New ventures

So I'm on an exciting venture at the minute starting up a new comic book with a friend but to be honest I'm not that great at cartoons! So, it's a little bit of a learning curve. I want to create something different with this comic, so I went for a mash up of my loves, pencil and free flowing ink, trying to create something gritty that reflects the characters. It's been really fun, to tell a story, as normally I produce singular images or a small series. This story was a short 16 page one with an original poem by Pablo Neruda, a man who certainly can articulate love. Which we decided to turn into a little zombie love story. A few things I've learned to work on is developing backgrounds for depth and have a little perspective in there. Also colour.. which I'm inherently scared of :)

So here's a few pages..

XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,

or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,

in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms

but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;

thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,

risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,

so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,

so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

By Pablo Neruda