I have been more busy in the Moleskine than on the computer, thus I had fallen behind on my scanning of works, thus I am attempting to catch up to where I am in my notebook. Since it seems that the pictures are starting to sort themselves into some sort of series, its only fair that this recent series will all appear together. The thread that ties these four together is the stream that flows from left to right. Halfway through the second panel, I had the image in my head of what the fourth panel would be, so the story arch was successfully predicted before I followed it through. This helped me get the three panel as I knew how to go from 2 to 4, but I guess that’s not an unusual thing for illustrators and storytellers. What I find nice about this, is that it is opening me up and developing some continuity skills that will be required for the next major project.
Next Major Project, you say?
Yup. I have it in mind already. I actually have had it in mind for quite sometime, I have tried to start it before but stopped because I was not properly prepared or supplied or because life got in the way or some ten excuses or such. Basically, this whole Notebook has been a dedicated warm-up for actually starting on a children’s book or graphic novel with themes that are approachable by children as well as adults. There is a story being developed somewhere and this is all wonderful practice to telling stories with words. So here’s the pictures.