June 9th, 2008
Eyes page 1
3 page story.
This story is a bit of an experiment. I wanted to try and convey abstract Ideas with out using word balloons and see how successful words with in the image could be at conveying those ideas.
3 page story.
This story is a bit of an experiment. I wanted to try and convey abstract Ideas with out using word balloons and see how successful words with in the image could be at conveying those ideas.
I am a contributor to the Abstract Comics Anthology and blog.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 am
Dude, do you mean ‘word balloons’ in the second sentence?
This idea intrigues me. I almost wonder if more judicious word usage would have stronger impact. i..e write shitloads of descriptive words and then really nail it down to the key 5 or 6 that will form a sentence in the reader’s mind and use them. Just a thought anyway. And the art is nice!
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Oops you’re right, fixed it. Thanks
Richard has talked about this idea of sifting through a lot of words and distilling them to form Haiku.
I think you’re right it would have a stronger impact. Generally there is no fluff in comics text anyway.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I reckon save the haiku for a separate comic. That’s a challenge in itself