A workshop on comics. Artist Fracois Dermaut gave us a few tips on story telling for comics/graphic novels. That was the most he could do with the 2 hours alloted to him.
Have always been weak at creating rich backgrounds. Some of my posts will probably be practice sketches like these...until I get all moody and depressed ofcourse.
They screamed and clapped when he cried and crawled. Cheered him on as they watched him fall. They watched the part that they knew well. Rapt, in their seats till the intermission bell.
The script then took a twisted route. He stabbed the hero, put his lights out. He faced the audience as they cowered in fear. His fury cost him more than his career.
I'm suspended, like in a gel. Warm glowing yellow tufts hover around me, murmuring things I like to hear in a voice I love. A soothing friction brushes me, makes me weak.
The accordion plays on and we thump the wooden tables with fists, cold brew and foam flying all over the place . I look around for my own pint... Hey! somebodys got my mug of beer!
A plodding tempo, breaks down to a melancholy near silence and then works itself into a controlled frenzy. A parasite searches damp floors and humus for a loved one. He finds her rotting, decomposing...soon to join him in his microscopic world