SoulDriver

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Chapter 3 page 19

j giar

on Nov. 17, 2008

So here's the thing…Feeling mucho better. Except for a slight tickle at the back of my throat, I feeling better than I was. Which brings me to this page. This one came together so well for me…especially compared to page 18. I love playing with elongated panels…horizontal or vertical. I like the way you can try and fit shapes into them and play with the positive and negative spaces you create. A coupe things with this page. I was trying to achieve a certain feel. A feeling of impending dread. The noose will begin to tighten around our friend Frank. That's the reason of the gradual elongating panels until we see the smoking cig butt almost surrounded and trapped in the last panel.
Also I tried to keep the readers eye traveling up and down. Keeping the text top to bottom left to right. Ex. Panel one has the text at top and then I have the hand and fingers pointing down to the following text. Let me know if this works…
Which now brings me to the infamous page 18. Superman has Luthor, Batman has the Joker, Punisher has Jigsaw….I have page 18. Which even now irritates me to know end to look at. Amazing what a week and a handful of cold meds can do. SO next weeks page will be th ere-edited version of page 18. Don't know how I can do that but I'll figure that out by next week. The following week, page 20 we're going to find out what' with all the tattooed faces. And the noose will continue to tighten. Thanks for comments and the well wishes during my medical crisis. =) See ya next week.