at work: nascence ~

[lookingland]

Mostly for my own amusement (and because I have a ton of stuff to do so I need to break up my day), I thought, after posting the draft of my next installment yesterday, I would sort of follow the process through to the finished deal (see if I can't kick this thing in the right direction).

So while I'm typing and futzing with the text (and this is a very short piece to boot), I'm also working on the picture. Above is the pencil sketch for it. My pencil sketches are usually much dirtier than this. I really managed some relatively clean lines here and less erasing.

Now I'm going to make breakfast and tea and finish up the text so I can move on to the next stage.

Hope everyone is having a happy Saturday!

: D

edit: rather than spam with a buncha little posts, I've added the followup on the above image! (apologies if it's a tad wide).


I will probably use this set of images (along with some narrative) for a "process" section in the FAQs on the website. It's a little bit atypical in terms of how I generally work, but I think it covers all the bases. And it looks cool, which, as we know, is what's really important ~ !

Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that's just lovely (baby toes!).

Sending wishes for a productive YES sort of weekend to you!

[ironichles.livejournal.com]

Speaking of installments. I just finished some reading about how people like Dickens and Conan Doyle produced their serials. I've looked at this concept before and I find it really hard to figure out beforehand how a story can be serialized. I'm more tempted to take a number of short self contained stories and have a theme going. What's your experience?

[utter-scoundrel.livejournal.com]

Coolness.