When Inspiration Dries Up

The pencilling of this was great, It flowed and took no time at all. I was excited to ink it thinking about the mark making and pen work involved. When it came to it though it was a nightmare. I had built up expectations at the outcome too much. It took days to complete. Due to the cold, wet weather the ink didn't dry and smudged when I erased the pencil lines. I managed to correct the mistakes but I haven't struggled so much to make a page in months! Panel six with the coughing fisherman took over five attempts to get a version that I was half happy with.

The colouring was off too. I wasn't prepared to spend more time on getting it right so went with the first pass. Mediocre! My answer to this is to push through with blunt force.

Pencilled pages.

Raw scan of finished sketchbook pages.