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Weekly Update 03.19.18

Added 2018-03-19 16:21:45 +0000 UTC

A busy week ahead, but not as busy as last week (and I got quite a bit done last week).

Will be posting page 3 of STRESS RELIEF in a few minutes. Page 4 is all sketched out and ready for hard lines. Want to get the pages 5 and 6 figured out as well. Once the “action” starts up, layout gets pretty complicated.

So how does one layout an… “action” scene? Well let’s see…

First there’s the story board; I do a bunch of rough (really rough) sketches of what I want to see happen and I put them in the order I want them to go (sometimes it helps to start at the end and work backwards). Once that’s done I break them into groups, creating several shorter sequences. Each sequence is broken down further until it’s short enough to fit on a page. Then I arrange it into panels panels in a clear and logical way. I am convinced that this is an art form in itself, one that I still struggle with. I can do it, but boy it takes a long time. ^^;

In other news, I want to write a D&D campaign that I can DM for my wife and friends. My wife always DM’s and never gets to play, so I’m going to give her the chance to take a break and play the game. It will be a while before it happens (I’m still learning the rules the hard way) but I have an idea that I think will be a lot of fun. Kind of a D&D murder mystery.

The other thing I really want to do is try The Call of Cthuhlu roll playing game. I’m a big Lovecraft fan and have some fun ideas for a campaign.

Also, my wife found this website heroforge.com where you can get custom miniatures made. A friend of mine just got one made of her character and it looks great (she painted it herself). I think I’ll be getting one for myself at some point. Bet my wife would love one for her birthday. :)

Alright, lots to do so let’s make it good! Have a great week everyone!