the cellist
Follow a lost, deluded young adult with a growing obsession with her neighbor. Below is my process for my debut printed comic.
character designs
For a character-based narrative such as this, the first step in my process is character design. As I only had two months to complete this comic, I decided to keep my designs in the rough sketch stage. I was okay with having no character turnaround sheet because I wanted some visual inconsistencies with my character as a narrative element of the story.
thumbnail sketches
For this project, my rough thumbnails and script were part of the same stage of development. After getting a feel for my main character, I created loose thumbnails along with general scripting to get a sense of pacing in my comic.
revised thumbnails
The next step involves taking my loose thumbnails and developing them into clear sketches. My main priority during this stage is to create a clean enough sketch that I can go straight into rendering.
rendering
After completing my revised thumbnails, I begin rendering, the most time-consuming part of my process. I add line art over my sketches before going in with color. Since I was in a time crunch for this comic, I did line art and color in the same stage.
and finally…
printing!
Thanks for following along! The Cellist is available now in my shop and at Quimby’s Bookstore in Wicker Park, Chicago.