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Out of the Gate

Published: January 26th 2022, 4:55:42 am

So here's a bit of detail about how I draw a panel, for those of you who are interested!

First of all I pour a whiskey. You can't see that in the video, but it's crucial to the creative process. 

Next, I thumbnail the story to get the flow right, and then occasionally I do a couple more sketches to really flesh each panel out. 

I use a lot of reference material - in this case a spaceman doll I just happened to have lying around.*

Then  it's over to the iPad to draw the complete panel. A whole panel can take anywhere from two to  six hours, so it's pretty time intensive. But I mostly find it incredibly restful and pleasant. 

When it's going well, that is.

And that's where the whiskey comes in. That's for the times when I just can't make it work and I just keep worrying away at it, getting grumpier and grumpier. Ugh. 

Really though, is any good art produced without some kind of drug - even if it’s just coffee and anti depressants? So I'm just gonna pretend I'm in good company. 

Right. Better get back to it (the drawing, not the whiskey). I hope you're all having a great week. Talk soon. 

SB

*Okay, it wasn't just lying around. I'm a nerd. My house of full of fossils and spaceships.