COMICS CHALLENGE October 2022 - Get Stuff Done!

[simonitropunk]

WIP panel

[IndigoShirtProd]

Meant to contribute to this thread earlier but I got... distracted . But anyway, this is most recent page I worked on this month. In the middle pf lining an action scene and it's just as much of struggle as you think it would be.

@Kelheor I've been keeping up with the comic on instagram, it's so funny!
@gabriellabalagna your line work is so clean, love to see it!
@SynergyEclipse Hope you don't lose connection again

[SynergyEclipse]

I hope I don’t again too. My Wi-Fi connection isn’t the most reliable, but I have to rely on it.

The action scene on that page looks great! Action scenes can be so tricky to plan out to get the best angles and flow of them!

It’s definitely tricky planning out the scene, the best angles for it, and arranging the panels to get it to flow just right!

[Kelheor]

@IndigoShirtProd aw thanks!
I totally agree, great action paneling! It was much easier to plan such panels in scroll format, even after all these years I am still intimidated by pages layout

I kinda had a meltdown today feeling like a fraud, I actually hoped that I had my rest and the drawing will go smooth from now on, but nope. Anyway I hope I will be over it tomorrow, but probably I will just do an illustration, we'll see.

[gabriellabalagna]

Day 8! Didn't get much lineart done again today. If I work on it more later, then I will share a pic.

@simonitropunk Welcome! Love that panel shape/composition/camera angle!

@IndigoShirtProd Welcome and thank you! This looks very dynamic, great job!

[gabriellabalagna]

Okay, worked a little longer today. Here's a few panels I was working on.

If I have time, I hope to finish the lineart for this spread tomorrow. But we'll see.

[SynergyEclipse]

Shaded this panel yesterday; it’s more menacing with the lighting! This is the base shading. This panel will have a purple lighting effect added to it when I export the episode for the finishing touches!

Today I shaded the next two panels after this.

[gabriellabalagna]

Day 9 of the Comics Challenge!

It's been really nice having people to chat about comics and motivate each other so far. Hoping this October continues to be productive and fun for all of us!

Finally completed the lineart for this spread. Next is more flatting and then shading.

[simonitropunk]

[Kelheor]

Well, did an illustration yesterday and published today's update. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

[SynergyEclipse]

I’m pretty close to completion with this episode! Shaded 5 panels of it today, and caught up to the last vectored panel. Only the last section has panels that have been sketched but not vectored yet, and there are just a few more backgrounds that need to be rendered!

[gabriellabalagna]

@simonitropunk Whoa cool coloring style!

@Kelheor Yup, just gotta keeping moving forward. Also, I really like how those facial expressions turned out.

@SynergyEclipse Hooray for progress! Hope everything goes smoothly as you finish it up.

[gabriellabalagna]

Day 10! Just barely managed to finish flatting this spread.

I need to increase my pace a bit though to finish chapter 1 by the end of this month.

[IndigoShirtProd]

Haven't drawn anything today yet, but I was able to finished the script for my halloween special this year!

[Kelheor]

@gabriellabalagna how many pages are you expecting to finish? I enjoy your calm color palette

@IndigoShirtProd hey that's great!

I think I started to take more time to draw those strips, which is a terrible habit of mine, so I really need to try and cut it.

[SynergyEclipse]

Yesterday I also started writing the script for episode 31 so part of the production process will be started for it before episode 30 will be published. I hope that’ll reduce the amount of time between episodes!

Since episode 31 will be an adaptation of scenes from the earlier comic version instead of being completely new, script writing will focus on just the new scenes, where to place them, and how to adapt existing dialogue!

Today I vectored two more panels and started a third. I took a short break to publish the story that went with one of my last drawings I made for Sketchtember last month.

[gabriellabalagna]

@kelheor Hoping to finish 6 pages (3 spreads.) But they are already all partly done. Thanks about the colors!

@SynergyEclipse Yeah, it's nice to have the script started/ready to go.

[gabriellabalagna]

Day 11! Inked all the backgrounds for the next two pages I'll be working on. These felt simpler than the last spread, so that was nice.

[Kelheor]

Published today's update, made a few Hexameron pages sketches and some thumbnails for it... which is not October specific, but still nice xD
Also tried spending less time on today's strip, I suppose it worked, but I still need to do better both quality-wise and timewise

[gabriellabalagna]

Day 12! How's the challenge going so far for you guys?

Need a word of encouragement? Or have any reflections so far?

Personally, I've noticed it's nice having more content to post to social media.