Trigger: Latest colored page
July 26th, 2007
The Trigger Project is what Marc-André Legault and I have dubbed our latest comic boook project.
It’s a tentative name, that we’re going to have to replace soon, now that the first issue is well under way.
In the meantime, here’s the latest page I finished in color, the majority of the first issue being pencilled and inked…
As you can see from the artwork, it’s a western! Took us some time to realize thi is what we should have been doing for a while! Of course its mixed with video game influences and a healthy dose of hip-hop culture…
For kicks, here’s the pencilled page.
For more artwork, you can always swing by my comicspace for 4 additionnal colored pages.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Hi JJ!
Don’t know what happened to your post:
“Question- Before we execute a comic, do we have to create a proper full script for the comic first?
Or would a simple summary/synopsis be enough for a head start and then let the script flows later?”
Well that’s a good question!
From experience, I would recommend having a full script with dialog written.
In our case, Marc - the writer - had a full script ready for the first issue as well as a synopsis for the whole story arc, covering the 6 issues.
based on that script, I sat down and was able to break down the story into pages and panels. Knowing where dialog is prevalent helps size-up the panels.
There was a lot of back-and-forth between Marc and I in what was an open process, where script influenced layouts, and in turn script changes were made to accommodate ideas for the layouts and the graphical flow of the book…
I believe you should have a full script before you set down to draw, even though you might change the script later on, just so you can focus on rendering the story and enhance it through the drawings,and layouts rather than define the story as you go along… After all, the greatest work is done when you have constraints!
You could move ahead without a full script if your narrative leans more towards visuals with little or no text.
Hope this helps!
-Shadi
August 21st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Ah, thanks Shadi! I was going to have more follow up questions but you have answered all of them. lol Thank you very much! It is very much appreciated.
Regards,
JJ