Gatillos

Well I have what could be considered a full page but since I’m trying to make the comic easier to follow and read, I think I’m going to finish the minisequence before publishing it.

In the meanwhile, how’s that for little girl Ana:

It feels much better to draw happy things :). (more...)

Well the dreaded moment where I need to actually draw a recurring female character is finally here. Let’s see if I’m learning anything. From the male protagonist I’ve learned that I need to have some very clear traits that I can easily reproduce otherwise drawing it in different angles becomes really cumbersome. Also, I like much more this style, a bit more like a cartoon.

So… how’s this for a face? She should be kind of cute and very simply outlined…

Just some words, not even a drawing.

This LIFE/interior thing is far from dead, I know lack of updates seems to point strongly to a looming future –but that’s not it! It’s only the usual spiral of unwanted events that keep conspiring against it, diseases mix with happy moments and stress mixes with relief, and between all of that there seems to be no space for little things like a continuing story.

Well the title is intentionally a reference to Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics”, which I’m reading these days. The book is an essay (in comic form) about comics, but from a very uncommon point of view. He talks about sequence, about the cognitive process involved when reading a comic, the difference between painting, literature and comics and much more I haven’t read yet. Everything there is wonderfully illustrated with examples as he explores the different approaches authors take and all the great opportunities that this kind of media has.