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"Do Not Pass Go", by Alex Tafur . . . ( early access comic )

Added 2021-03-26 15:08:02 +0000 UTC

Short comic commissioned last year by writer Alex Tafur!

I legit can't remember the last time I took on a lil' comic job like this and, although it took some figuring out to fit it in around my commercial work/ forcing myself to take breaks, Alex was endlessly patient with my delivery and I'm really happy with the final product.

I did all of the visuals for these pages from start to finish, which was good practice for me as well, as I tend to just do pencils>inks on my comic work and with this story I did pencils> inks> colours> lettering. I feel like there are steps in my colouring and lettering part of the process that I can see I need to work on a bit more (mostly streamlining certain processes and not getting ahead of myself with correction layers, etc). I also learned some stuff with working in Clip Studio that I hadn't been familiar with, especially in making those later steps a bit easier.

I love getting to design the long-suffering infernal public servant, Naz'runel, as well as trying to balance props/environment-heavy shots with less detailed BG panels. This job was definitely good skill practice but it was also just a really fun story where I got to draw both demonic stuff and more light-hearted stuff... I think it's an awesome addition to my more recent comic portfolio!

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Alex was both a great client and a great collaborator, it'll be awesome if we get a chance to do another short story with these characters some time in the future. Thanks so much for commissioning this short and trusting me with your story, dude! ^.^

You can check out more of the writer's work on his pro website!