The problem is the further I get into Dirge 2, the less I’m sure what to show and what to hold back. I don’t want to give away too much to those who bought a copy. But to be fair I don’t think it would ruin anybody day to show this scene of a Police van driving by a Kebab shop window.
Panel 1 is the thumbnail. I can’t remember who said it or if I read it somewhere but it was something like “ Sometimes you can draw in five seconds what you can’t in five hours.” Which is true as when you don’t have to worry about all the little things and have a much faster mind to pen relationship you can get real energy in to a thumbnail. Often thumbnails can have something to them that the finished drawing doesn’t. But saying all that I’m pretty happy how this panel turned out (hence why I used it as an example). My thumbnails do tend to be very rough, as I don’t like to over work a scene before I get to the actual drawing.
Panel 2. Sadly my pencil artwork is always too faint to scan and doesn’t really come up so the next panel is the inked version. I try and keep as close to the thumbnail as I can. I’ve had this thing lately about extras in scenes. Rather then just drawing in some random guy\girl that vaguely looks human, I really wanted to have people that looked interesting and might catch the readers’ eye for a second. Takes a little bit more effort but I think it adds to the story.
Panel 3 is the finished frame. The thing I was happiest about with Dirge is how the tone\texture played out. I knew I wanted to do something different with them and I think its one of the strongest points in the comic. Its hard to build an atmosphere within a comic and sometimes its even harder for a comic to have a look of it’s own.
This scene was inspired but late nights waiting for your order in a Kebab shop and just drunkenly looking out the window at the nightlife going on. Although it’s a pretty small frame and doesn’t take up much room on the final page, its still one of my favourite images so far.
Panel 1 is the thumbnail. I can’t remember who said it or if I read it somewhere but it was something like “ Sometimes you can draw in five seconds what you can’t in five hours.” Which is true as when you don’t have to worry about all the little things and have a much faster mind to pen relationship you can get real energy in to a thumbnail. Often thumbnails can have something to them that the finished drawing doesn’t. But saying all that I’m pretty happy how this panel turned out (hence why I used it as an example). My thumbnails do tend to be very rough, as I don’t like to over work a scene before I get to the actual drawing.
Panel 2. Sadly my pencil artwork is always too faint to scan and doesn’t really come up so the next panel is the inked version. I try and keep as close to the thumbnail as I can. I’ve had this thing lately about extras in scenes. Rather then just drawing in some random guy\girl that vaguely looks human, I really wanted to have people that looked interesting and might catch the readers’ eye for a second. Takes a little bit more effort but I think it adds to the story.
Panel 3 is the finished frame. The thing I was happiest about with Dirge is how the tone\texture played out. I knew I wanted to do something different with them and I think its one of the strongest points in the comic. Its hard to build an atmosphere within a comic and sometimes its even harder for a comic to have a look of it’s own.
This scene was inspired but late nights waiting for your order in a Kebab shop and just drunkenly looking out the window at the nightlife going on. Although it’s a pretty small frame and doesn’t take up much room on the final page, its still one of my favourite images so far.
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