motivation
Aug. 7th, 2006 05:03 pmMotivation to get off my ass again.
I sat down and worked out a page template today. Illustrator made it easier, but I still had to get things into the real world by hand! I decided on some page ratio numbers, and scaled that up to best fit a spread in the large paper I have.
I also just realized that the page ratio I've decided on - 2:3 - exactly matches this other pile of index cards I got. I've got a pile of 3x5" cards that holds almost every piece of text relating to this story, and I have these 4x6" cards I'd gotten along with them. And now they have, perhaps, a use: page thumbnails. Though a template for typing paper might work better, as squeezing dialogue into a thumbnail is a pain... I could always use the back side, or a second card. Hmm. Being able to shove a slab of preliminary work into my purse is really tempting.
I still don't know what medium I want to start in. I know it will vary; I know it will be greyscale. If I was more skilled in paint I'd seriously consider that. It's always been partially painted, in my mind's eye. I should do some experiments, I suppose.
This thing is over-ambitious. It always has been. But it's the shape the narrative has always had. It's at least two years of serious work, and that's kind of scary. I've never done anything this size before, even half-assed. And this is not something I can do half-assedly in good conscience.
I wonder if I should mention the trans metaphor angle when doing general promotion of it. It's never explicit; it's a layer under the surface. Would people interested in a trans comic be pissed when it's never about 'OMG it's senior prom and my tits are leaking and I'M GETTING A STIFFY'; would people interested in an angsty monster-girl comic be turned away by seeing the metaphor laid bare in some blurbs? It's about the experience of being trans without the particulars of being trans.
I sat down and worked out a page template today. Illustrator made it easier, but I still had to get things into the real world by hand! I decided on some page ratio numbers, and scaled that up to best fit a spread in the large paper I have.
I also just realized that the page ratio I've decided on - 2:3 - exactly matches this other pile of index cards I got. I've got a pile of 3x5" cards that holds almost every piece of text relating to this story, and I have these 4x6" cards I'd gotten along with them. And now they have, perhaps, a use: page thumbnails. Though a template for typing paper might work better, as squeezing dialogue into a thumbnail is a pain... I could always use the back side, or a second card. Hmm. Being able to shove a slab of preliminary work into my purse is really tempting.
I still don't know what medium I want to start in. I know it will vary; I know it will be greyscale. If I was more skilled in paint I'd seriously consider that. It's always been partially painted, in my mind's eye. I should do some experiments, I suppose.
This thing is over-ambitious. It always has been. But it's the shape the narrative has always had. It's at least two years of serious work, and that's kind of scary. I've never done anything this size before, even half-assed. And this is not something I can do half-assedly in good conscience.
I wonder if I should mention the trans metaphor angle when doing general promotion of it. It's never explicit; it's a layer under the surface. Would people interested in a trans comic be pissed when it's never about 'OMG it's senior prom and my tits are leaking and I'M GETTING A STIFFY'; would people interested in an angsty monster-girl comic be turned away by seeing the metaphor laid bare in some blurbs? It's about the experience of being trans without the particulars of being trans.