Hey people it is that time again! Sorry for being late with this comic, I was having some computer trouble, but that is all smoothed out now. Besides, I got this thing out the next morning so get off my back.
So lets get back to business. Soundtrack for this one is mostly Iron Maiden and Beastie Boys. If there was more then I forgot.
I think I should mention before hand that a friend of mine, Ian, gave some good suggestions that helped the layout quite a bit. That said, I jumped the gun a bit and I think this page could have been a bit clearer. Specifically, I think that I should have put the foot on the break panel earlier on in the page. Other than that I am happy with how things turned out.
I decided to tighten up the linework a bit in this one compared to the last page. Maybe that isn't the right word, but whatever. I have a thing with lines, they strike me as being all really similar. Hear me out, this isn't as stupid as it sounds. I find I have a habit of making lines a bit too curvy and too think for fear that they won't be seen. Best examples of this can be seen in panels 1 and 2. In panel one, the interior of the car
bothers me, and this isn't an issue with variation in line weight. I know that I might have a problem with having too uniform of line weight, but what I don't like about the work is more that when lines get thick I don't like how they look. Secondly, the curvieness of lines I feel like I never make straight lines, like they always have to swoop. So, what have I learned form all of that? Well next comic you can expect something very different in terms of line. I am thinking of thin thin lines that don't very in weight that much, also a lot less swoop.
Colour was interesting this comic. I knew that I wanted to have all of the exterior shots of the cars and stuff have a yellow orange haze that hinted at a day that is a little too sunny; then with interior shots, stick to cooler colours. Not sure how well it worked out. Also, in the battle of painterly vs. graphic I think I hit a reasonable middle ground. Earlier versions of this comic had the gravel road and fields really worked with a bunch of grays browns greens and yellows. It all looked a bit cluttered, and the colour began to fight with the lines so I smoothed things out a bit. While I allowed some of the nuance to come through in the gravel and grass I think it isn't too distracting and gets the point across. So I guess I am saying that I am happy with colour for once.
Well that's it for this week, so have a great long weekend and I'll be back again next Friday.
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