Slow & Steady Wins the Race
February 14th, 2008I’ve been really busy with my new job and my project for Trickster. The comic is going very slowly, but it’s getting there! I’m on page four of 14. I’m starting to get more comfortable with the materials which is helping things go faster. Basically I realized when I started that I can’t make any major errors. I’m using off-white paper and watercolors so white-out is a NO NO. I decided early on to do the lettering on my computer to save heartache over my terrible habit of messing up my lettering. (I swear I’m mildly dyslexic sometimes!) I’ll be using my font that I made for my Monster book. It should look nice! Anyhoo, I’m finally past the point where I’m worried about making a mistake and I’m just diving in. I think the choice to use a limited pallet is helping, too. All in all, it looks GREAT! And I’m really proud of it. I can’t wait to finish it and taunt you guys with teasers until the book comes out. 
In other comic related news, I’ve been starting to think about my graphic novel again. I haven’t touched upon it in a LONG TIME. I’ve decided that after the Trickster project that I’m not taking on any more outside projects. I want to give 100% to MY story and MY ideas. I think it’s good that I waited and did some other things, but now I’m ready to give my all to my graphic novel. I had some confidence issues last year that are pretty much gone now. I feel up to the challenge of creating a beautiful book all my own! I’m hoping to have at least the starts of a pitch book together by the end of this year. Basically the entire script and finalized character designs. I really want to go to Europe before I do any serious drawing of the cave scenes. I want to experience the caves for myself so that I can bring life and context to my comic. I want people to look at it and say, “Gee, this kid really did her homework!”