The chronicles (one of them anyhoo) of Nanaboobia...
I got a gig writing about literature for the Examiner.com. It's locally based, but based upon traffic, I think I understand I can work my way up to a larger market. I can review any book, but told them, my natural bent is children's literature. Today, I think when I take breaks between this project I will think about the thrust of my bits (do I want to spotlight bodies of work, the authors/illustrators, individual work or a combination, for instance) and my bio. Though I doubt there's much $$$ in it, you never know, and I'm excited. I wonder if I'm able to get advanced copies for review (rubs hands greedily,heheheh).
And I'm working on a short graphic pamphlet for a friend in Honduras. I also have other project that it has been suggested should be rendered in Graphic Novel form. So for myself and anyonw interested, I thought I'd chronicle my "process" for developing and rendering some of this project. If you work in the media, feel free to comment. Hey, if you DON'T work in the media, feel free to comment...
So step one; VERY rough sketch of cover. I want to know about where the title will be placed, and a group of characters. For me, covers give you an inkling of the story (that picture for a thousand words, or 65,000 words kind of thing), without too much of it given away. The tease to OPEN THE DURNED BOOK AND READ IT! Being able to relate or be intrigued (ie. what your character looks like or the "hook" that draws you in, has to be there immediately.
The next step, I'll adjust the sizes (proportions) and positions of the characters and render more fully in pencil. I like the placement, size and character of the title, so I'm leaving that for now. When I know more about the people and environment of the piece, I'll play with the title.
By it's nature, the drawing is extremely rough and light, so changing it is easy. Hope you can see this.
And I'm working on a short graphic pamphlet for a friend in Honduras. I also have other project that it has been suggested should be rendered in Graphic Novel form. So for myself and anyonw interested, I thought I'd chronicle my "process" for developing and rendering some of this project. If you work in the media, feel free to comment. Hey, if you DON'T work in the media, feel free to comment...
So step one; VERY rough sketch of cover. I want to know about where the title will be placed, and a group of characters. For me, covers give you an inkling of the story (that picture for a thousand words, or 65,000 words kind of thing), without too much of it given away. The tease to OPEN THE DURNED BOOK AND READ IT! Being able to relate or be intrigued (ie. what your character looks like or the "hook" that draws you in, has to be there immediately.
The next step, I'll adjust the sizes (proportions) and positions of the characters and render more fully in pencil. I like the placement, size and character of the title, so I'm leaving that for now. When I know more about the people and environment of the piece, I'll play with the title.
By it's nature, the drawing is extremely rough and light, so changing it is easy. Hope you can see this.