And of course this should also be a reminder to you just how much work and study and life experience from yourself goes into every piece of work of yours! x
Should I understand from that request that you don't like the way they look? (I don't wish to presume, but a couple of other people didn't favour that from an earlier iteration and said so.) Personally I believe the white helps lead the eye around the page. I'm trying to cater to new audiences and not just those who are used to comics. Clarity is my watchword.
I wouldn't necessarily apply anything universally, though. Every story is different.
Thanks, Steve. I have hundreds of them. The ones illustrated by Harry H Wingfield in particular are amazing. The orangiest Orange Juice you've ever seen, the spooniest spoon. They've tried to make them into Collector's Items but there's like 80 million of them printed!
I am finally caught up (newsletters get filtered in to a folder to read when I have time to enjoy them... I never HAVE time, so I'm starting to steal it). The Production Blogs are my jam as I'll be getting the book when published so don't want to read so much as glance at pages for now...
In a future PB can you go back to the first and spell out why you don't want speech balloons to be part of the picture plane itself? Is that a hard and fast rule for yourself or specific to some jobs?
Fascinating seeing an insight into your process and realising just how much work goes in! Wow 😮 Such a talent.
Bless you, Susan.
And of course this should also be a reminder to you just how much work and study and life experience from yourself goes into every piece of work of yours! x
speech balloons/picture plane...
Should I understand from that request that you don't like the way they look? (I don't wish to presume, but a couple of other people didn't favour that from an earlier iteration and said so.) Personally I believe the white helps lead the eye around the page. I'm trying to cater to new audiences and not just those who are used to comics. Clarity is my watchword.
I wouldn't necessarily apply anything universally, though. Every story is different.
Thanks, Steve. I have hundreds of them. The ones illustrated by Harry H Wingfield in particular are amazing. The orangiest Orange Juice you've ever seen, the spooniest spoon. They've tried to make them into Collector's Items but there's like 80 million of them printed!
I am finally caught up (newsletters get filtered in to a folder to read when I have time to enjoy them... I never HAVE time, so I'm starting to steal it). The Production Blogs are my jam as I'll be getting the book when published so don't want to read so much as glance at pages for now...
In a future PB can you go back to the first and spell out why you don't want speech balloons to be part of the picture plane itself? Is that a hard and fast rule for yourself or specific to some jobs?
Love it! A revealing look at your process, Ed. I’d forgotten all about those ladybird books too!