Busy Day Tomorrow

Our patterns of sleep seem to be shifting a bit now that Numenius is retired and we are sleeping much later into the morning than we used to. I can’t tomorrow, though, because I have a number of timed engagements, all of which are pleasurable but which mean I need to be up, dressed, and with my wits about me by 8 am. (I used to rise often before 5, so yes, this is a big change.)

The final of these engagements at 4 pm is a discussion about this recently published tome through the Sequential Artists Workshop. We are going to discuss a list of Rookie Mistakes contained in the book’s introduction, which include not thinking through the visual story, writing way too much, underestimating how long it takes to draw a comic, taking sloppy notes, and refusing to edit or cut anything. I’m afraid this last one is a big constraint for me — why draw it if it’s going to go? — but I hope to have enough of a thumbnail draft of one project to be able to share it next Saturday.