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 Have to admit it's getting better

Frustrated - I like to get four pages done a week (ideally I want to finish five pages) but only managed 3.5 - the last page proved to be quite a monster, as the entire page took place within a mini-van, had toddlers (so hard to draw - you mess up one line, and suddenly they're gremlins), and an absolute deluge of Spanish dialogue.

BUT I am encouraged, because I was looking at my pages from about ten months ago (before I stopped working on Power Out in what I might look back on as one of the dumbest / smartest things I've ever done) and compare pencils from two panels.

circa May 2010

Last week

I'll admit to something you're not supposed to admit to: while Power Out got a lot of positive feedback, it also got some negative feedback. In fact, a couple of people really freaking hated it, and one of the main things they hated was the main character. Have to say this affected me, and I've taken special effort with all my endeavors this time to make Justin an appealing looking character, to give him charisma. Or, at the very least, keep him from looking like a total chump. I think it's been pretty successful so far.

Here's a rough I did on the fly that I was very pleased with - I have the whole book roughed out, but every once in a while I'll come across a scene (this was Maya leading Justin out of his house) that I probably mailed in, so I redo it. The results were fun!

 

Maya looks great here, but Justin looks pretty meh. So in the final version, I gave him this funny, rubber band quality. Good times!

 

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