NOON CHAPTER TWO (30)

END OF CHAPTER

It was insane to type out the words “END OF CHAPTER TWO.” I posted the beginning of NOON chapter two on May 22nd last year, so it took just a smidge over a year to finish! I’ve learned a ton about my approach to making comics this year. This chapter was full of experimentation. I tried different line-art and rendering styles and even switched from a vertical scroll webtoon-type format to a classic page approach. I feel like I have arrived at a good place for how I want to move forward making comics. I feel confident in my linework style. Color is something I have a more firm grasp on. I also learned a ton about writing and I have a lot of ideas on how I will approach chapter three!

I’ve created these quick sketches for how Alex and Macy will look in chapter three. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to throw away Alex’s torn t-shirt that he has had for six real life months now. In order to overcome the fear of starting such a big project, I cut a lot of corners when it came to character design initially. I have been stuck in the rut far too many times of drawing characters standing there in my sketchbook over and over again instead of just drawing my dang comic! Having overcome that roadblock, I’m going to have a ton of fun bringing some new life to these characters.

If NOON were already a book series, chapters one and two would comprise the first book. While I am really proud of what I’ve made up to this point, I’m looking at this next chapter as a fresh start. I don’t mean that the story is starting over (we’re going to pick up where we’ve left off here), but I want to take every good thing I’ve learned so far and crank it up to ten!

Thank you all for the love. I’m really happy with this community I’ve built here. I couldn’t have gotten this far without all of you!

Have a good one!