NOON CHAPTER TWO (20)

BEHIND THE SCENES:

Resistance put up a good fight this week. The way that resistance gets to me is through perfectionism. I get caught up in the unimportant, small details and it can keep me from making more progress with my comic.

This week I felt like my inking style wasn’t up to par, and so I randomly decided to switch brushes and the result was something that didn’t really fit the style of the comic up to this point. I almost committed to it, until I had a look back at some earlier pages. Most of the time, being a perfectionist, I just need some healthy distance from my work to really see it for what it is. After looking at one of my comic updates from a few weeks ago, it hit me that I really like the way I’ve been inking my pages!

I ended up inking today’s update again, using the style I’ve used so far, and I’m happy with how it came out. It’s easy to get caught up in the tiniest details as an artist, but I feel like I am at my best when I get out of my own way and just let everything flow.

My comic is not perfect, but I am still really proud of it!

Process photos:

WHAT’S INSPIRING ME:

A couple years ago, my wife and I attended Lightbox! It was an amazing trip. I met a couple artists that have really inspired me over the years, but I wanted to put a spotlight on one of the artists I met there, Benjamin Schipper!

He made a really cool graphic novel called Joe Death and the Graven Image. It’s like Mignola meets rubber-hose animation meets classic American literature. A super cool read that I would highly recommend (he’s working on the second Joe Death right now)!

(I even got a cool little sketch from him!!)

This week I had the thought pop into my mind to re-listen to an interview he had done with SVS learn a while back, and it made me think deeply about why I am an artist in the first place. It made me think about why God gave me this talent in the first place, and how I want to go forward with my storytelling. Go check out the interview here:

Have an amazing week everybody!!