#comic making

Thank you for letting me info dump about the process of making Dewi's Adventures in Hollow Knight. Love <3

This comic has a really unique art style that I only ever began using when I started making it. It's a lot of simple colors and loose lines, similar to sketches I often used in side art. At the time I did this because it was MUCH easier to draw, but now it's become its own little style I implement and I really like that :)

Also shading is done LINE BY LINE. It takes forever, but I find it quite relaxing.

Fun Fact: Ogrim was going to have shell damage at the end of Sam's rampage. I changed it last minute because he's too pure for this world (+ I couldn't fit it in the story in an overarching way 😅). ((Oh! I ALSO leave "stage directions" in my rough drafts because I want to know where speech bubbles will be and what needs to be emphasized in the scene. I ain't drawing it if speech bubbles are going to be on top))

Below are all the colors I use for the series! Characters are often times ~75% opacity! It gives them a nice texture.

Procreate is weird, so I often times have multiple pages in one canvas. Gives me an excuse to have multiple rough drafts I can filter though quickly and toggle through visibility.

Have some more drafts :) Rough drafts are my favorite, personally. They're so loose and free that I don't have to stress about what they look like, just what the scene feels like. That's why I do art in the first place anyways. My judgmental brain can't tear apart art that's 100% freeform! >^<

I'm already outsourcing flatting! Not always, but when I'm busy I have a friend who does it way better than me so I pay them to do it hahah!

I am looking to hire someone to do the values/shading/screentones for me in a future comic project though. It's time consuming and it's something I don't think I'm very good at.

Values sometimes end up being muddled, too close to each other, and I tend to overwork the page which just makes it less readable and impactful in the end.

Like, less is more with grayscales! It's a very fine line. And it's a skill that takes a lot of time and effort to master. It would be great to find someone who does it effortlessly and just Knows how to make the lineart pop (also hiring help gives me more time to focus on making better lineart..)

Laughing, fighting and Loving, Raphael and Mona Lisa go on a date and kick the foots' butt in their head.

GHOSTED is a graphic novel in development that follows a recent college graduate, Mel, who loses her best friend in a fatal accident and suddenly begins to see her ghost. Adapted from the screenplay I wrote, Bucket List of the Dead, this novel is a visual exploration of grief with supernatural trappings, following a stoic protagonist, zombie-like spirits, and philosophical debates about acceptance of death.

Not everyone can say they’ve seen a ghost, but the feelings of loss they represent are universal; the solidarity of having lived. Through the tribulation of acceptance, part of the five stages of grief, there is always that quiet moment where we think, “I’d do just about anything to get back to where I’ve been.” The question is: What would you be willing to do to get back?

[ WIP ]