Plant life

One of the things that has bothered me about Cavegirl Combat is that it takes place in absolute desert. As you'll recall, Lake Havasu and Powell Lake in Arizona were sort of my inspirations for the setting.

But it seems unlikely to me that a primitive tribe would live in such harsh conditions. And one thing I've striven for in Cavegirl Combat, of course, is absolute paleontological accuracy.

But drawing vegetation is a pain in the ass — especially in the style I'm using now, which doesn't allow for much in the way of artistic shorthand to describe background elements. (Look at any jungle girl comic to see what I'm talking about in regard to shorthand: one or two ferns in the foreground, everything else in silhouette.)

So, I have created about 25 ‘leaf brushes’ in Painter to help me fill in vegetation quickly. The attached art is an example of what I can do with them. I also ran the art through a Topaz plugin filter to give it a little more ‘zip’.

So at some point, weeks down the road from now, expect to see a little more plant life in the episodes.