trying to put the morning to good use ~

[lookingland]

so this is the direction i'm sorta going in. it doesn't look much different now probably, but it's evolving and will probably continue to change as it stabilizes.

in deference to some concerns about the sepia tinting, i went ahead and kept the sepia paint, but have left it unfiltered (so the outlines are black, etc.). i think it will be a fair compromise. the pages won't look slick because i'm not adding any digital overlays (though when we get to night scenes, i'll probably cheat and add them because God knows i can't paint scenes in the dark.

i'll get better at the lettering also. i have nervous hands so my balloons are kinda monstrously hideous, but i'll work on improving those as well. my mistake here was using a template to pencil in balloons that i then tried to go over with the pen. i do much better if i just freehand the dern things. i don't care if they aren't perfect, but i do want them to look confident and intentionally misshapen rather than woggly like this.


the nicest thing about this? the time between scanning and posting was negligible. i fixed a few stray lines and adjusted some lettering just slightly (it was obnoxiously off-centered). but otherwise, i just cropped and posted. easy as pie. and that's what i really want: something i don't have to work on so much on the computer.

so yay all around.

i do have to trade in the ink on my calligraphy pen for some india. you can see how it ran on Lewis's collar there. and we can't have that.

p.s. this panel is on page 18, i believe, so it's four pages away and you'll see it again in a couple of weeks.

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Comments

[la-vita-nuova.livejournal.com]

i'm really, really sorry for the loss of your beloved pet.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

awww, thank you. i miss her very much, but at least i have the comfort of my spotted dog, and so that helps.

: D