235 pages of comics is a lot of pages of comics. I’m at the halfway-ish point with my inks and there’s just so much more book left to make.
If you know anyone making graphic novels or who has ever made a graphic novel, please give them a hug they worked so so hard.
Woo! Congrats on the milestone! I feel you on that - I’m on my last couple of scenes that includes old story beats from previous versions, then it’s all fresh from here!
:looks up from pencilling a 276 pager:
yes
(also good luck- personally i find layouts and pencils the most mentally taxing/draining so hopefully that’s you over the hump???)
Thank you!
I actually really love layouts/pencilling and that can typically go quite fast for me. The inks is feeling really physically taxing - like I have to redraw a lot to get it to sit right sometimes.
I feel like every comic artist has a different part they find the most challenging!
yeah i personally spend more TIME on layouts/pencils, but i find inks definitely more physically draining, and i think also more boring because i'm not able to be quite as creative with them, it just feels like tracing stuff i already drew haha
Yeah I get you! Mine also come with a lot of anxiety because if a sketch/thumbnail doesn’t fully work that’s fine you fix it with inks.
But with inks this is where you have to do all the fixing, while also making sure to keep any charm from the initial sketch.
For REALS! I can’t really? Draw off the dome? (Although drawing a fuck ton of comics has certainly helped with that!) Like, it’s a lot of scribbling and fudging to get anatomy and perspective right so pencils are definitely the most taxing.
Layouts are fun cause it’s just big loose gestures. But lots of thinking!
But yeah, I can get why with inking that feels the most taxing since it all REALLY slows down
But I think we can agree flatting can Get In The Bin omg YAWN 🤣
My comic lives in my head like a constant movie on a loop, so layouts is just drawing down what I “see, but it just feels fun when I do it, and it flows easily.
My anatomy/draughtsmanship needs work, so inks feel the hardest for me. A lot of drawing and re-drawing to get it to look right.
ah! so you wrote this book too? i haven’t scripted something for A MINUET but yeah, the never-ending film-reel is A THING 😵💫.
and yes- on the upside comics is a lot of practice drawing... but on the downside don’t leave you much time to uhhh... _go_ practice drawing 😅
YES AGREE about flatting! When I talk to people about the comics process I’m always saying that the bit I dislike the most is having to colour in all the eyeballs and insides of mouths. So many eyeballs.
IT'S SO HARD. i'm 83% completely done my 378-pager (doing inks/colors/letters in one pass) and every day it's like HOW how is there still SO MUCH BOOK left
OH MY GOD SO MUCH BOOK. I’m doing separate passes for inks/colours/letters and a baby pass doing backgrounds before I do inks for my important shots. I don’t want to think about the colours/letters part. Especially not the letters. That’s future-Jem’s problem still.
My book was 200 pages and took me almost 4 years (and will have by the time I finish the revisions). And I have like 3 sequels planned.
Comics take so much work, it’s a wonder any ever get made. We all absolutely deserve a hug.
Wow, congrats on all that work so far! Three sequels is a lot of work too though.
Yeah they’re so much more physically taxing than I think people realise. So much goes into them!
My brain won’t stop writing stories for these characters, I love them so the comic is definitely a labor of love.
I have to remind myself to get up and stretch every couple hours, to be sure.
