Page 10 – Coming Up

Should have it done tonight. Probably pretty late, though. Got a lot of work ahead of me!

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Here it is:

Part II Page 9

Yet another one.

Part II – Page 8

I’m pretty sure I’ll add dialog to this scene once I get to a certain point. We’ll see, though. I got this page down to 9 hours. I think a 9-12 hours per page is a nice average. It’s easier to do 4 pages a week at 9 or 10 hours, though.

It’s not that I value being super fast or anything. It just makes sense when your looking at a 200+ page fully painted graphic novel that the further you can push your technique, the better. I’m definitely not aiming to spend 3 or 4 years on one book. I really don’t care if somebody takes 4 or 40 hours a page, as long as the end product represents their vision.

 

Another Page from Part II

Finished this one up. Took me 12 hours even though I was aiming for 10. Damn!

Part II – Page 6 Artwork

This one took only 9 hours, so I’m really starting to hone my digital process at this point.

Part II – Page 5 Art

The next one looks like this:

I’m getting used to the 12 hour process, and I made some tactical modifications to my working methods. I think this one went really well.

Next Page – Part II again.

I’m trying to cut the pages down to 12 hours max per page. I’m being really strict about it now, and this is the first one that I succeeded in making that goal. I hope that the more I do it, the more I”’ be aware of the time passing, and then I’ll maximize that time to truly “finishing” the page.