Why I'm a Writer
I finished the script for chapter 4 of the Riverside Mysteries earlier this week, but wanted to let it incubate for a couple of days before proofreading it and sending it on to Steve. That's what I really should have been doing today. Instead, I decided to take a swing at thumbnailing a page of the story.
(For those unfamiliar with the term, "thumbnailing" means drawing out a smaller, rougher version of the art. This is done to get an idea of how the page will look before committing to a more detailed version. It's usually a preliminary step by the artist, but some comic writers will do thumbnails to better illustrate what they want the story to look like. Unless the writer is a massive control freak, the artist is then free to draw it like the thumbnails or -- if he or she sees a better way -- to do something different with it.)
So here, ladies and gentlemen, is a preview of The Riverside Mysteries, Chapter 4. As you can see, there's a reason I pay other people to draw these things for me.
(I'm inordinately proud of the kid on the skateboard, actually.)
It'll probably look different when Steve does it.
(For those unfamiliar with the term, "thumbnailing" means drawing out a smaller, rougher version of the art. This is done to get an idea of how the page will look before committing to a more detailed version. It's usually a preliminary step by the artist, but some comic writers will do thumbnails to better illustrate what they want the story to look like. Unless the writer is a massive control freak, the artist is then free to draw it like the thumbnails or -- if he or she sees a better way -- to do something different with it.)
So here, ladies and gentlemen, is a preview of The Riverside Mysteries, Chapter 4. As you can see, there's a reason I pay other people to draw these things for me.
(I'm inordinately proud of the kid on the skateboard, actually.)
It'll probably look different when Steve does it.