BLOTTING PAPER The Comic: Production Report No.12

Art, Blotting Paper, Comics April 20, 2013

Continuing my series of reports documenting the production of my comic Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions Of Doctor Comics…this post illustrates the use of the note books, sketch books and design processes involved.

The main note book used on the project wherein details of the character, environment and story were developed.
The main notebook used on the project wherein details of the character, setting and story were developed. (Photo-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

The larger notebook (above) is primarily used for making notes and writing drafts. It has information about the characters and the environment in which they live…plus ideas about the narrative and its construction. The smaller note books (below) contain rough sketches that were used to develop ideas from the main note book.

Two of the smaller note books in which design ideas and thumbnails were developed.
Two of the smaller note books in which design ideas and thumbnails were developed. (Photo-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Notes and sketches for one of the memory sequences.
Notes and sketches for one of the memory sequences. (Storyboard + Photo-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Thumbnails for a story sequence.
Thumbnails for a story sequence. (Storyboard + Photo-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Character design sketch in story sequence setting.
Character design sketch in story sequence setting. (Character design + Photo-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Early design for one of the feline characters.
Early design for one of the feline characters. (Character design -©2012 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

The design is a little on the rough and sketchy side! It does, however, show an outline of the character design and story sequencing. How did you find it? Let me know. I would love to read your responses to my posts, Michael.

(All text, photos and artwork-©2013 Dr. Michael Hill).

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Co-creator and former Director of the Master of Animation, Master of Design, and Visual Communication Design courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, Dr. Michael Hill has a Master's degree in animation plus a Ph.D. in comics studies, prompting his introduction on ABC Radio as “Doctor Comics”. A member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Comic Art, and former member of the Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship and the Advisory Committee of the Q-Collection Comic Book Preservation Project, he has delivered public lectures on Comics, Anime and Manga and held academic directorships in Interdisciplinary Studies, Animation, Design and Visual Communication. Having retired from academia and completing the donation of his collection of research materials on Australian alternative comics to the National Library of Australia, he is now active in the artistic domain, writing, drawing and printmaking, creating art postcards and prints and his own graphic novel: Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions of Doctor Comics.

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