Posting though I will be tweaking this page a slight bit more. As previous page, a real challenge to keep my interest up in such dull images. Not dissing the work - the majority of the process is getting the faces and body language and the storytelling, and I am pretty content with my work there. But ugh, placing them within a "set"still makes me cringe.
I am still down with a cold, so the rest of the days' art will be in front of the tv. Time to proceed with the script and layouts through end of chapter one. Most of pages 6-7 are scripted, have to work it all the way out and see if chapter runs 8 pages as planned, or 1 or 2 more. Not holding myself to an 8 page max. But 3 chapters max for sure.
Well, 99%. Tweaking still a possibility. TOUGH page - static talking and walking images. Must remember to write more stuff fun to draw like page 1.
I am experiencing that old feeling now, of being incapable of rendering judgement on my own completed pages. Love 'em one minute, cringe the next. Each page is getting between 5 and 8 hours of attention, and that is why I gave up on it as a career. Making an average of $35 a page, at 6 hours per page, minus materials - $$ on boards, ink, nibs, pencils.. do the math. Not a living.
The 'free" nature of the materials of this project makes a huge difference. I am still buying pencils and sketchpads and treated myself to a fine intuos tablet - and the on-demand printing model makes publishing not too painful.
Anyway, like the title sez: page 4.
