Made it! Another Inkspill comic.

You wouldn’t think this was a hard one to do, but that first panel is the result of three attempts. Again, in the interest of time, I worked my way through a tricky angle. It’s my job to use my free time to study that particular head position. I’d say it turned out okay, though.

This comic is cleaner than yesterday’s. I made it a point to not overwork anything, so now I get a little bit of a cleaner look while still maintaining that sketchy look.

My hand did start to hurt, but then I remember to stop, relax, stretch, and return to the paper a little looser. I think perhaps it’s the thickness of the pen holder, which is actually fairly big (I’m using a Deleter holder) and the fact that I’m squeezing the fulcrum with my thumb, forefinger, and middle finger too much. When I’m drumming, I distribute the work amongst all my fingers, so when I put the burden on my “triad” for too long, it tends to hurt. That’s the current theory, anyway.

This ends four weeks of comics rehab for me, and I dare say it’s working. I’m beginning to think that maybe I don’t need to go through rehab anymore and I can just get up at 7:00 AM every weekday to work on comics and, instead of documenting every day, I can start documenting significant days. I’ll give myself the weekend to think about it. I will admit that the decision to include a post about the day’s work is a bit of a motivator.

The important thing to learn from this rehab is that one must stick to a schedule and do nothing else during the time allotted. If all one can afford is an hour, make comics for an hour – no more, no less. This helps to develop a specific regimen and supports good time management. However, I admit that, while I did usually draw for an hour, the post usually takes me at least 15 minutes more than the allotted time, meaning the time spent on comics-related activity is over an hour. Perhaps I’ll just allot myself an hour-and-a-half to spend the last half hour doing whatever it is I need to do.

I wonder what kind of rehab I can put myself through to help me pick a project?

Today’s comics was done with a dip pen (G-pen nib), Koh-I-Noor black ink, and a Faber-Castell pen brush on Strathmore Series 500 bristol board

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This is an Inkspill. Inkspills can only be done in ink and must be drawn, scanned, cleaned, and posted in one hour, no more.