Some Comments on Comic Book Art

I am currently working on some pieces that are of the comic book genre - visual storytelling. I find the process interesting but challenging. Comic book drawing is one of the most versatile forms of drawing that requires a level of dynamism that you don't always encounter in a one-shot pin-up artwork piece (foreshortening, complex perspectives, consistency of setting and characters, and dynamic storytelling). Furthermore, from pencil to colouring, each step in the process is its own art form. Even inking, I have definitely come to appreciate, is not just 'tracing" as some have called it. It is its own special skill set, one that I definitely need to work on. The part that I probably find the most difficult is the traditional storytelling, the text if you will. I can draw and develop plot lines but I have never been much for writing, but like any skillset it's one I will work on.

I should have some stuff posted soon.