“Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.”
― Hayao Miyazaki
― Hayao Miyazaki
Whew – well I think I can say that I am half way through. And
I can definitely say its been a drawing marathon. I have just edited a cut of 14 and half
minutes of rough animation. For the
first time in my life I am not drawing at my light table. The purchase of a 21
inch Cintiq made
possible by my generous crowd source contributors meant that I could go
completely and truly paper free. I ditched the beautiful 60D camera I had to
capture drawings and my groovy line testing station is now gathering dust.
This meant a significant streamlining of my pipeline. Aaah streamlining...
But it doesn’t mean any less drawing, really. I still spend
hours upon hours scribbling. But now its
on a monitor and not a light table – hence the Miyazaki quote. So in the true
sense of art imitating life I do look pretty much like Ester
To keep those hours moving faster, I am forever listening to chat - talk radio,
plays, comedy and for the long haul stuff audio books. This last push I went
through almost 80 hours of audio books. First up was Game of Thrones
which meant I had to have this on my desktop to keep track of who was shagging
who.
Next up was The
Stand by Stephen King for a little light entertainment chaser. Hibernating up on the rainy coast of
BC with only the walking dude for company can make you little mental.
Phase two - Clash of
Kings, more drawing and maybe some filling in.
