The Lady Cartoonist

Momentum is a tricky mistress. It is extremelly dificult to start on a new project, and often just as hard to keep it moving. I have always grappled with artists’ block; it makes me miserable and useless.
Almost my whole cartooning career I’ve been a page-by-page girl. I would write, pencil, and often ink each before moving to the next. This is a terrible way to work- the end of each page affords a gap where momentum can brick wall itself.
I’m breaking that habit with this new (!) comic. Breaking a project down into steps allows me to see the whole book; reduced to easy-to manage bite sized nuggets. Each step leads into the next. If you must take a couple days off, having a whole book roughed out makes it infinatly easier to pick back up again.
Here are my steps:
Page/ narrative roughs; narrative fine tuning; full sized pencils; final narrative and pencil tweeks (and speech bubble placing); ink outlines; ink detail, cleanup, color.
I encourage all cartoonists- rough it out!