Libby & Holly Pg 12-13 (Patreon)

Happy Tuesday everyone! Here's a couple pages for ya!

In other news, I am still working on the physical comics. 

Seriously spent 30 hours on this stuff. I'm always fighting with perfectionism but it's easier for me to put it aside in the context of drawing since I have more practice. Graphic design and product stuff is another beast. Hoping to wrap it up this week.

Want some art talk? Keep reading, if not, that's fine too 🧡 I hope you enjoy the pages.

I've been a bit more thorough on coloring with these most recent pages and it's something I'm still not quite sure how I feel about. The only thing I'm sure of is that I want color in this comic to be something that's descriptive, but not always literal.

I like when color flips between an actual skin tone one second, and then atmospheric color the next. It feels flexible and more expressionistic and I think that's must more useful in terms of describing Libby's frantic state of mind.

I feel the same way about detail, it's really gratifying to have a moment of strong physicality, but I also like the kinda idealized cartoonish forms because of how pleasant and easy to read they are.

I guess ultimately this comics is going to be a celebration of drawing in a slightly different way than Fitting for a Lady was. There are fewer lines, they're softer and sometimes a bit more gestural, I'm not as concerned with completing every form and closing every shape.

It wouldn't be a Winton comic if I didn't have some obscure and not lewd at all visual reference I'm inspired by. Can you guess what it is?
That's right, 1960's Eames + Herman Miller furniture catalogs! You're so smart.

I fully plan to opt out of drawing a bunch of books in tons of detail and instead play with these bouncy, lyrical graphic shapes to fill backgrounds. It would be wonderful to have a little post processing stage with these comics to add that grit that makes things feel like they were printed the same way these furniture ads were.

They're stylish, play with negative space in some really bold ways and is just an aesthetic I'd like to play with more to see what it can do in a lewd context.

That's all for today! Thanks for reading and supporting my work, everyone!
💛Winton