Pencils for CH 4, Page 68
Added 2016-09-07 02:39:27 +0000 UTCThanks to hitting our very first Milestone Goal, Patrons get to see Adam DeKraker's original pencilwork in addition to the regular updates.
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Hey Chris - these are the first pass pencils, and the change you're seeing is one I requested from Adam which he completed for the 2nd pass (which was then sent on to Vero.) I really wanted Spooky's emotion (which I called "heartbreak") to be more clear—to show that the pain of this defeat wasn't about ego for him, but that he truly cared about those people and it was heartbreaking that he couldn't save them. This was important to me not only because I wanted to show Spooky's true character, but also because I felt he was the strongest connection for the readers to this scene. Of course, most readers wouldn't want the sacrifices to be killed, but from a writing perspective, those are just stakes of "general protection." Audiences and readers do care about stakes of general protection (i.e. saving the world), but they tend not to be very compelling on their own. (Think about the second Avengers movie—did we really care about the people in the city at the end? I mean, *really* care?) It's the *personal* stakes that really matter to your audience—and in this case, who the readers really care about is Spooky. It's when you combine personal stakes with the stakes of general protection that things become compelling. And so I felt showing how this impacted Spooky, how it was breaking his heart, was essential. And that's why I asked for the revision of the pencils to show that before I sent Adam's work to Vero for coloring. Hope that makes sense! Thanks for the good question, Chris! :)
Alex Woolfson
2016-09-09 18:07:48 +0000 UTCHi guys, I just noticed the tiny difference in Spooky's eye direction/head direction in Panel #3 between this and the posted page. I love that you guys brought him just a tiny bit more into profile in the final and we can more clearly see his inner collapse and that facial expression and body sag just a little more clearly. I'm just curious where in your process,between pencils and color, did you find time to make that adjustment. Was there still time before Vero began her work? Or am I think of it to linearly? Thanks. This works, but the final page works even better. Great stuff.
Chris Dangerfield
2016-09-08 22:57:18 +0000 UTC
