Tim Warner's THE SILVER LINING

The happiest and most successful comic strip on earth.

[thejajac]

Ted preview, panel inked. I realize I don't have a concrete system for drawing comics at all. It's kind of ridiculous. Thus far, I scanned a sketchbook rough, then printed in pieces so I could scale up. I traced these pages to clean up details with a blue pencil, and then traced them AGAIN with a hard pencil for sharper lines and clarity. These penciled panels were then printed individually full size, and inked with a brush on tracing paper. At this point I need to draw my panels, clean up a few things, and then figure out how I want to color it. Ridiculous! But I suspect soon I'll have a plan!

[thejajac]

I’m excited, I finally have time to draw The Silver Lining again! Here is a preview of Ted’s full page weekend style strip from sketch to pre-inks. I’m going for something reminiscent of the HUGE full page strips from the 1930′s or earlier. Wiki: Early Sunday strips, such as Thimble Theatre and Little Orphan Annie, filled an entire newspaper page, a format known to collectors as full page.

[thejajac]

I painted this yesterday, HAPPY (late) EASTER!!!

Though the comic strip is still on hold (two months till graduation), I’d be delighted if any of you wanted to start following at the facebook page! I have 89 likes and I want to get to 100! I’m happy to follow back any of your own comic pages!  https://www.facebook.com/SilverLiningcomics?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

[thejajac]

The silver lining, catch phrase. Pajama sketch.

[hawcubite]

[thejajac]

Nancy always knows whats best.

[thejajac]

The SILVER LINING is on hiatus until I finish my art education grad program. This is the last strip I was able to finish in early September. In the meantime I am teaching art to awesome kids in the south Bronx NY while I finish my thesis, wish me luck! Please keep checking in, my resolution was to draw The Silver Lining characters everyday. I plan on posting when ever I have something new. If YOU want to draw, TED, SQUIGGLES or DOGGY I would be absolutely delighted!

I wish you all the best for 2015!

-James

[thejajac]

PART 3. The panel has risen leaving them trapped, Squiggles has run off, where does this empty space lead? Let's find out!

[thejajac]

Part 2 of "the descent", or "the departure" (or what ever the heck I decide to call this) IS HERE! I'm a bit in shock about this story, I'm almost 15 pages deep and it's utterly bizarre and full of action and adventure I've never felt more inspired. Thanks for checking out the comic, I think big things are coming for the gang! See you soon!

[thejajac]

New Series, "The descent"! I've been wanting to go into a more experimental weirder direction with the strip and I was hoping for some suggestions. I'm thinking of this almost as improv, throw out a suggestion and I'll see what I can do with it! Where do you see Ted and the gang going? What crazy things do they encounter? Send me a direct message right here on tumblr! And if that don't work try me at my OLD aol account "[email protected]".

[thejajac]

Scratch art fun while watching Peckinpah.

[thejajac]

The Silver Lining - Summer Vacation Series collected.

[thejajac]

Even the best vacations end like this. A kind of clarity, a gratitude, an appreciation for where you truly live. When you find your center, that's when you're truly home.

PS: This has been one fantastic summer! I had plans to draw so much more but instead I worked myself to exhaustion prepping myself to get a job. I updated my resume, my portfolio, I went to job fairs. I grieved after horrible interviews. Until finally, it happened. I was hired full time as an art teacher! I sit here now after having been devastated by stress and fear feeling a bit like Ted in this strip. Thanks to anyone for following and I appreciate your patience with my erratic output. I finally found the head space to finish the vacation series! Hope my new routine will allow a more consistent output but who knows? I'll do what I can, here goes nothin'!

[thejajac]

They survived the vacation from hell and they're finally heading home...OR ARE THEY?!

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Playing games to take their mind off things. Works like a charms obviously! : D

[thejajac]

After all of that careful planning...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fQESUBMwGg

[gameraboy]

Peanuts by Charles M. Schultz, October 5, 1950

[thejajac]

Here's The Silver Lining colored in by some kindergartners! There is a new strip coming, please excuse my infernal delays. I'm trying to find a job as an art teacher y'all! My life is not consistent : D