I have a pretty...unprofessional way of creating comic pages. I usually, at best, have a general idea of what I want to go on in a page. And then I go straight to thumbnails, and write the script as I am drawing the panels. Sometimes I even draw the panels and people's expressions, and then write the script, after I've figured everything else out. Also sometimes I have a really strong mental image of what will be in a certain panel, so I leave it blank in the thumbnail.
These first three pictures are thumbnails for The Lone Sentinel I did while in a very boring class last semester. I started conceptualizing and drawing the comic in the spring, which is part of why I was able to get a large buffer and also why I don't think I'll be able to do a second chapter next year. I need a break. o_o
These next two pages I drew this semester while in a very, very boring chemistry class. Part of the problem with just drawing everything at once without planning it out is that I have to redraw panels a lot, or draw the page out again with things rearranged and just symbolize with a number which panel goes where. With the fight between Drake and the vampire, I had absolutely no idea whatsoever what I wanted to do, so I completely gave up on drawing pages and just drew scenes, and then figured out what went where later.
And I do this for every single page I draw. Hopefully this gives you a better idea of how exhausting it is to draw an entire chapter, and why I like to give myself breaks. Long, long breaks.
