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2023-11-21 22:46:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Glitch Fixin'!
Okay, the updater seems to have fixed everything but #3875, and I rebuilt that. (From artisanal, handmade electrons, no less. Nothing but the best for you lot!)
Looks like it's all back in shape. Let me know if there's any other glitches I m...
2023-10-26 05:41:44 +0000 UTC View PostAnimated TWB!
Okay, kind of. :)
Monday's strip was very time-consuming, but I had a lot of fun with it. Thought you ladies and gents might be interested to see how a panel like that goes together. :)
Besides, I haven't used my animation app in a lon...
2023-10-02 04:17:08 +0000 UTC View PostHigh Armor Class
And finished! If we go by typical WoW or RPG stats, she's now basically invulnerable. :)
Spent way too much time on it, and at a time when I have pretty full lists of shopwork to do, but I'm pretty happy with how it...
2023-09-28 22:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostWork in progress...
Oddly enough, making a "revealing tactical vest" is harder than it looks. :)
Since I'm going to be drawing it a lot in the next few weeks, I thought I'd try a couple different sketches- Pirta's tac-vest came out nicely, but today's version o...
2023-09-28 06:41:40 +0000 UTC View PostMissed a strip!
I'd originally planned- in a really vague way- this storyline at least two or three years ago. Back in '21, I even started drawing a few strips, though only the first half dozen or so.
I've been trying to sort out some of my book files, as t...
2023-09-01 04:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe return of the Omniturn!
After posting the most recent Turret video, I was asked if I had the Omniturn back up and running. I'd posted some still pics of parts from it a few days back on the Guild, but as I was running more parts today, I thought I'd add a quick video her...
2023-08-28 01:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostMore Machining!
Since I posted that other turret-lathe video, I figured you ladies and gents might like to see the "other half" of the part.
Tried to be a little more detailed with the editing, to give a better idea of the 'order of operations' but yeah, I ...
2023-08-27 18:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostTWB Mobile?
This is something I've been meaning to tinker with for a good while now. I had a bit of a "you better stop and think" moment in the shop today, and decided to spend some time tinkering with the upcoming storyline.
That 2023-08-23 02:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Turret Lathe Saves the Day!
I was going to run some parts through my CNC lathe this weekend, and found the power supply for the computer had died.
While waiting for a replacement, I instead tooled up the pre-World-War-2 turret lathe for the same part, and cranked out f...
2023-08-13 22:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostToo good to pass up...
Mark Stanley of Freefall suggested this. Too good a gag to pass up, even as short on time as I am. :)
Doc.
2023-07-26 01:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostFair Warning...
I'm up against a couple of heavy deadlines and major "can't put it off any more" things at the moment, and I'm so short on time it ain't even funny.
The comic is probably going to be pretty erratic for the next two weeks or so- I should have...
2023-07-25 09:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostRestoring an early custom marker
Customer sent this in, it was the first gun he ever played with, and he got it from a now-deceased uncle. It had lain disassembled long enough the O-rings had basically crumbled to dust, and he wanted it restored.
Fun project, but I was rush...
2023-07-24 18:11:19 +0000 UTC View PostVintage TWB!
I found these in one of my older folders. It was supposed to be the start of a short storyline, involving Jake trying to teach her how to ride it, her buying stereotypical "biker" clothes (leather jacket, leather chaps, etc.)
But after drawi...
2023-07-23 04:12:21 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-Five Years as Alaska's coolest Airsmith!
I would like to take a moment to recognize- and perhaps brag a a bit- that July 1st, 2023 officially marks my Twenty-Fifth Year in business! :)
I had kind of hoped to have something special to mark the occasion- a secret pro...
2023-07-03 06:27:47 +0000 UTC View PostOfficially old!
TWB, as of last week, is now officially old enough to drink! :)
The first posted comic says June 18th of '02, but as I recall, the first comic was posted to the Guild on the 21st. After a day or two, I registered the domain na...
2023-06-26 04:32:34 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the waaaaay-back machine!
I was looking for some shop pictures from way back- actually before I even launched this biz, let alone TWB :) - and happened across this.
Longtime readers have probably seen it under the "Sketchbook" section, where it's been for ages. The s...
2023-06-19 07:57:02 +0000 UTC View PostBlast from the past, part 2
Found something interesting in an old art folder. Way back when I first launched this account, I took this pic from an old T-shirt run we did back in '04 or '05, and redrew it.
I'd started on it, and spend a week or two tweaking it, and for ...
2023-06-13 08:46:25 +0000 UTC View PostDoc's Overbuilt Hex Wrench Racks!
Constructive criticism welcome!
Doc.
2023-06-11 22:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostSketchin'!
Needed to do some sketching today, and decided I'd do up a video of it.
... I really was hoping it'd be better. :)
Ever since I switched to doing the strip entirely digitally, my pen-and-paper skills have gone downhill. Odd that if you...
2023-05-27 07:46:24 +0000 UTC View PostWe Won!
Thanks to you lot (and all my readers in general :) ) we won both categories in the Ursa Major Awards!
There's no cash prize, no giant novelty check, and we arguably sent t...
2023-05-26 17:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostAlternate-alternate future...
Canonically, there are no hybrids in TWB, so couples like Howie and Cassie, and Jake and Pirta, can't have kids. But, several years ago, a reader suggested, if they could, a potential offspring of Jake & Pirta, might look sort of like a "rever...
2023-05-25 04:23:30 +0000 UTC View PostMinor glitch...
The scheduler for TWB is currently being migrated off a 'cloud' server and onto a private one. There may be minor issues, please stand by.
Currently, Monday's comic links back to 2003, because I was an idiot and mis-set said scheduler. :) An...
2023-05-09 08:27:37 +0000 UTC View PostMotivation!
And another old Doc-sketch from the archives. (Done discreetly at a buddy's office. :) )
Doc.
2023-04-17 08:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostAn old sketch...
I drew this, as the date shows, a while back, during a large multi family dinner gathering. The host liked it so much they put it into a photo frame and hung it up.
I saw it again a few years ago, and snapped a pic- in a dimly lit room, unde...
2023-04-14 08:54:27 +0000 UTC View PostName Change!
At least as far as this Patreon is concerned, DocsMachine is now TheWhiteboard! :)
Why? I'm separating the two sides a bit more- again, only as far as Patreon is concerned. I'm hoping to gain a little more traffic from my YouTube videos (whi...
2023-04-11 03:26:52 +0000 UTC View PostSketch Challenge
I've started to realize that, since going pretty much fully digital on the comic, my sketching skills have deteriorated rather badly. I find myself slapping down some crappy linework, and then spending way too long "fixing" it digitally.
I s...
2023-04-06 05:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday Preview!
A bit of behind-the-scenes on what a TWB strip looks like in the early stages.
Doc.
2023-03-31 22:41:03 +0000 UTC View PostVote Early, Vote Often!
The Time to Vote is at Hand! :)
TWB got nominated for two slots; best comic strip (for the day-to-day works) and best graphic story (for the Sherlock ...
2023-03-02 09:46:19 +0000 UTC View Post