Coming towards the end of Bad Magic – 21 pages of ink and then that’s a wrap.
This week I’ve also drawn another episode of the leopard of Lime Street, and talked to a guy about pitching for an image book. I have an appalling track record of pitching and I can’t abide six pages that just go nowhere (the normal expectation is to draw six pages of the story), so instead we’re gonna try doing a 16 page complete story and if it doesn’t land we’ll kickstart it just as a one off. (I dunno what a kickstarter would look like, but I figure it’ll have a lot of process stuff – pencils, inks, script, the whole shebang)
So I’ve also started scheduling ahead. Since everything can be a little chaotic with art, especially the further ahead you attempt to plan (I mean, can you plan for sickness? plan for sudden spurts of activity and speed?) but planning one fully drawn page per actual day drawing seems solid.
In truth I can probably reliably do one and a half pages per day, so I’ll always, over a long time period get ahead of deadlines.
But, if you’re interested, here’s how I’d LIKE the next few weeks to go:
6 March – 12 March ink 21 Pages Skulduggery Pleasent (this might go over)
13 March – 19 March Judge Dredd 6 pager (this should finish in less time than I’ve allowed)
20 March – 26th Match Leopard ep10 (6 pager ditto)
27th March – 11 April Image Pitch (16 pages) #1
And then, I’ll be on Dredd, the Leopard then Dredd non stop (well, until I’ve done 8 episodes in total)
Start of April I’ll need to reevealuate. I’d like to not have any non working weeks (I mean, apart from holidays, obv) but that depends on work. Plus an email from DC asking me to do something there will obviously derail this all, but I’ve no expectations on that front.
Plus in that time I may be snuffling around for longer gigs – though, right now, I’m of mind to pour a lot of time into drawing Dredd, assuming Matt will keep asking me.