Inkling - my Inktober project
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@evilrobot It took nearly two months of work already. This will be the third (though inking goes about five times faster than drawing, so I can spare a bit more time for my other stuff). My inking skills are pitiful - it is worrying how much patience I lost by working digital for so long. Really flabbergasted by how much work goes into a graphic novel - now I have a much higher admiration for comic artists! The positive thing is that breaking down a story into panels is something I enjoyed enormously - and it gave me lot of other ideas....
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Sneak preview of finished page 2, which will be posted tomorrow. I am posting half a page a day approximately - maybe sometimes I will be able to finish a full page. Technically it is not one drawing a day (more like inking 4-5 panels on already done pencils), but Inktober was a good excuse to tackle this project!
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Looking good and great cliff hanger. I know how much work this is I use to do a weekly webcomic it's a LOT of work. Kudos for taking up such a difficult challenge.
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@evilrobot Is it still online? Would love to see it!
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Only a few strips are still online at a free comic site.... HERE I let the domain go years ago.Lucky for me most of them are gone now except these I can't seem to get rid of them. The internet is forever I guess. It was a not so politically correct strip comic it got pretty raunchy at one point and I look back on it now and I'm not proud of it.
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@evilrobot Oh yes, I see what you mean. Not exactly a goodnight story...;-)
Still, I have been thinking about webcomics since I read a very insightful book by Jason Brubaker, the author of "Remind", which is apparently a pretty successful web comic (I do not follow his comic, but his book - which talks about self-promotion for artists - is very good). -
@smceccarelli I think a very good use for a webcomic is to promote your product. Like this one http://www.scurrycomic.com/ he did the webcomic and it was so popular that he ended up with over $90,000.00 on his kickstarter. I've seen this a couple times. So if you can get something that really catches attention it could make for a really nice pay day....
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@evilrobot Yes, I see what you mean. Brubaker does the same. Still, it is really a LOT of work....I must have spent at least 8 hours per page only for the pencils - and it would have needed a lot more - this is more of an experiment to learn...
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@evilrobot Mac Smith is an awesome artist and scurry is a beautiful piece! I am taking inspiration from him on a graphic novel contest over at scholastic. I only hope my pages turn out as great as his.
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@smceccarelli Can't wait to read the rest
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Really great first page @smceccarelli.
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Sneak preview of finished page three - I think I am breaking all inktober traditions by doing this, and I do not even know how to post this stuff on social media properly.....but, as Chief Bogo would say "I just don't care"...;-) It´s an enrichingly useless and uselessly enriching experience!
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Page 4!
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Page 5. I do not have the feeling that my inkling skills are getting any better.....
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@smceccarelli This is looking good. I think you're doing great. I actually think you could get a job doing this. It's just as good if not better than a lot of stuff I've seen from the major publishers. I like the story telling and the pacing.
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@evilrobot Thank you for your encouraging words! The breakdown of the story in panels was actually the most interesting part of the project and the one I am most happy with. It got me thinking about graphic novels for mid-grade and YA (my daughter gets them from the school library) and a project that may be perfect for this format. I may give it a go at some point...when I have sorted out all of the other stuff I am jostling at the same time...
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Page 6
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Great work! This is really fun!
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Page 7. I know I timed all of this, but it feels funny to be in the middle of October and not even remotely mid-way through the story....
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Page 8 - this is the first page where I feel my inking has gotten slightly better....but it may get worse again
