This is my first paid gig doing comics.
I DID NOT draw these, only hired to color them. It was a small indy project (I will post info on it as soon as it is available), but I was paid surprisingly fair. The drawings are a bit crude but there is a charm to them too, and I am sure the illustrator was also trying to be time efficient - you can't make every drawing your absolute best or it will simply take too long/not worth the $$
This was to my advantage though, because it meant the style of coloring could also be quick and a bit crude; I wouldn't have to finely paint everything. In fact a quick and sketchy style would actually fit the artwork better.
The writer/creator was super cool to work with, giving very detailed direction, far better than most of my clients in the top ad agencies.
The illustrator I believe was someone in India that he found I don't know how.
My plan was to use color to help compliment the story; as the plot moves and changes, so should the color schemes.
But the whole story takes place over but a few hours, and in a single location. I thought sundown would do the trick, as the colors can indeed change quite quickly as the sun shines it last minutes of the day.
So I made a color script:
The colors would begin very cool and gray/de-saturated at the start of the comic, and as we move to the end, they become more warm and saturated. The writer liked the idea and so that's what I did.
Here are just a few sample pages. As I said, when the comic is available and all the marketing is in place I will edit this and add the right credits/links etc.
I don't get paid anything for the sale of the comic, I got a flat fee and my part is over. But I do hope it does well for the creator, he also wants to grow in the comic business and I learned a lot from him.
I am really happy about this because it was another good step in the direction of doing better art as a professional, and getting away from advertising. I would absolutely love to shift careers into doing comics and graphic novels, more so if I believe in the stories. This comic was very anti-war, which was a good sign imo, I was very pleased to have been paid to help with meaningful art.
These are pages BEFORE the text/speech bubbles were added. I think its kind of cool to see, as it is rare the pure artwork is ever released.
They are also just SOME of the pages, so it jumps, don't try to follow any narrative too closely.
