Here’s a peek at how the Chapter 1 cover is coming along. Painted the background and added some texture…
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The process behind one of the panels:
Here is a snippet of one of the pages showing a little bit of my coloring process.
This is what the comic looks like in my sketchbook. Good luck trying to read it!
I’m fully involved in coloring now. Here’s a snapshot of the cintiq. This is one of the early panels, and an early peek at the young version of Al!
Start reading Volume 2 today! Well, not in comic form, but here is the first page of my written script.
In my process, I type the story out, kinda like a screenplay. I have visual moments and cues in mind, and I’ll sketch things on the side here and there, but typing it out helps me to keep the story together in my head. A finished script is also a good thing to have on hand for pitching to publishers, so I like to write it out this way.
A few things to notice from this script sample:
1. The title! My Sister the Freak Volume 2: Sisters Vs. Aliens. I think this might change by the time I print the book because I am going to have a book published later this year called Monsters Vs. Kittens – I’m not sure I want two project titles both riffing off of the “Vs.” theme. I might steal the “Part 1″ title and use it for the whole book because it actually fits pretty well. Sister, Alien, Pirate, Spy. Intrigued?
2. First scene! It’s a flashback. In a hospital.
3. You will see more of the Seaver parents in the next volume.
4. You can also see my handwritten annotations in red. This is me figuring out where the page breaks are going to be.
Here is some more character art for Al, Mary, and Captain Bacon. I’m trying to streamline my process behind the scenes so that the making of the comic goes a lot quicker. In the first book, I decided not to “ink” my pages, but used a clean pencil line. I drew each page traditionally on bristol, then scanned, stitched, and cleaned up each one before coloring. Now, I plan on going completely digital. These drawings are a test of my digital process. I think they came out well and do a good job at resembling my pencil process.
I’ve been working on streamlining the design of my characters so I can start fresh for the next book. It won’t be a total change-up, but I’m trying to simplify some shapes, bring more consistency to the style, and fix some things that were bugging me.
Here’s more of the two Seaver sisters:
This is the rough pencils for a panel on one of the early pages in the next chapter. As you can see, Captain Bacon is ready and rearing for the next adventure!
And of course, there is going to be some alien action in the next book as well (it won’t *all* be about kittens). This is a concept sketch for one of the new characters. He may evolve as I further develop him, but I liked how this sketch turned out.
Here’s a little more progress on the cover for Issue 3 – the final color study, plus a few other options that I made:
Now I’ve just got to paint it up! Issue 3 should be available very soon. :)
You may notice that today’s page is missing a little something…
Yep, I didn’t have time to color the page this week. In between an especially large load of freelance work and the launch of The Illustrated Section, I have not had enough time for the comic. However, I made sure to get a new installment out in the form of the line drawing.
Not to worry – I will have the colors done very soon. In the meantime, here’s a great opportunity to see some behind-the-scenes process! (way to be positive, right?)
UPDATE: The finished page is up! Go check it out.
Want to watch me color a page of My Sister, the Freak? Head on over to Spacedock7.com and check out a video of me coloring this page:
See the video here.
I just posted an article over on my main blog about my writing process. I’m still pretty new to this comics thing (and writing in general for that matter), but I hope it gives you some insight into the way I work and makes for an educational read.
As part of the blog post, I have posted a portion of the MStF script. If you’re interested in seeing it, you can download it here.
Read the full post here.
Last week, I shared a few inking and coloring tests I made during early development of My Sister, the Freak.
Here’s another test panel that was finished using similar methods that I’m using for the pages today. I ultimately decided on using pencil for my lines and Photoshop for my colors.
The drawing is roughed out in red pencil first.
I scan the drawing. Then I use Photoshop to take out the red and clean up the line.
Then I color it in Photoshop.
My Sister, the Freak is the first comic I have ever made. Back when I was first developing it, I experimented with different media and coloring methods in order to figure out how I wanted to create the rest of the story.
I inked a few sketches using brush and ink, pen and ink, and pencil.
I also created a few test comics to see what full panels would look like together.
