Kupocake
I did an insane amount of pre-planning before I even thumbed my first page, so that probably is what's keeping me from going crazy, for now. The complete screenplay, a list of motifs, color scripts, conceptual art, room plans, character turnarounds, tons of reference/inspiration, even character bios of extremely minor characters: they all have helped keeping things consistent. One thing that's missing from my pre-planning is thumbnails of all 300+ pages. I figured my sensitivity to page composition would get better as it goes on, so I'm only doing thumbs by chapter when the time comes.
It's a hassle to do them all, but the more time you spend pre-planning, the smoother the ride when you're comicking.
I agree with a schedule, when you know that your pages release on a certain day, you will make sure that your pages are done by then. I personally decided to premiere my comic closer to class finals because I actually have a buffer built for that. XP
How big is your buffer? Mine was two weeks, but I exhausted the whole thing when I was sick.The problem was that I had three stages in drawing- Pencils, Ink then color, and I was relying on being able to color when I was sick. I don't want to have a buffer so big that I'm disconnected from the current going's on, but I don't want a repeat either. Should a months worth be enough?
I'm impatient as hell, so I guess i'm getting my just desserts. Like I thought I would be ok winging it, ha. That turned out well.
That's a great idea. I used to do that, but for the moment i'm drawing comics around the times when I feel up to it, at least until my medication kicks in proper and all that good stuff. Right now, I have four pages in buffer , but since i'm getting ahead, i'm trying for at least tweleve - which is roughly a month.
It was one of their new pens 1,5 or somesuch s**t and XS. And the latter only comes in a pack with other pens. ********.
My favorite part about the Chris Hart conversation is in the commenst when someone mentions that he did a book for furries meant for kids. My sides
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http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Fantastic-Furries-Anthropomorphic-Characters/dp/0823033457