For those curious about these things, here’s my process for this project. Here’s a rough page half done. I still need another pass with a blue pencil on the last 3 panels before I put a pencil line over. You’ll notice a little arrow in the first panel, to remind me to centre the woman later in photoshop. This stage is done on 8.5 x 11 paper. Once it is done, I scan it in photoshop, and post it on a ‘work blog’ where Sharon Gaskell will leave me comments. For example, I just got her comments regarding page 5 (previous post), and now I know the guy she uses as a taxi drives a beat up Toyota, with cracked windshield, one busted headlight, and the bumper held in place with ropes. Her feedbacks are essential to make these stories as authentic as I can.
Once I make the changes from the comments, I will blow up the roughs in photoshop and print them on 11 x 17 paper. I will then use them as underdrawings on a light table and draw the final page on a nice grainy paper. Then I’ll send the HiRes file to Cassie for coloring.
My process
A rough page
Here’s page 5 in progress. This is my first rough and at this stage, I’m basically just ‘blocking’ the action and working on the composition. A few things will change by the time I get to the final pencils. The grey is only there to help frame the panels for now.
It’s coming…
Color test
First color test from Cassie…
Slide contest
Over at Slide Share they have a contest ‘tell us your story’ and the winner gets $5,000. So I helped the Starthrower Foundation put this together. I added new art for the third slide and adapted my story The Star Thrower. I hope they win the $5,000. They could sponsor a lot of kids with that $.
I you want to help and donate a little, here’s their Website where you’ll find a donation button at the bottom of the page. I’ve learned that a little goes a long way…
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