Inking the Comic Pt 1

In this blog post, I’ll talk about how the comic is going. Enjoy!

So, the project is slowly coming to a close. I have finished two pages today. After some trial and error, I found the right gray tones for shading. I’m still playing around with the tones, however. I like the little splash of color that I added to the words. It gives the page some contrast with the gray tones (I hope that’s the right term, I haven’t studied art terms in a while, I apologize to all artists for my failures).

I did struggle with the first panel. The mall’s logo was hard to get right. I played around with the lettering for a while until I landed on this. The building was also giving me trouble. So, what did I learn from this? I need to work on my buildings a bit more. I know how to draw trees, I got clouds, I got people, I got the inside of a building down, just not the outside of it. Why am I like this?

I combined the ink and color stages to speed up the process. The comic will be done in grayscale, with a dash of color in some areas. It’s faster, and time is fleeting… And I just remembered that I can’t work on the comic over the weekend because I need to work on diplomas and my oral exam prep… I love comics, but why did I give myself too much on my plate. I luckily have another week, however, I have my second COVID shot next week. So, I won’t feel good for a while. That will definitely hinder my art. Wish me luck, mortals.

-Bellapinkpen