Renovation is a full colour horror comic that I have begun work on. I have been wanting to do something like this for a long time, and now that I am done with school I have the time and more importantly energy to start working on this.
A key feature of Renovation will be its visual style. I want making this comic to be an adventure, and for it to push out of my visual comfort zone. As a result, each page of Renovation will be done in a distinct visual style and after each page is done I will give some thoughts on said style. Eventually I do plan on settling on one but for now it will be quite a ride.
So I suppose I'll start with this. Initially I wanted to go with something cartoonier but with no line work, like a sort of paper cut out look. This starting point can be seen best I think in the red car in the first panel. That plan broke down a bit. I am sort of ashamed to say that I broke down into a more painterly way of working. I went to a method that I felt more safe with, and while I like how this page turned out I am disappointed that I didn't push myself further. Oh well, there will be plenty more pages.
So here it is, the next thing I am working on. I hope you like it. Next week will probably be a 3 panel black and white strip. the goal is to have a Renovation page out every two weeks on Thursday. My next Renovation page will be much cartoonier than this. I want to do this because 1. I am not good at cartoon stuff and so I want to work on it, and 2. there is something about the idea of a cartoonie horror comic that intrigues me. Maybe it won't fit as easily, but the fun is in making it work. I think that is the point of this new project, not just to make a comic, but also to have the decisions that go into it a public process.
In any case, till next time!
-J
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