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REBORN

Theme being simulation & artificiality, REBORN follows a character becoming aware of their comic limitations as they repurpose themselves outside of class project use :)

made in Procreate

The main character was previously named Emma, and was the protagonist of my 4th project WASTE. The theme was body & health, and was the first project to give us choice between ink mediums.

I got super excited and ambitious with my goal being 12 pages instead of our usual 8, and based the concept off chronic wasting disease. Long story short- the project drove me insane.

I didn’t plan it out very well in the beginning and it would come back to haunt me at every point. I believe I skipped 3 total classes just to stay home and work on it because I had so much anxiety about falling behind. I got a two week extension on it, even then turning it in unfinished (three whole pages being barely legible rough sketches). I had spent over 7 weeks thinking and stressing about the project, just to fail my own standards.

I did learn a lot from the process, and my friend being attached to Emma inspired me to keep her around as an OC. Using her in my final project, along with fox & skunk making a third appearance, I felt better about it all. This was a nice send off 🍁

Here are some pages from WASTE. can't believe I inked all this holding my dip pen upside down...

inked on 9x12 bristol board, scanned, pre-digital editing

prompt was history & we were allowed to use 1 tone of color

ink on bristol board, scanned, & edited in Photoshop