Inking the Comic Pt 2

This blog post will talk about how the comic is going, and my oral exam hopes and concerns. Enjoy!

The comic is almost done. The inking/coloring stage is flying by quickly. I got three pages done so far, and I’m currently working on the fourth. I find it fun to play with grayscale and color. I think the glitch effects are my favorite part.

The lettering stage has been easy this time around. The first three pages took a bit to get right, but the lettering has been a breeze for the rest. A bit too easy… (Fear sinks in) I probably did something wrong. I hope not.

I should finish the comic next week. The comic is shorter than planned, but the full episode is on Youtube, and the story has no sign of stopping anytime soon. The Darkness has returned and now hides in plain sight. And the only one(s) who knows something is up, and has information on the history (to an extent), and can/wants to stop them, is dead (they are also alive, it’s complicated)… And is in a different location, far from the unhatched danger. One of the characters is being toyed with, lied to, and manipulated, and they don’t even know it. Will the characters be reunited? Yes. Will that reunion be heartfelt? God no! The character being manipulated is slowly growing resentment for the other one who’s far away. Why? Because since they left, the location has been peaceful. Too peaceful. They like the peace so much that they are starting to wonder if everything will run smoothly without the other character around. False peace is deadly. What will happen next? No clue. Will someone die? Yes. When? When you least expect it. Will we cry? God, yes. Chaos shall rain!

Oral exams are next week. I will work on that preparation tomorrow and the weekend when I find the time. I am a bit worried that I won’t be confident enough to sell the project (not literally selling it). I don’t want to ramble on when I present. I’m not worried about having enough to show. I’m worried that I’ll show too much and bore the examiners. I tend to ramble if you can’t already tell.

I want to teach people that comics take time. I want to show them the amount of planning a comic takes. I also want to show them the work it takes to adapt a story and what adaptions are. I also hope to teach the examiners something new about the world of storytelling and entertainment/art. I also hope that I won’t get looked at funny. I don’t know why I have this fear of being judged. I think it’s due to my low confidence levels. I need to build that up if I want to make a living out of storytelling. Anyways, that’s all for today.

-Bellapinkpen