The People of Key West Update // Drawn To Key West
This week went by pretty fast and yet when I think back to working on this illustration, it feels like it took forever. In recent events, I started teaching a high school summer course about making comic books. Which is basically me stealing all of the lessons I was taught in college and regurgitating it to my students. It's been a really good experience so far and they are old enough to keep up with my sarcasm and that's honestly all I could ask for.
But anyways, in between teaching and juggling my freelance projects I've been slowly completing this spread which is perhaps why it felt like it took me so long to complete. I'm pretty satisfied with how it came out. I don't normally take on the task of illustrating spreads since they usually require an obscene amount of detail and this is making me rethink the other spreads I have planned for the future. If you want to read more about the making of this illustration, you can check out my previous post here.
But for a quick recap, here is where I last left you with this illustration:
The Final Look
I'm putting this detailed mess to rest for now and am ready to move on to the next pages! I might do what I normally do and pencil the rest of them instead of taking one page from start to finish. We'll see. Anyways, as always...
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i LOVE how you blend (so to speak) multiple characters/bodies into the same piece, and how they flow into each other, despite their size. I think it's a super tricky skill, so kudos for that. by the way, gonna look you up on instagram!
also, how's teaching comic books? that's something i'd love to do at some point maybe ha
Thank you! It is pretty tricky to do so I'm especially happy that I was able to do this illustration well. I'm happy with how the overall composition came out. And awesome! I'll follow you back :)
Teaching is good. It's a little tricky to get them to focus sometimes since it's a summer program and they're taking these classes while going on field trips and doing outside activities. I feel like no kid really wants to be stuck in a classroom during the summer. But they all have a lot of artistic potential and I'm excited to give them the proper tools to be able to bring their own ideas to life.
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This is amazing. It'd make a wonderful tshirt/bag design. Teaching comic book illustration must be fun, I bet the kids are so excited and full of ideas.
Thank you! It has been fun, luckily they're all pretty into art. Hopefully I can inspire the next master cartoonist XD
You are going to go far!
Love how you draw “small” figures in particular. I need to practice that because its a weak spot for me. Great work.