The Last Day of Rain Update: 5th of July 2024
A version of this post was originally published on the 5th of July 2024, in a private newsletter to my Kickstarter backers. I’m now making all the updates available to the public, so you can see how I create my comic books.
Hi there!
I hope you’re all doing well! It looks like sunny days are gone in most of the UK, and we have a rainy summer ahead of us. So hopefully the fictional extra warm London of The Last Day of Rain will give you some solace if live around here. 🥸
The weekly update is turning into a bi-weekly update, by the likes of it, but I’ll get my act together soon. I’ve been building up my online presence to look for freelance work, and it’s been taking a lot of my time, but it has to be done. I have a shiny (cough) new portfolio at claudiamatosa.com now, should you be interested in checking it out.
Buuut there is still time for the comic, and chapter four is progressing! Yesterday evening, I placed the last exclamation mark on the last page of the script, and it’s ready for drawing. As ready as it can be, of course! 😆 I’ll still run a couple of revisions to hone in final details before I put pen to screen.
Writing a script feels more intimate than drawing a comic. Because I’m not worried about the technical aspects of drawing, I think about what’s going on in the minds of my characters a lot more, and the story sometimes takes a few unexpected turns.
Before I leave you, here’s one of those turns:
Because yes, dogs are also characters and their noses are windows to their minds. 😎
I bet you didn’t see that coming.
Have an excellent weekend and see you soon!
Claudia
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