The Halloweirdos: Layouts
Added 2022-10-21 19:43:44 +0000 UTCProcess layouts for all eight Halloweirdos strips from Nick Magazine. These were done on large sheets of tracing paper. I penciled these pretty cleanly in order to keep things tight and under control, the comics ran pretty small in print and I wanted to make sure I didn't go off the handle and turn the imagery into mud with too much texturing or linework. And since these were printed in color, I wanted to leave the linework open -- and keep the lines connected -- for Sarah's coloring.
There's really no reason for why I'm filling in the black areas in pencil, chalk that up to compulsiveness. I can't remember if I re-penciled these on Bristol before inking, but I'm betting I did. No matter how simple a drawing or how tight the layout, I'm usually unable to proceed straight to inks on the lightpad/lightbox. I need to be assured that the lines are penciled on the paper, even if I'm practically redrawing everything and stretching the paycheck out.
If I was working on this now, and on a tight deadline, I would hope I could go straight to inking off the layouts. I would like to think that, at least. Boy, I miss making little goofy comics like these for print.
