bricolage

To a certain extent I'm only blogging about it to lock myself in to continued dedication but I have done around 15-20 (certainly no more than 20) pages of my second graphic novel, Bricolage. I am finding it a lot harder to work on than Persiflage notwithstanding I have written (and rewritten and rewritten) the entire script many times over. I am still not completely good with the very end - the denouement - but I figure after many, many evenings poring over the execution of the 180 or so pages leading up to that point, I will probably be in a position to hit the right note. 

It's almost certain that Persiflage was easier because it was my lockdown project, or at least most of it was, mostly. I more or less made Persiflage up as I went along, whereas Bricolage is, as I just said, written to within an inch of its life. The only thing that's stopping me continuing to rewrite it comprehensively is that I've numbered the 'script' up to this point and so it would be a big hassle to reorder it or add more bits although this might actually ultimately mean that I kind of explode at some point and do a real reworking. The more I draw the better then because I'm finding the drawing much more difficult than I did for Persiflage and so I'm unlikely to be inspired to redo it (though, well, I have redrawn quite a bit up to this point and also, I have redrawn some panels as per the above). (In that case, I had to redraw because I foolishly used a US car as a model so the drivers seat was on the wrong side). As you can see I am using rigid panel sizes as created for me by a computer, so I can easily strip in new panels if I make a mistake or change my mind about something. 

I don't hate what I've done so far, so that's good. There are a lot of bits of the story I'm looking forward to committing to the page. But I am also coming up to a really long party scene, which will take a lot of thinking, and thinking is hard. Butbut once I've completed that I think I will really be fully committed.