Rapunzel Comic, pt. 1
Jul. 10th, 2012 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sushusketchesSince the completion of Sixteen, my next comicking goal has been to write something that was less dependent on someone else's story/plot/characters. I also wanted to try doing the comic digitally, to practice my Photoshop skills.
I decided to write a spin-off of Rapunzel (for the record, I've had this idea since 2001, so not influenced by Tangled). Specifically, here's the portion that captured my imagination oh-so-long-ago:
My question was: What happened to Rapunzel in the several years while the Prince was wandering around the forest? She had TWINS? (That are implied to be the Prince's?)
This comic is my attempt to answer that question. The writing process was challenging, and even now, I'm not sure if this is a good story. But I've decided it's time to stop futzing and actually draw the comic. After all, if the story sucks, it's better to make it, learn from the process, and move on.
This is part 1 of 6, hopefully.
The art style change for pgs 2-4 is not just a stylistic choice, but also a time management choice -- it took me roughly twice as long to sketch out, ink, and then shade the page, vs. just sketching and then solidifying.
In the process, I got a lot better at making speech bubbles! (Mostly by finally figuring out some of the Path-based stuff that Photoshop can do.) The character rendering is still a bit wobbly, but I'm sure it'll stabilize in a few more pages.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.
I decided to write a spin-off of Rapunzel (for the record, I've had this idea since 2001, so not influenced by Tangled). Specifically, here's the portion that captured my imagination oh-so-long-ago:
[The witch discovers that Rapunzel had been seeing the prince. She cuts off Rapunzel's hair.] And she was so unmerciful that she took Rapunzel into a wilderness where she suffered greatly.
[The prince shows up to find Rapunzel gone]
The prince was overcome with grief, and in his despair he threw himself from the tower. He escaped with his life, but the thorns into which he fell poked out his eyes. Blind, he wandered about in the forest, eating nothing but grass and roots, and doing nothing but weeping and wailing over the loss of his beloved wife. Thus he wandered about miserably for some years, finally happening into the wilderness where Rapunzel lived miserably with the twins that she had given birth to.
My question was: What happened to Rapunzel in the several years while the Prince was wandering around the forest? She had TWINS? (That are implied to be the Prince's?)
This comic is my attempt to answer that question. The writing process was challenging, and even now, I'm not sure if this is a good story. But I've decided it's time to stop futzing and actually draw the comic. After all, if the story sucks, it's better to make it, learn from the process, and move on.
This is part 1 of 6, hopefully.
The art style change for pgs 2-4 is not just a stylistic choice, but also a time management choice -- it took me roughly twice as long to sketch out, ink, and then shade the page, vs. just sketching and then solidifying.
In the process, I got a lot better at making speech bubbles! (Mostly by finally figuring out some of the Path-based stuff that Photoshop can do.) The character rendering is still a bit wobbly, but I'm sure it'll stabilize in a few more pages.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome.
