Grbl.
Lemniskate on Oct. 7, 2008
This was supposed to be the first panel.
It's a philosophical defeat. I tried to colour without outlines. But: epic fail.
I can't abandon them, my outlines, can't let go of them. I need well-defined outlines to work with, within whose limits I can operate. That's why I never liked water-colours, why I didn't like acrylic or oil colours: you have to let go of your outline and rely on the plane of colour. But if the lines begin to disappear under a layer of colour, I loose secureness: the rational order of the line begins to make room for the arbitrary chaos of colour.
Argl.
Have to find another way.
Lemniskate at 9:27AM, Oct. 9, 2008
That's a good thought. Still, I'll try it again. It can't be that difficult. And if you like it - that's at least one person who thinks so.
DAJB at 2:54AM, Oct. 9, 2008
I think, unless you're trying to make an arty or experimental comic, comics work better with outlines. No idea why. I guess the conventions we're used to have developed for a reason ... i.e. that's what works best (and we move away from them at our peril)! That said ... I think this pic is cool!