I did a graphic novel sample chapter! I'd love to know what you think :D

Kim Hunter

@danielerossi I really like this and want to see where the story is going. The story telling is clear and moves at a good pace without any excess wordiness that would need to be trimmed. That applies to the illustrations too. I like the great shortcut you took by showing the map with boring routes and shortcuts. This would have dragged out if explained as exposition. Nicely done.

i love that the scary giant dog is a poodle. Perfect!

braden H

@melissa_bailey said in I did a graphic novel sample chapter! I'd love to know what you think :

Wow, it sounds like there is A LOT of backstory and worldbuilding

Well, there is now thanks to questions from people Part of my writing process is making stuff up to slap on plot holes that others point out.

@melissa_bailey said in I did a graphic novel sample chapter! I'd love to know what you think :

Is there a way to include some of those salient character points in the excerpt? In my opinion, it would be helpful to know that Tienna can hear but doesn't speak.

I will see what I can do! In this very short chapter (which is all about Milton and Martin) it's tough to do organically, though. We shall see!

braden H

@lizardillo said in I did a graphic novel sample chapter! I'd love to know what you think :

And thanks for sharing your Clip Studio session you did. I have watched it quite a few times.

I'm glad it's been useful! I've made many more workflow discoveries since then, so if you ever have any questions or anything lemme know

braden H

@kim-hunter said in I did a graphic novel sample chapter! I'd love to know what you think :

i love that the scary giant dog is a poodle. Perfect!

It's based on our old family dog. We're not actually sure what it was! It's mom was a cocker spaniel and then there were various breeds of potential fathers hanging around the farm, so we always said he was a cocker scandal

Lisa Clark

I read through this with two of my boys (11 and 9) and they absolutely loved it. Laughter and suspense all the way through. Thank you for giving us a few minutes to enjoy a wonderful story together!

braden H

@lisa-clark Hooray for test readers! Glad they liked it

Haywong

Looks amazing. I love the characters' expressions, colour choices and muted backgrounds.

If you don't mind, can you share a bit about how you decided on the edges, shapes and gradations for the blue-purply backgrounds?

I really like how they are are kind of abstract and atmospheric at the same time- would love to know a bit more on your process for those.