Read this comic on Tapastic, "Memory of Color," and thought of the thread. It's not way out there in terms of narrative, but I liked how it said what it wanted to say.
An experiment in physical comics, I have no sense of what's good poetry but I tried.
It also came out looking way too design'ish. In retrospect I probably should have included some actual drawing, would have made it more fun to make as well.
That looks so rad I had to try something similar to it.
I wanted to keep the subtle gradiations in the original ink, so I had to make two layers of lineart, one that I'd deleted all of the white from, which I used to control the color, and then a second one on top that controlled the value.
Frank Santoro is currently crowdfunding a school for comics in Pittsburgh, that does exactly these kinds of experiments, just wanted to put it out there if anyone's interested. Google 'Comics workbook school' for more. (hope this doesn't count as advertising, just wanted to put it out there)
Dude! CHECK THIS OUT THEN! GO GO GO
edit: I'll admit i'm a little jelly, pittsburgh seems like the place to be for alt comics right now from Ed Piskor through Frank Santoro to Jim Rugg. You should check out copacetic comics as well, it's kind of a meeting place for some of those guys, but defo go to the comics salon.
This isn't quite in the spirit of the thread, but while I was cleaning out some boxes at my parents house I found some ancient comic art from like a decade ago, and it seemed like the most apt place to put it.
I made this last week. I spent two days on finding a memory I could turn into an autobiographical story set in another time period, and then three days on writing and drawing it! The assignment was two do at least two pages, but I figured with quick gestural drawings and a 3 panel layout I could make a zine in three days haha! I highly recommend this assignment, it's a pretty good way to get some distance from your memories that makes it easier to fictionalize them.
Comics don't have to take billions of years to make!
I guess I could add some of the thoughts behind my process:
Firstly, all of this was drawn without sketching and so that's why I initially chose to make it only 3 panels per page, in case I screw up one drawing - not as in if it was badly drawn but if it just didn't feel like I wanted it to feel - I could just chuck the page and begin anew. I like the idea of using color to almost act like a soundtrack like in the page misc posted and that's kind of what I went for with the yellow pages that focus only on landscapes. To me when I put it there it felt like there's something like a constant tone being played or something. The scissor page was actually one of the last pages I did, because I didn't actually have a page there to begin with, but it kind of felt like the story needed a beat just to make it clear that something was being perpetrated. I was thinking of the scissor clip in Moonrise kingdom when I did that https://youtu.be/-I8i2rb_u4A?t=89 but due to the 3 panel layout it got a nice rhythm to it instead of being as instantaneous as the moonrise kingdom clip.
Okay, sometimes I make little comics with my husband when we're just sitting or waiting somewhere. He'll usually start, then I'll draw a panel or two, then give it back. He's never drawn much and my scribbles aren't too pretty, but it can be a fun exercise. Sometimes I manage to create too much pressure for myself even with this simple format, but that's just me being ridiculous.
That looks so rad I had to try something similar to it.
I wanted to keep the subtle gradiations in the original ink, so I had to make two layers of lineart, one that I'd deleted all of the white from, which I used to control the color, and then a second one on top that controlled the value.
One day I'll make a comic, BUT I just came across Andrew Hem's work again and reminded me of the pastel color themes going on in this thread lately so I thought I'd share.
I definitely will, or at least process posts and whatnot since Frank's gonna mentor me while I work on something publishable or something like that.
Anyways, I worked together with my friend Nilas on this comic for refugee children over the last weekend. We both wrote the story and he drew it while I colored it.
We spoke to Tom K. from Uncivlized books yesterday, he had seen it and said that if we could make it into a 40 page book he would maybe publish it for his childrens' book imprint so maybe we'll expand upon it at some point.
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It also came out looking way too design'ish. In retrospect I probably should have included some actual drawing, would have made it more fun to make as well.
...even if it is just me cropping photos I found via google image search.
I wanted to keep the subtle gradiations in the original ink, so I had to make two layers of lineart, one that I'd deleted all of the white from, which I used to control the color, and then a second one on top that controlled the value.
edit: I'll admit i'm a little jelly, pittsburgh seems like the place to be for alt comics right now from Ed Piskor through Frank Santoro to Jim Rugg. You should check out copacetic comics as well, it's kind of a meeting place for some of those guys, but defo go to the comics salon.
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Comics don't have to take billions of years to make!
Firstly, all of this was drawn without sketching and so that's why I initially chose to make it only 3 panels per page, in case I screw up one drawing - not as in if it was badly drawn but if it just didn't feel like I wanted it to feel - I could just chuck the page and begin anew. I like the idea of using color to almost act like a soundtrack like in the page misc posted and that's kind of what I went for with the yellow pages that focus only on landscapes. To me when I put it there it felt like there's something like a constant tone being played or something. The scissor page was actually one of the last pages I did, because I didn't actually have a page there to begin with, but it kind of felt like the story needed a beat just to make it clear that something was being perpetrated. I was thinking of the scissor clip in Moonrise kingdom when I did that
Im thinking about making stupid poorly drawn comics when I cant sleep like I used to.
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e: also hi, i haven't made any comics since september. i need to do stuff this winter
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Anyways, I worked together with my friend Nilas on this comic for refugee children over the last weekend. We both wrote the story and he drew it while I colored it.
We spoke to Tom K. from Uncivlized books yesterday, he had seen it and said that if we could make it into a 40 page book he would maybe publish it for his childrens' book imprint so maybe we'll expand upon it at some point.