Other places vol 3

Other places vol 2

Other places

All thumbs

Here are some sneak peaks at the production of Bird. The pages start off as thumbnails which help me to figure out the layout of the page. Then, if I like it I put them to actual size sketches and ink them. Here's what the thumbnail version and the final version of the pages look like compared.

One page, actually page 4 of Chapter Two was actually inked and already had lettering when I decided to drop it and make another.

Version 1

Version 2

Currenntly at page 10, Chapter Two is coming to an end by Christmas, but till then I'm working on more variations of Bird covers. Version romance, action and thriller coming hopefully next week!

Mystery bird presents itself...

... as an idea.

For some time I had this very vague story in my mind about a little girl who is desperate to catch a glimpse of a ghostly bird that only appears at night. But there wasn't really anything I could do with this. Lots of things were missing.

Like, where does this bird presents itself?

I almost gave up on that story, thinking about other projects, when suddenly, things came to their places. I had a trip to London, and of course Greenwich was a place I wanted to visit. It was an early spring afternoon, still a bit chilly, but the trees were all green and the air was fresh. Walking trough Greenwich park, all I could think about was my story and that this is a perfect setting for it.

I especially loved the Royal Observatory South building.

So, the minute I found myself in front of a white sheet of paper I began working on my revived project.

Here is the earliest version of the character, based on one of my chatacters from a previous project.