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Artist Essay Series, JOHN ROMITA, JR.
I didn't always love comic books. I grew up with a knowledge of them by way of (mostly) television series, like BTAS, The Adventures of Batman and Superman, and Spider-Man. It wasn't until Marvel started producing it big movies, and, in this case, Spider-Man, that I found my love for them - and then, only through carefully combing through DVD special features.It was one of these special fe...
THAT TRANS LIFE FOR ME - Final
So here it is, the final, four-page comic! This is four times longer than any I have ever done, and therefore it took, like, a lot longer than expected, but whatevs! It's done!Anyway, I wanna talk about this comic for a bit. So this was initially gonna be just a one-pager, and I had kinda drawn the body of the woman on the first page, and I knew I wanted her winking in this succession of image...
Trans Comic - Initial Inks
I am done with the whole comic, but I wanted to throw y'all pictures of the (relatively) initial inks, so you can see more of the process! :DCool! I hope you all think these are interesting, and that you're excited for the finished product, which I'll be posting within the next few hours!!
Trans Comic - ALL PENCILS
Y'all, I am not gonna say too much about these right now, seeing as how I really want to get to inking, BUT, I thought I would still post the pics of the pencils. I am very excited for this comic, which went from one page to four pages, and which is, therefore, the longer comic I have ever done. Can't wait to finish it for y'all! :)))) (PS, don't mind the light streaks on the pics!...
Trans Comic - Prelim Pencils
Yaaaay, I am finally doing a comic about something trans! This isn't autobiography, or anything, but it is basically how I felt in many moments in my life leading up to my realization that I was trans. I think what's missing so far is alllllllll that denial, but maybe I can shove that into it in the coming stages!Okay, so here is something that I often do when doing a comic: instead of, li...
THE DIFFICULTY OF TRANS COMICS
One thing I see discussed a lot lately in the comics circle is representation, and particularly with regard to trans people working in comics and creating trans characters, as well as the problems that arise when cis people tackle trans narratives. I'm mostly going to discuss my difficulty in relaying my trans experience in comics, and my portraying trans people in my art.I don't know how ...
FAMILY MATTERS - Final Inks
Wow, this took some effing time. I never really know which route I am going to take when it come to texturizing backgrounds. Sometimes it's what I call the "volleyball technique," where three lines intersect with three other lines going a different direction, thus producing a pattern, and space! But this time I just went with deep stippling, because the line weights I used were smaller...
FAMILY MATTERS - Initial Inks
This is what I have so far for this comic. As you can see, I added a bit here and there - mostly detail, but I also added the flowers in the silhouette panel (because it...didn't look good). I am very excited to finish it!
New Comic - FAMILY MATTERS - Pencils
Am sick as shit right now and I really wanted to work on a comic today, and so here is another one done in my sketchbook. Definitely will add a lot of texture during inking, but I am not so sure yet! We'll find out!
Sketchbook Babe and her Pupper - Final Inks
And here is the end! Added a bit of detail here and there to give it a little more depth, as well as giving the coat an actual interior. I am pretty happy with it!!
Girl with Dog - Initial Inks
Added a bit here and there before finishing up the pencils - figured out what shoes to give her, etc. Time to fill in this bad boy!
Girl with Dog - Unfinished Pencils
Drew this a few weeks ago, but never finished it cuz I thought it was "too plain." Whatever. I was going through some rough shit - but here it is, the drawing I am about to finish penciling and then ink! This pose has been the bane of my existence, and so I am glad I did something that got it... MORE right. We'll see how it turns out!!
Steampunk Beekeeper - Final
Here is a drawing that my sister waited on for months and months and months. Added lots of little detail from the previous one, notable on the gloves and pants, and filled in the rest. I am overall pretty happy with it. I am kinda surprised I took so long to finish it, but that what ya do.TBH, I know the reason it took so long. My initial version in pencil had a problem with the right foot that me...
Steampunk Beekeeper - Initial Inks
Altered a few things here and there, but mostly just inked over the drawing. Had to figure out the best way for the net thing to cut through her clothes. Not sure I fully succeeded, but whatevs. We'll see when I am done.
Steampunk Beekeeper - Pencils
So a long time ago, my sister commissioned me to draw a Steampunk Beekeeper, and so I drew this. Had to fix a couple of things, and never got around to inking it, but I am about to start. Now I know what you're thinking: "But Chloe, what an impractical outfit for a Beekeeper!" Guess what? YOU'RE RIGHT!! She wanted something cute, and I didn't think I could give her something cu...
Boy sketch
Really just wanted to try to draw some musculature tonight, and so here is this beautiful boy stripping.
Country Woman - Final Inks
Added some detail here and there - one thing I thought about was that it was likely she was in the sun a lot, and the sun brings out freckles if you've got 'em, so I threw those on her, as well as minor detail in hopes of kind of adding to her more rough look. She actually kinda has a Sissy Spacek/Shelley Duval face, now that I look at it.
Country Woman - Pencils + Initial Inks
So I have a tendency to draw the same type of person over and over again, which can be fine, but can also miss the breadth of humanity found in different cultures. So I thought of this woman from the country, definitely a little more hardened in her skin, and with like experience that has made her a little weary. Started with her face and liked it quite a bit, and so then I just kinda kept adding ...
Drawing - My Transition
This was a drawing I have already posted on many other social media sites, but I thought it good to post here, as well, as it kinda details a bit of who I am and how I got here (not in great detail, thought you can watch the transformation). Thought it would be cool for eyes to see it who may not have! :))Now that I am looking at this, I might go further into some of these for my five dollar tier ...
Sketchbook Girl - pencils
Okay, so like, here is a girl I stared drawing last night because I really want to put together a book of kinda punk-looking badass girls wearing collars. Definitely think there are some changes I might still make before inking (her face seems a little flat, etc.), but I...kinda like it?The thing is, I spend a lot of time drawing pin-ups because I really like to create a full piece of fashion - an...
TOOLS
Sometimes people ask me what I use to draw, and I have mostly gotten this shit down to like a science. I use a .7mm mechanical pencil (used to use .3mm, but I regrettably lost that one), and that white eraser, which works much better than the one on the pencil. I lose that eraser like every five minutes because I draw on my bed, and I never pay attention to where I set it, cuz I am a dunce. I use ...
New Comic: MY LESBIAN EXPERIENCE WITH VAMPIRISM - Final Inks!!
Here is the finished comic! Worked all day on this, and, while I am defs not 100% sure that there is any substance to be found here at all, I think it was a fun exercise! I dunno. Maybe I could do more of these? Kinda feel like shit for ripping off the My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness title, but like...it's kinda just a play on it - so it's...okay?In any case, I added some texture to ...
New Comic - Initial Inks (Now about vampires!!)
So like...yeah, I thought this comic was gonna be something to do with the beginnings of lesbian sex, but I guess it's actually about lesbian vampirism. I noticed that the mouth at the end of the strip seemed too goddamn devious to just be, like, a normal mouth, and so I added fangs and gave the whole thing a totes diff vibe. So here are the initial inks. I don't expect it to change hella ...
New Comic - Here Comes the Girl Sex
Here are the pencils to this brief comic/exercise I am working on. It has been really tough getting to this point. I started with the circular "But like, what do you mean?" panel, which I liked a TON, but then I had no idea where to go with that. It was supposed to be the start of this page, but ended up being the middle. Originally it was going to be a girl asking her out, but then I didn...
Sketchbook Girl - Final Inks
And here she is!! Realized I didn't want her blonde considering it looked kinda bad after initial inks, so now she's like brunette or something. Added a thumb on the left hand, cuz three dangling fingers don't look too great. My process usually goes that anything which looks like it needs improvement before publishing WILL BE IMPROVED, or it will keep me up until it is done.I think stu...
Sketchbook Girl - Line Inks
This is my right before I go and add a bunch of black in certain spaces, and so it's much closer to a final version now. Still, I often have a tendency to notice things that I'd like to add throughout - often little details I didn't think were important the first pass. We'll see what happens!
Sketchbook Girl Rough - Early Process
Kinda had the idea today at work, but it was gonna be some lesbian comic, and then I didn't draw a lesbian comic, because I drew this instead. Whatever.Anyway, here is a girl in leather (EDIT: it's actually latex) and fur (because of course she is), done in pencil. I always sketch everything out first, typically doing a fairly detailed version of everything before moving on to any inks, bu...
