Learning moment from this page: Hold on to your reference photos. That stable drove me nuts when I had to draw it again.
Comment
Chapter Two
53 comics.
Learning moment from this page: Again, consistency is important. The horse rigging and wagon are tricky as hell.
Learning moment from this page: Resist the urge to make all cats my cat or explain the vast proliferation of long haired cats in the region. Cats also get to be a colored thing in this comic. Why? Cause they’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: Draw BIGGER. I draw small and it seems to get even smaller on the page.
Learning moment from this page: Doing off-screen dialogue over action shots. I think it worked. It’ll probably be a moment until more pages, because I’m drawing scenes out of order from the linear story, so the art style shift isn’t as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: Well, I’m going to learn whether it’s faster to ink digitally or by hand. I would love to minimize screen time and inking digitally takes so very long – but it’ll all come down to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: Sort of two things learned with this page: first, that yes, inking traditionally is definitely faster and digital makes me semi cross-eyed. Second, that pt. 16 is too big a font size. I’m going to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: Setting a specific goal helps. I’m not where I wanted to be by this date (30 pages progressed to people-stage flats between 11/25 and 12/25), but I’m closer than I was. Traumatizing my wrist further[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: : Animal models (for example, horses) are extraordinarily useful. Try to find a toy, or a 3D model of something similar in dimension, so it’s possible to rotate and view it better. Dimensions dot com is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Learning moment from this page: : This whole scene has been an education in shading trees, when less is more and when to stop.