triptychs at 10 a.m. ~

i'm sure i have things to do today (though for the life of my i can't think of what they might be at the moment. the dogs are still whining and i've got to take them to the park before they turn into insane creatures (if they aren't already).

meanwhile, it occurred to me that Razi-el's Dream is supposed to be a "novel in triptychs" and what i posted yesterday was not a triptych at all. so this morning i had to remedy that by pulling the bottom panel off page 2 and making it the first panel on page 3 ~ it works well enough!

page 3 is mostly a cheat, i think. this one i did completely digitally. i can draw inanimate things with the wacom tablet (like the glass and cup here) but i'm less confident with people. i think, when i get back from the park with the aminals, i'll draw page four. i had an idea in my head about working out an interesting composition, so let's see if i can render it.

i'm having fun with this and feel like it's low-pressure. exactly what i need at the moment.

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eugenie volunteers to talk to anselm

i'm gonna flip that last panel ~ the coffee should be on the left, i think.

the day's no-brainer ~

the dogs have been parked (and subsequently parked in snoozeland after non-stop running for 30 minutes).

i then parked my potatoes to make page 4 and have come to the briliant conclusion that the more complex the "shot" you're trying to render, the more time it takes!

i haven't finished page 4. there are two panels of eugenie lighting the cigarette that come before this shot, but this was the toughie, so i did it first. i think it came out all right! it's more or less what i wanted, angle-wise, so i'm pleased. some things i learned from doing this panel:

1. depth of field is less skeery than i previously thought. i did all right here without too much bloodshed.

2. if you don't want to draw knickers on transvestites, that's where the foreground obstructions and speech bubbles come in handy.

3. finding greytones for the various planes is a lot harder than it looks. i actually have to work at it here.

( cut since i reduxed it in the more recent post )

i think the picture is done except that it's missing something red. maybe the little green jewel of the absinthé is sufficient, maybe i'll color eugenie's lips red in the close-ups ~ dunno. i'll have to play with it when i actually finish the page.

i don't like the way the first balloon is covering the shoe (it's a good shoe), so i may move it a little. my favorite thing in the whole picture is Anselm's bare foot. i also just noticed i forgot to put the smoke coming off the cigarette ~ will fix that too.

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fin ~ !

i finished the page ~ didn't think i would have time before class, but knocked out the wee panels quickly. not sure how i feel about the overall effect.

i also fixed the balloon so it wouldn't cover the shoe (and corrected an error in my french).

all-in-all i think it's a good day's work.

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the "griffe du diable" redux