pro-gress (but mostly just the gress part) ~

[lookingland]

did some random experimenting today. i had an "event" in mind, but the two pictures were very randomly chosen (clearly i was in a mood to draw Morse with his crazy long hair, though i think when this scene actually happens, he ought to have it tied back...and he ought to be wearing a hat ~ my great sin against 19th century historicality is forever going to be people wandering around without hats. i can't help it. Lewis looks stupid in hats and always has ~ but i don't know why i always forget to put a hat on Morse. i'll try harder).

pardon the discursion: back to the image.

there's not a whole lot about this that's different from what i was doing before except that it's got a bit more white space between panels and i'm thinking about it strip-style instead of page-style. i was also goofing with the layers and throwing some texture on it (a wee bit of shadow on the boom ~ i like the boom).


it's also a lot "tighter". i tend to plan my "shots" poorly so that there's too much background and i'd like to avoid that. one of the things that SPQR Blues does that i really like is focus on the characters and their expressions. it doesn't do a whole lot of wide or complicated angles. since i am very poor at perspective drawing, that appeals to me. it's also not too tiny for details, but tiny enough that i feel confident.

i kinda like it. in theory.

i'm also painfully aware of the fact that i really do need to work from a more cohesive script. my thumbnails are mostly a mess. and notice how they are laid out in a strip-style? so i don't know why i changed my tactics on that. i'm dum.


none of this solves the "grit" problem, of course ~ but right now, the bigger fish to fry is story-wise. i promised myself i wasn't going to get roped into some linear chronology, but i did just that. by eliminating the narrative voice, i locked the story into a logical progression of scenes. foo! as a result i have been sorta stuck on figuring out what arc i'm after here, when there was never supposed to be an arc. so i need to either bring back the narrative voice or rethink this in some other way yet again.

geh. i need something with balloons on it to throw darts at.

mebbe then i could win a prize.

: o p

Comments

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...I loved that game at the carnival! But it never seemed that I'd win much for popping the balloons.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

uh...okay.

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

have you ever played the popping balloons game at the carnival? I'm telling you, you don't win much. :) What did you win?

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

sometimes you remind me of Charlie Brown.

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

Oh Good Grief! :)

[faynudibranch.livejournal.com]

however unhelpful this is -- you draw such pretty men!

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hahahahaha ~ that's perfectly helpful. Morse ought to be a pretty man, so it's a good thing i managed that at least!

thank you!

: D

[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

As a man, I am personally threatened and insecure by how pretty you draw your manfolk.

Keep up the good work. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thank you!

and if it helps any, personally, i am generally not attracted to pretty men.

: D

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[(Anonymous)]

You already won the prize, silly. It is: You have a wonderful story to tell.

BUT I completely sympathize with the HOW to tell it part ... so difficult and I think for your huge story it has to be even more difficult.

Wish I had something helpful to say but if I did, I'd say it to myself. hahaha

My only suggestion is (since you know what you need to work on) put down the darts and work on it. (please read that as, "Go Boo!" :-)

moo-moo

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[lookingland.livejournal.com]

if making popcorn, surfing online and frittering away at the dingbat constitute working on it, then i have had a banner day!

erg.

i'm afeared drastic measures might need to be taken.

: o p