Result in thread: Combating burnout
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6th Dec 2012, 2:39 PM #1
I don't think I have ever sat down to write a proper script for a comic in the 9 years that I have been doing them. The closest I ever get it to do a mini mock up of the page layout, how many frames etc. then insert the gist of that frame into it. I feel more relaxed this way because it allows me to come up with new ideas halfway through drawing the comic.
My latest comic is somewhat different though. I still keep to the method above, but I have an idea of overarcing storylines detailed in a notebook somewhere, detailing what happens when. Looking at it that way allows me to make new connections (I came up with a new connection yesterday, which will fit in waaaaaaay down the line) -- it is planning the storylines I worry about most, I keep juggling them around and tweaking them a bit, but as long as I know what I am doing next, the detail of what happens on the page is left to the moment. Unless its something really important of course. Then I'll probably have been anticipating the page for ages and visualising it in my head, which is great fun :D
My latest comic is somewhat different though. I still keep to the method above, but I have an idea of overarcing storylines detailed in a notebook somewhere, detailing what happens when. Looking at it that way allows me to make new connections (I came up with a new connection yesterday, which will fit in waaaaaaay down the line) -- it is planning the storylines I worry about most, I keep juggling them around and tweaking them a bit, but as long as I know what I am doing next, the detail of what happens on the page is left to the moment. Unless its something really important of course. Then I'll probably have been anticipating the page for ages and visualising it in my head, which is great fun :D
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