Tess's Inktober Comic

TessaW

@cory-shaw Thanks for your help- really really good points. I think I've set it up in a way where I don't need words to convey the story and thinking it over, I don't think I need any more details to be revealed through text. It was hard for me to know if my images were clear enough or not, so I added the descriptions as a precaution. I think I'll skip the extra words from now on.

@Jon-Anderson Aw, maybe next year you can make it work. I think there's value in doing it both ways- planned out vs more spontaneous. Hopefully you'll get something out of it this year. Are you posting your Inktober online? Can I see it somewhere? I'm not on twitter yet, but I'll post the rest here.

@evilrobot Thanks! I'm not confident enough yet to know if my images are able to convey the message I want, so it's encouraging to hear that you can follow the story. Thanks for the feedback!

MF James

Oh Wow! You are telling a whole story with the different prompts. That is very impressive! Well done.

Jon Anderson

@tessw Thanks for posting yours here so we can enjoy them. As for mine, I've only posted on Facebook and twitter thus far. I just recently joined twitter and have been holding out on Instagram though I probably should take the plunge as I see that a lot of artist are using the platform.

Eli

This is impressive! Really nice work, Tess! This is what I hope I can do with Inktober someday--create a continuous narrative. Looking forward to seeing more.

DOTTYP

Wonderful work Tessa I think the pictures are strong enough to tell the story-it is very clear what is happening and so well thought out.I look forward to seeing the rest of the story.I left Inktober too late and will never catch up,but I feel I have learned something and I am really just messing about and experimenting with ink so it is enjoyable.

Andyg

@jon-anderson hit Instagram and auto post to Facebook an twitter. Save time using a hashtag manager app too....or just make a file and copy and paste each time. Think broader than just #inktober.

As for tess.....your work is awesome. I’ll track you down on instagram.

Jon Anderson

@andyg I just started an Instagram account and I'm looking forward to getting my feet wet. Thanks for the advice!

Elaine B

Hey Tess, Just saw your latest post on instagram and you have stopped the storyline. I was enjoying following along the story. Were you finding it too much to illustrate and write the story? Really enjoying your illustrations...great work on this challenge!

TessaW

@elaine-b Thanks Elaine. It wasn't too hard, the descriptions were easy to write- I'm just trying to tell the story in the best way possible. I wasn't sure if the writing was getting too cheesy or excessive. Here's the description I would have put for the last one-

. . .the Gigantic Night-Grinner had awoken for it's yearly feeding frenzy. The village who had been tasked to pay it tribute had been destroyed months before by The Three. And now- what. . . or who would satisfy it's smiling hunger?

I probably would have just left the "Run" illustration without a description anyway.

I'm torn about the description. I think for some days it works, and for other's I think it's better left without a description. The next panel might need a description, because I'm not sure if it will be clear what's happening- because it's an action scene that has to happen in one image. I'll have to think on it more.