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RE: Establishing Shots | Comic Update #4
Looking good, you put in so much designs into those frames.
I have two questions if you don't mind the time:
- how long does it take to lay put a page for you usually?
- do you design the characters and environments before starting the layout, or do they come to you as you plan out the shots.
Thank you and I really appreciate your write ups. it is nice to see someone go through this process. Hopefully I can do what you can soon :]
Thank you! And of course: so initially laying out the page doesn't take too long. The thumbnails are done in a matter of minutes but when I do the rough sketch, that could take an hour. The Pencilling and Inking stage are what take me the longest.
As for characters and environments, anything that's super important I plan out first. So I have sketches of all my main characters just to make sure I really know what they look like and can draw them at various angles. I don't sketch out environments but I find reference photos for every setting that the characters will be in.
Thanks for reading, I'm happy you've been enjoying my posts!
you're welcome and I am grateful for you taking the time to share your process, it's helping me sift through my dread and get to work :)
It's so daunting and sometimes I just want to draw butts and call it a day.
How long did it take you of daily practice to get comfortable drawing at this speed?
I am looking forward to seeing more of your world and story
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I find the key to speed is living with mistakes and not letting the pursuit of perfection get too much in the way of things; we all want our art to look immaculate but the reality is, nothing is ever going to be perfect and you can't make art for a living if you can't finish your work in an efficient-time. Same thing for when I was in school. It was better to hand in good work at the deadline than not hand in anything at all because I was trying to get it to be perfect.
But I found the best things to do to improve drawing time is gather all your references before you start drawing and just keep practicing. The more you know anatomy and perspective the less hangups you get along the way.