Sunday, September 11, 2011

What has Vincent VanGogh got to do with my comics?

As it turns out, quite a lot.

For Spiader Webs, you see, I am using Copic markers. These markers are wonderful, unless you're trying to do something big without any texture. Such as, you know, a sky. In particular, the night sky, since the darker the pen, the more obvious the pen strokes are.

Now, before you tell me that I should use something else to make this comic, probably photoshop, I'm going to say this straight up: No. Half of the point of Spiader Webs is to be completely physically done, so that I know I have accomplished something.

In any case, a week or so ago, I ran into the idea that I was about to have to create the first page of night sky for the comic.

And, walking down the street in front of an expensive boutique that sells Art Umbrellas, inspiration struck, in the form of impressionism. I would be drawing my skies the same way in which Vincent VanGogh painted his... everything. And, possibly, as I run up against more pages of something that doesn't work smoothly, more pages of impressionism will follow.

I'm looking forward to it.