A miscellany of weekly ramblings on comics, art and film by Ted Mathot, storyboard artist and writer/artist/self-publisher of graphic novels and comics
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Monday, November 14, 2005

Roughing it

Had a very productive weekend working on the book (didn't see much sun though). It's one of those good times artists may know as "the zone" where the ideas and drawings just flow out. This one wasn't as good as some in the past, but yielded some good spur-of-the-moment ideas, ones that I hadn't thought of prior to laying pencil to paper. Of course I can't reveal any of them to you..that would spoil the surprise. About half of the book is layed out now; a quarter of it is finished. And I'm just about to dive head first into the really hard stuff. Still a long way to go...

6 comments:

gimpyeyes said...

Keep going Ted, can't wait to see what you have cooked up, I know it will be great.

J said...

I had a similar experience this weekend Ted. It feels great. I can't wait to see what you've come up with.
J

Luxo Jr. said...

Very nice Ted. Just one question, that is if you have time to answer it, do you draw all the speech bubbles in by hand for the final copy or do you use shapes on the computer for it?

TSM said...

Thanks all for the comments.

Luxo - the word balloons are all drawn by hand, as are the panel frames. There is something a bit too cold about the computer's lines and shapes.

JCool said...

I worship the ground you walk on Mr. Mathot.Your drawings can heal sickness. Please keep up the good work.

TSM said...

heh. thanks jcool.