The Experiment Has Begun

Twelve student prodigies...
One national science fair...
No chance of survival...

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

slug line

Trent wrote the slug line I have under the banner for what was originally going to be the graphic novel's "official page", before I started this blog. The page went offline, and I couldn't remember the exact wording of the slugline, but I got close. I just found from a cached version of that page, the original slugline read: "Twelve student prodigies. One national science fair. No chance of survival." I realize they're so similar as to be a moot point, but I'm kinda neurotic like that, so I just thought I'd pose the question to my non-existant audience and ask which wording you prefer?

We now return to our regulary scheduled posting... Page 12

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I'm home now... still jet lagged like crazy... but slowly getting back to normal.. I have the house to myself, so I hope I can use this time to crank out a bunch of new pages.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

page 11

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still in thailand but I managed to get in one blog post

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

I'm going on vacation

I'm off to Thailand! I won't be back for a couple weeks... so I don't know if I will be able to post anything in that time. Probably not.

Page 10

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Monday, February 4, 2008

My process

It occurred to me, that when I finally do start getting some readers on this blog, some of them might be other comic artists who might have some interest in how I work.

The script is written in movie script format. From that I reorganize it, to figure out where the page breaks and panel breaks will fall. I then do thumbnail layouts on computer paper, which I really stick very close to in my final pages.

My final pages are drawn on a Strathmore 9x12 Kids Paint Pad. (it was a few dollars cheaper, and had a nice texture to it). I use black acrylic paint, (slightly dilluted). I use a ruler to lightly pencil in the borders of the page, and then I just dive right in with the paintbrush.

I scan the pages into Photoshop and adjust their size to fit onto my page template. Then I add my lettering and speech bubbles on the computer.

Page 9

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Friday, February 1, 2008

page 8

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"Ah math, the truest science"

This line always cracked us up.