Having spent a month or so straightening out the chaos that resembles story progression in the world of Metal Between Two Faces - issue 2 is now being pencilled.
In my world, things tend to get underway with large chunks of sprawling, spidery text in note books, followed by rudimentary script and text descriptions panel by panel, then quick layout thumbnail sketches in pencil or ink.
Only after the entire issue is layed out and the pacing seems to flow, do I start considering the nitty gritty details such as, how the hell do people look in a world like this? What do they wear? Does George Lucas use his facial hair to hide a double chin successfully or does it simply draw attention? If beer and tea both contain laxative elements - am I slowly but surely dehydrating due to a reluctance to drink plain water etc..
These initial sketches tend to get mangled up and re-formed once the real drawing starts. Kinks like exaggerated face lengths and generous noses/moles/growths crop up as the characters flesh themselves out on the page. In fact, once I start drawing at full scale, I tend to deviate from the initial layout thumbnails as miniature comedy/drama possibilities become apparent.
Stay tuned for more thrilling updates into the mind of this humble comic book creator!!! Cripes!
