Happy 2007 everyone,
I’m going to be a part of some really cool anthologies this year, one of which is for the next meathaus.
Here are two pages from a comic I drew a while back called Hamburgers for One.
For the colors I’m working with a limited palette and trying to see how far they can be pushed. So far it’s been a really exciting and worthwhile challenge. The coloring of the title was inspired by the work of one of my favorite artists, Chris Ware.
One of the challenges I enjoy about comics is how not only does each panel have to look good on its own, but also work with the page as a whole, and the entire story as one composition.
When I design a story I try to keep a steady rhythm of panels. For Hamburgers, the entire story is built on the grid of 12 square panels.
Also I’m sure to include a place for the eye to rest on every page–staring at 12 equal-size panels for 24 straight pages would be visually strenuous and would make for over-all boring compositions.
I try to keep all these things in mind as well as emotional impact with the natural beats of the story, and I always try to set up page-turns to have some kind of story event with them. Thanks for looking!
