02/19/06 - Comic - TWD 1 roughs

This is Project 1 for a local Comics Creators Group I am a member of. The assignment was to rough out the first four pages of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #1. He has a scriptbook out with the first several comic issues scripts.

These were done 1/4 final size or 3.75" x 2.5". This is the stage of drawing where you work out a lot of the logistical problems and should really be experimenting. These shoud be small but clear. It's easy to become attached to your layout if you put too much work into an early version. Don't always go with your first version. Save the detail for the final pencils. Otherwise you will lose a lot of life and energy from the layout to final pencils.