I think I’ve finally found my style thanks largely in part to some exercises derived from Christopher Hart’s Drawing Cutting Edge Comics
An excellent read and one that has helped me not only rediscover my roots, but hoe to accentuate them.
I’m still not drawing as fast as I would like to, not fast enough by far to actually draw an entire comic. Maybe, if I ever end up getting my comic off the ground with another artist’s help, I’ll draw the covers.
The key, I found, was to go back to some middle school ideas. I started drawing on blank copy paper in ball-point pen. It gives you the luxury of drawing construction lines without the illusionary self-confidence of the eraser. Without being able to erase lines, you think much more about each one’s purpose. There’s little room for mistakes.
After doing at least one awesome drawing in pen, I decided I could go back to my blue col-erase pencils that I fell in love with in art school. Just today, I kicked out two fairly awesome pieces, inks and all.
I really rediscovered something this week and I am totally grateful.