by spidertour02 » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:31 pm
A few technical questions about being a comics artist:
(1) Do you prefer to work with full scripts, or in the "Marvel style" (loose plot that the artist paces, with dialog added by the writer later)? What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of each?
(2) After years of work, some artists tend to skip some of the steps in the creative process, i.e. thumbnailing pages. What type of work flow do you follow when drawing pages? For example, do you dive right into layouts? Are your pages primarily breakdowns? Etc.
(3) When you sit down at the drawing table at the beginning of the day, how much time do you spend "loosening up" with sketches, if at all? Do you find that this benefits your art overall, and is the loss of "work time" worthwhile in the long run?
(4) How much time do you spend on each page, on average, and how much time do you dedicate to drawing each week?
And one other ... Not to put you on the spot, but what do you think about Marvel ending their open submissions policy for artists?
Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions, and apologies if this bores anyone!
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