A Walk to a Waterfall - Process Update

I have been slowly working on the behind the scenes parts of A Walk to a Waterfall ready for 705, making small adjustments as I have researched narrative structure and picture code, to improve the script and visuals. For example, I have adapted the script to fit the "Circular Narrative" technique; the story starts in a train station platform, and will end on one.

I'm working with a skewed drawing style as a visual metaphor for my mental health at the time, I will also be building in more colour as the arc comes to a more positive end.

I am really aware that I don't want to go 'over the top' with the amount of techniques that I am choosing to put into this piece, as I do not want the story and message to become muddy. However, as a short book, I want to ensure there is enough depth for people to pick up on something new on the second or third reading.

I finished two pages to use in the pitch pack and add to my website. 

Planning for 705

 I wanted to put together a timeline plan for my 705 module, specifically for the finishing of A Walk to a Waterfall; including time for printing.

I've taken into consideration research points, critique, reviews and time to distribute pdf copies to reviewers, such as Broken Frontier. I want to give myself plenty of time upon completion to consider the dissemination of the finished piece, as well as utilising some of the pages for prints.

Riso Printing - Artwork Preperation

Following on from my riso printing workshop, I revisited some ideas I had for a print, and have today finalised the artwork and sent it to Footprint, a local printing co-operative. I decided to go with a three colour print, I created the initial artwork on an iPad using Procreate, and finalised the artwork for print in Photoshop. Below is the artwook in black scale:

The workshop really helped me make sense of the process, and helped in the finalisation of this work immensely. I've ordered 25 pieces, which I will sign and number as a limited edition print! I will be selling these at Printed Bound, as part of the MA Illustration table there on April 1st.

Web-Comics - Continuing to Share my work

A big part of my dissemination method is to implant myself into the auto-biographical scene online, to do this I want to keep sharing small pieces on social media. I may one day put these pieces into a collection, but at this stage I am using it as a way to, firstly, share quick comics online, and secondly explore my ideas in a less permanent and "perfect" way. 

Here is a selection of a few I have shared:

Tips for Anxiety:

 

A Crying Shame - Progress

I've been getting through pages of A Crying Shame at a reasonable rate, I'm doing the link work and colouring at the same time, keeping the backgrounds fairly simple with an intention to go back and add more detail if I want to/have time. I plan to letter it at the end, however I wanted to experiment with this a little and so have added it to the below two images.

I wanted to see if hand-lettering would work, because this is such a personal story, hand-lettering it really fits and I love the way it looks. I'm blessed with being able to take the extra time to hand-letter as this book is fairly short, it may not be something I can do longterm, but whilst I have the chance I am taking advantage of it. The comic will be a mixture of speech bubbles and narration boxes, which you can see below.

These two pages feel like a really good introduction to the concept of the comic too, so I've added them to my website, and will add them to a faux-pitch pack for this project too.

 

A Walk to a Waterfall - Brief and Hook

A Walk to a Waterfall
 
12 pages - Self Published
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A Walk to a Waterfall explores the hidden battles we fight and the elation felt when the fight is won... And also, how cool waterfalls are.
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Chloe is taking a solo trip to the beautiful country side in North Yorkshire, England. It's only the second trip she has ever taken alone and she has one activity planned; a walk to a waterfall. With themes of anxiety and sadness A Walk to a Waterfall explores the hidden battles we fight, and the elation felt when the fight is won.

Online Presense - Comics Section

 I wanted to add a 'Comics' tab onto my website, to give more context to my practise, and to make the pieces that I am working on feel more real. I used pages from the books, along with hook and blurb for both books.

This feels like a really simple way to establish it firmly that I am a comic creator.