I recently came back from a short seaside vacation. So I had time and inspiration to draw some Driftwood and work on the storyline.
It wasn’t easy, though, and the first half of this page is perhaps rather uninspired (besides, I had to retouch Natasha’s eyebrows so she would stop looking like a university teacher with whom I used to have a rather complicated teacher-student relationship …).
BUT THEN … I got Bobik back into the panels, and suddenly everything went fine.
So, here is Tinet’s Comix Making Lesson on How To Make Talking Heads Interesting:
PUT A BIG FUZZY DOGGIE IN THERE.
Here you can look at my holiday photos (I haven’t uploaded all yet). We had really good weather with nicely troubled waters. :3
Also, read Ainur’s comic Goldenbird! There is a lovely Nyarlathotep side story going on right now!
P.S. Here is the first sketch I made of Bobik in panel 5 … far too evil to use in the final version.
As you can see I made this page on two A4 boards. Easier to carry around, but a bit tricky since I forgot to bring my ruler! So this page is a bit longer than all the other ones …
I think talking heads are less boring than the artist herself might think… I have the same hangups when I draw Goldenbird, but when I read Driftwood I don’t think about it at all. Your characters look so interesting! I really like the small frame with Aeron’s Dad pausing to reflect.
And dawgyfawning mode ON: OMG in the 5th frame Bobik is all like “I’m posing like a heroic 18th century natural history print CANIS SIBIRIACUS” and in frame 6 he’s just DEATHTÖNGUE and in frame 7 he’s just a rolypoly puppy… Phew.
Oh, I forgot to post the first sketch I made of Bobik in panel 5!!! It was far too stygian to accept for the final page …
Hound of Tindalos.