Double trouble!

It’s all about the width.

Alive she cried!

So, congratulations, we’ve made it through the year of January. It’s taken a little extra effort to get back in the saddle, although I did manage to draw a bit with a broken regularity I’m now almost at 100% productive.

I’ll start with JINGLE SQUAD, having just finished the inks on the 38pages of chapter 4 it wasn’t without a couple of self inflicted issues, particularly a double page crowd scene! The first issue was with me struggling to figure out how to create a double page on CLIP STUDIO? I watched a few tutorials on the YouTubes & figured I was heading off with the wrong map & a broken compass.

After leaving this double page spread until I’d finished the rest of the chapter it took the worldly wisdom of our letterer extraordinaire to point out to me this little gem… “why don’t you just double the width?” 🤦🏻

Next came my over eagerness to get this huge crowd scene done as I felt it had been hanging over me for a good while.

For some unknown reason to myself I decided to push on with the first pass without sharing the rough pencils with the rest of the team, enter the completed inks offered up for inspection moment, feeling relieved to have got through it & reasonably pleased with the overall look..rightly so the guys pointed out I needed to pull out further as we needed to show the sea of bodies our two characters are about to make their way through.

I pulled the shot further back & added the extra folks in the shot.

It came back with the almost apologetic request (I stress, this was all my own doing) to pull out even further & to make sure the two guys were clearly at the beginning of their pathway through.

I left it alone for a day to come back at it with a clearer mind & finally got the shot! I can only apologise to the team as they all politely pointed out if they’d seen the rough pencils like they have with every other page that I’ve done so far ( around 120 pages ) they could have saved me a lot of time?

I’m happy to announce I'm currently colouring this chapter & have just signed the contract for the final 2 chapters taking me into around August/ September!

In other news colours are beginning on SPACEBOY & THE FUTURE KING 3, so keep your eyes peeled for news of the Kickstarter coming soon!

Also, I’ve spent my evenings & weekends tweaking & altering INCOMERS OF THE BLOATED GOAT…firstly & after advice from my good lady wife, I’ve cut the title down to just THE INCOMERS with a brand new logo (inspired by THE INVADERS) …

I’ve been playing with the look of the possible front cover…

I’ve also secured my THOUGHT BUBBLE ticket & hotel.

So all in all I'm very busy making comics & that makes me VERY happy!

Keep chipping away & I’ll see you on the next one.

Rory.