So I decided to talk about the end of project malaise. One thing no one tells you when you get a how to draw comics book is just how much work one of these thing is. And more so how repetitive it is. You really do end up drawing the same thing over and over again. At recent count I've drawn my character Alice 72 times (on panel I'm not counting the sketches or separating pencils and inks). Luckily I have the disposition for it. I really don't mind doing this sort of repetitive work. Some of my artist friends however have said that it would drive them mad.
That said, usually around the end of a project (though sometimes in the middle) I start to get a real boredom with the work and the work slows. Of course taking a break is not really an option, these things need to get done. And while I'm not putting out a monthly I like to have something new for each portion of the convention year. So this is where making comics really becomes work. I as an artist have to keep myself from getting bored, and more important keep that ever necessary sense of momentum.
How I tend to do this is by succumbing to my shortened attention span constructively. I do this by working out of sequence. As you know I've been doing this book scene by scene out of sequence. But when I'm working on a page and get bored I'll start another, then when I'm bored with that go back to the previous, or start yet another page (though I do cap it at three pages at a time). This keeps the process fun for me and it also keeps the pen moving. When I'm not feeling it There's always lettering to be done. When I'm tired of coming up with pencils, I often start to ink. Even when a page isn't finished, some part of it is.
This is how I keep my Momentum and over come the end of project malaise.
And now the pretty pictures.....
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