Today inking will continue, last week it did go better with the inking, but I'm not done with the pages yet. My inking scheme is like this, I ink the pages and then I go over them ones more to close lines and maybe fix some things that are in need of fixing. The second pass gives me a chance to look at the pages with fresh eyes, something that I've been writing about here, now and then...
Take care!
P.s This weekend the Swedish book fair takes place in Gothenburg, maybe I'll see you there...!
fredag 27 september 2013
fredag 20 september 2013
Inking has begun!
Yes, it's true, finally, inking has begun!
One funny thing though, last week when I was going to start inking, things kept popping up! I'm not sure if I understand how this work. Like, I'm in the middle of producing a comic, to move the project further I need to work on it. I know this. But whenever I'm finished with one phase and I'm going to begin the next phase, the runway can sometimes be veeeeeery looooooong, before I finally get going.
For example last friday, instead of beginning the inking, I was doing some work on a commercial product in form of a "business card", I finished a short story (childrens book), I organized notes for an upcoming project, that might, just might, be a novel, I'm not sure yet. So after dinner(!) I started inking, and if that's not all, it didn't move smoothly as it usually does, it felt like when I was inking the very first pages! It felt like the paper was wrong, the pen was wrong... (sigh!)
Maybe that was just one of those days, my sole comfort is that I WAS creative, and I WAS producing stuff, I just wasn't focused on my comic the whole time.
I know that producing sounds a little bit on the factory side of things but until I find a better word for it, I will use it. But all in all, that's what you have to do, do stuff, produce stuff!
Take care!
One funny thing though, last week when I was going to start inking, things kept popping up! I'm not sure if I understand how this work. Like, I'm in the middle of producing a comic, to move the project further I need to work on it. I know this. But whenever I'm finished with one phase and I'm going to begin the next phase, the runway can sometimes be veeeeeery looooooong, before I finally get going.
For example last friday, instead of beginning the inking, I was doing some work on a commercial product in form of a "business card", I finished a short story (childrens book), I organized notes for an upcoming project, that might, just might, be a novel, I'm not sure yet. So after dinner(!) I started inking, and if that's not all, it didn't move smoothly as it usually does, it felt like when I was inking the very first pages! It felt like the paper was wrong, the pen was wrong... (sigh!)
Maybe that was just one of those days, my sole comfort is that I WAS creative, and I WAS producing stuff, I just wasn't focused on my comic the whole time.
I know that producing sounds a little bit on the factory side of things but until I find a better word for it, I will use it. But all in all, that's what you have to do, do stuff, produce stuff!
Take care!
fredag 13 september 2013
Inking will begin!
Last week and also this week I've had a look at the pages to see if they needed more work, and I've decided that they are ready to get inked!
It's funny that sometimes you hear someone say something and it lingers on, and you remember it. Many years ago, well not that many - just a few, a friend of mine said something about pencil mileage. That to be better at drawing you need to draw, and draw, and draw and do some more drawing. I don't remember what I thought about that, back then I drew when I had to, I didn't have a plan. Maybe two or three years later, I decided to have a plan. I think I've written about this in an earlier post.
With this plan, I actually got some drawing done! But I didn't see any progress... Sure some drawings stood out, but I didn't see giant leaps of improvement. So that talk about pencil mileage, ah phooey! Two or three years ago I could leave my plan behind me, because now I'd gotten the "drawing" in me, it was something that I did without being asked to do or needed to do, whenever I had spare time I drew, or I planned my life so that I could have days of drawing instead of hours, here and there. When I was coloring chapter 4 of Pilgrim, I noticed that one panel actually looked good, maybe even great... and when I did the sketching in red for chapter 5 I kind of realized that I've gotten better, so maybe those words about pencil mileage wasn't just phooey!
It sounds easy when you say it, but if you want to get good at something, you need to do it over, and over, and over again. Practice makes perfect!
Take care!
It's funny that sometimes you hear someone say something and it lingers on, and you remember it. Many years ago, well not that many - just a few, a friend of mine said something about pencil mileage. That to be better at drawing you need to draw, and draw, and draw and do some more drawing. I don't remember what I thought about that, back then I drew when I had to, I didn't have a plan. Maybe two or three years later, I decided to have a plan. I think I've written about this in an earlier post.
With this plan, I actually got some drawing done! But I didn't see any progress... Sure some drawings stood out, but I didn't see giant leaps of improvement. So that talk about pencil mileage, ah phooey! Two or three years ago I could leave my plan behind me, because now I'd gotten the "drawing" in me, it was something that I did without being asked to do or needed to do, whenever I had spare time I drew, or I planned my life so that I could have days of drawing instead of hours, here and there. When I was coloring chapter 4 of Pilgrim, I noticed that one panel actually looked good, maybe even great... and when I did the sketching in red for chapter 5 I kind of realized that I've gotten better, so maybe those words about pencil mileage wasn't just phooey!
It sounds easy when you say it, but if you want to get good at something, you need to do it over, and over, and over again. Practice makes perfect!
Take care!
fredag 6 september 2013
Clean up done!
Last week I finished the clean up! Feels great! To let the pages get some rest and relaxation I decided to thumbnail the two last chapters, so now the whole story is thumbnailed! I'm getting closer and closer to the finish line. It fills me with pride and also a bit of sadness, that it will come to an end... but fortunately I'm not there yet! And since my studies have begun, I'm not sure when I will finish this...
This week I'm sharing three drawings, one panel in red that I like a lot, and two thumbnails of how the two last chapters begins. And as always with the thumbnails, they are quick sketches just to get the flow of the story right. I haven't tried that much to be "on model". Since the sketches are very quick and loose they are easier to change if they need to.
Today I'm going to have a look at the pages ones more before I begin the inking.
Take care!
This week I'm sharing three drawings, one panel in red that I like a lot, and two thumbnails of how the two last chapters begins. And as always with the thumbnails, they are quick sketches just to get the flow of the story right. I haven't tried that much to be "on model". Since the sketches are very quick and loose they are easier to change if they need to.
Today I'm going to have a look at the pages ones more before I begin the inking.
Take care!
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