What I mean to say is that I've finished drawing page 15, which puts me at half the issue. Here are some scans to show what the issue is looking like so far:
pg.5
pg.6
pg.7
pg.8
pg.15
I set all my pages up on sheets of 11 x 17" Bristol board, ruling off a page area of 10 x 15.375", and a “live area” of 9 x 13.5". There were quite a few bleeds in this issue, so I needed to have room past my page area for the art that would get cut off. I figured the proportions out so that I can scale it all down to a regular comic size of 6.625 x 10.25", with a live area of 6 x 9". Yagh. I have only Jessica Abel and Matt Madden's book "Drawing Words and Writing Pictures" to thank for the help on all this technical stuff.
I scanned half of each page since the size is 11x17, then stitched them together in Photoshop--hence the dark band in the middle from edge that didn't completely touch the scanner bed. It'll look a lot nicer when they're inked, since I can just go in and set a threshold, converting the whole think to black and white. However, that probably won't be for at least a week or so, once I've finished all 30 pages.
Well, this is the furthest I've ever gotten in drawing a comic, so even though the end may still look like a long way off, I'm getting there. Sometimes it sucks to draw, other times it's really fun. I'm finding that I'll too worked up over getting correct proportions or perspective, but once I step away and take a break, then come back, it gets better. I'm trying to find a balance between drawing realistically and figuratively, and sometimes I'll get it. Practice makes better, though.
Alright. Enough. I need to sleep.
-ryan h
