Gone Fishing 10

Again, it's been a while... I've started a new drawing course in Sydney so what with home duties, travel and homework there has't been much time for comics. I have managed to sneak in a panel hear and there though. Here is page 30 in progess.

Gone Fishing 8

While I do like doing covers I thought that this time I'd get some one else to do it. My good friend Shintaro Marky seemed the obvious choice. Here are a couple of his process sketches. As this next book will have 2 stories I've been thinking about publishing them back to back as in, you read one story, turn the book over and upside down, and read the next.

Gone Fishing 7

As I've moved along through this crazy world of art I've come to realize that white out is your friend and just as much a drawing tool as an erasing tool. I use white out over white paint or ink primarily because it's faster but also because it suits my style. I am intending to get the gouache and sponge out later on, though.

Some Fishing

Script Editing

Being a creator I'm at liberty, at anytime, to change the script. Which is good in my case as I never start drawing with a complete and concrete script. My process is one that goes back and forth. I have all the dialogue and action down but I don't have the pacing. I work out the pacing as I thumbnail. I have rough page breaks but with all the mucking around I do I can go from 40 pages to 48 or to 36. I constantly edit and revise the action. I hope I get a better product because of this.

Here is an example of some pages of script that I mucked about with.

The above sequence was edited down into the page below and then changed some more. More changes are likely to occur as I draw these pages. What works in a thumbnail doesn't always transfer to the page. Also as I write for myself and I know what's going on, to save time I write the barest directions.

A crab.

Some more fishing and a distraction

Work progresses on the next Dicks story 'Gone Fishing' with these rough inks. Strange fish, giant spider crabs what could be in store for our undead heroes?

Also, here's a distraction inspired by Bisley.

Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing is the title of my new Dicks comic coming out through Milk Shadow. Here is the first page.