Hey there,
Guess who's back with another page? Meeee. You're Parisian pal Jrej.
My own graphic novel Shades Of Men continues...
I know it's been two weeks but covid got in the way and I had to work from home. As I usually draw in the metro commute to work I hadn't progressed much. In the end, I basically drew everything this weekend!
As you may know I'm reaching the end of the story soon.
Let's see how David's character arc concludes…
Here some in-progress pics of the page:
I have to say I quite like this page.
The challenge was mostly the rhythm of the conversation and fitting all speech bubbles in the limited space. As you can see in the sketched page, I hadn't planned the text to be so big.
Also I made some last minute changes in the bubbles' position in panel 3 so the reading flows better.
I like the addition of red nose and cheeks for David on panel 2. This was not planned but I remembered... snow is cold, right? ;-) I added a cold breath as well.
With just those tiny details I think it brings a lot to the scene, selling the cold environment they are in. I wonder if not having that would have been shocking?
I guess we will never know...
I have to remember to do the same in the next page!
The last page!
Thanks for following along.
See you next week for the final page of this 9-year comic adventure.
It's been a crazy ride! Still can't believe it!
See you on the other side,
Jrej
Shades Of Men Archive:
Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6
Ch7 - Ch8 - Ch9 - Ch10 - Ch11
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