Recolored pages 25-29
I always hated the way the last five pages I drew looked – because, you know, it’s supposed to be the middle of the night, and I simply couldn’t get it to feel like night-time with the palette I had chosen.
So I’ve decided that there will be two palettes in “How Mirka Got A Sword”; the regular one I’ll use for most of the book, and the night one for scenes that take place more-or-less in the dark.
Recoloring didn’t take very long, since I just changed what the old colors were in the photoshop files. It would have been much quicker if I hadn’t started “fixing” things as I went along.
(Actually, part of me wanted to completely redraw all five pages, this time making the black-and-white art look a lot more like night-time, rather than relying on the colors to carry that load. But sanity prevailed).
I’m much happier with those pages now. Of course, the real trick is going to be drawing page 30. Stay tuned.
(You can follow this link to read the entire scene beginning on page 25).
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Dunno how you’d change a black & white drawing to suggest night. Shadows?
Anyway, the color scheme carries the load quite well, as far as I can tell. Specifically, you make great use of the color white: the nervous glint in Mirka’s eyes as she prepare to leave, the elegant porch light, and the glowing eyes to suggest strong emotion. I especially like Mirka’s look of resolve as she marches off to meet her fate, only to stumble upon the anticlimactic form of her sleeping brother.
I can’t imagine how you find time to read all the web sites that end up on your Link Farms, research all your topics, spar with Cathy Young et al., serve as part-time (?) dad, cartoon for Dollars & Sense, and occasionally even plan a wedding or two. So I understand if you don’t get back to Mirka right away.
That said, my 11-yr-old has finished up the Bone series and the latest W.I.T.C.H book, and is looking for new graphics. No pressure or anything….