader. What you are seeing is the magic of cinematography; we just either 'zoomed in' or 'zoomed out.' The size of the pixels is your clue as to how close you are... this is more apparent in strips incorporating hand-drawn images.

How often do you update?

Three times a week, baby! Tune in Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the coolness that is Serif, and look for the occasional extra between-times.