The Well, cover concept

The Well is probably the first comic concept I ever had. (with exception of Tin Ambition, which was a comic but not an idea just an idea about a comic… what? Are we confused? Yes! Carrying on.) The Well was thought up to be a short. It was for practice as I was wanting to get into comics and I decided I should think up an idea to use for study, for whatever reason (ie: super laziness) I never did it until 2009. (I got the idea in 2005ish? yeeeeeeah)

Well here is the not so beginning stages. I thought doing it in pencil only would be an AMAZING idea. Yeah amazing fail. This piece always needed to be in ink, why? To get the contrast between the light and shadow. (hurr hurr such a novel concept ehh?) but the issue, I am uncomfortable working in ink. Haha oh man this is gonna rock.
The comic is a homage piece to depression which surprised me as I usually don’t get all emotional with my art. (I mean really with as many asides I have done in this write up you can see how I have an issue focusing on emotion with ‘works o’ art’) It’s not necessarily MY depression but more how everyone feels in it. It’s something that consumes you hunts you down and rips you apart. (whoa, Nami whoa!)

RIGHT moving on. I have uploaded some concept art as well as a “throw away” piece (no really I’m chucken the ink work) of my current project that I can share (there is a client piece I’m currently working on but that’s all I can say HAHAHA NON DISCLOUSER >p) I am going to spend the next few weeks practicing inking, and doing some panel redesign. Then the completed comic will go up on my smack-jeeves page (OMG NAMI IS SPREADING ACROSS THE INTERNET LIKE THE PLAUGE. FOR SERIOUS.) in the mean time I get to bore you with my process here!

MUAHAHAHAH onto the art!

This is the main character! <3 I wanted her to look like she was getting consumed and also quite pathetic. Lol I feel bad for her but this is necessary. Let’s call it “plot development”. She’s so cute <3

This is the pencil sketch of the cover :3 this isn’t the whole image XD fuuu try to make sense of this. “Girl in wind and … hands? What?” yeah don’t worry a better more coherence image is to come later.


My ‘throw away’ in practice. >3 I decided to try something different! I may do a few more studies of this to see if I want to stay with my nibs (yay) or go to a brush (yay) or go to my pens (yay) I’m pretty happy with this one though… I can’t wait to have the fully finished image. To be honest I’m looking forward to finish the comic as a whole! :3 naha! That’s all for now! More in coming weeks!