A request from Mike Larsson for a cat comic. Yes it’s like every other cat comic I’ve done. She likes to eat what can I say?
I usually sketch out a little thumbnail of what I’m going to do. Sometimes as large as 8 1/2″ x 11″. They’re pretty rough. I just want a little idea of where things go and what’s going to be said. Generally what I layout is exactly what I draw. I may change the dialog, but it’s pretty close most of the time.
Being that this is something I may want to publish in a comick book in the future, I pencilled it on one of my comic boards. They run 11″ x17″ with a 10″ x 15″ drawing area. I do my best to redraw the thumbnail bigger. The loose sketches are really good for unconventional faces and poses. I have kind of given up drawing like a normal person at this point so I do have good idea of what look I’m going for.
And then I trace. Here’s the finished comick. Click to embiggen.
Great stuff! I love it!