…and she busily scratches away. The story takes shape, the characters reveal deeper personalities and come to life. I continue to have little epiphanies about them and where the story will go. They're finally talking to me instead of staring sullenly from the page, refusing to give up the goods.
This is fun.
It does get difficult, finding time to work on this monster of a book. Jobs must be jobbed, bills must be paid. I'm lucky to have a partner who foots much of those expenses. Thank you, Dave. I am supremely grateful for your generosity and support.
I don't do extremely tight sketches. The details come later, when I'm inking and coloring. Some would say this is foolish, that I should figure everything out in the sketch stage. But since I do the finished art digitally, I can skip a step. It's just how I work. Stop looking at me.
I've been debating over how much of the work to share on this blog. Reason 1: story is really important in graphic novels, and not only do I not want to give too much away at first, but also because it can be hard to stir up interest in the book when you only reveal bits and pieces of what's going on. You should really see a series of pages to make sense of the story, and I'm not ready to do that yet. But I do want to keep people updated on the book's progress. Reason 2: I'm debating over using a pen name for this work, mostly because I want to clearly separate this work as a book for an older audience, not one for kids. I also think it would be kind of fun to have a moniker, like the characters in the story.
Working digitally does leave a bit of an interesting quagmire. I will never be able to sell original art of this work, except for maybe the sketches, which I doubt anyone would really want anyway. Prints would be the only option. I often wonder if other comics artists think about this sort of thing, too. Since this is a fairly new world for me, creating comics, I don't know very many other comics creators. Hopefully that will change someday.
Working digitally does leave a bit of an interesting quagmire. I will never be able to sell original art of this work, except for maybe the sketches, which I doubt anyone would really want anyway. Prints would be the only option. I often wonder if other comics artists think about this sort of thing, too. Since this is a fairly new world for me, creating comics, I don't know very many other comics creators. Hopefully that will change someday.
Because while this is difficult work, it's very rewarding to tell stories in this way—with words and pictures. I've done it for children, but I have things to say to an adult audience, too. Perhaps more.
If they'll have me.
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