c. billadeau

A preview for you folks!
This is actually from page two, mostly because I am loving how it’s turning out so far. All these loose ends that I was fretting about are finally sliding into place as I make final decisions on content and layout. Beginning to feel better about this project; the drawing is starting to flow more because I’m freaking out less about it.

I think I need to reserve more faith for my eye and myself in general. In a situation like this, where I have to show my work to a professor or professional–often in various states of processes–it gets nervewracking just because everyone ELSE gets anxious. I work very loosely; I do not sketch out my illustrations or anything down to the last detail because that’s just nuts. I leave myself a lot of room for on-the-fly decision making and flexibility as I work, which is why I like working digital (mantra: don’t worry, I can change it).

I just can’t picture how something is really going to work (or not work) from a bunch of pencil lines; I use my “final” medium like my sketching tool. If I’m working in ink, for example, I usually skip the pencil and just start drawing with ink on nothing more than vague shapes. It means I make a lot of mistakes and go through a ton of white out and sometimes have to do-over entire panels, but in the end, I make something I’m happy with, rather than backing myself into a corner because I decided on something too early in the sketching process. Nothing is so precious.

However, I sometimes feel like I’m the only person who really works this way, because all my illustration professors get really nervous when I show them my “cleanest” sketches.

Anyway. Tonight’s goal is setting up the separate site for the comic and putting up PAGE ONE omg. So watch this space!