Some time ago, a year or more, I posted this strip sequence – if you can call it that. Nothing more than a silly moment played out between a couple of characters I like to draw every now and again. Well, it occurred to me that I do re-visit these visual ideas often, not just the characters. I suppose it’s the drawing equivalent to chanting. Just keep drawing the same things and see what develops. Well, I’ll be honest, I do that often and, in the spirit of a mantra I don’t think about it too much, I just enjoy the process of the drawing. Very tactile, drawing. Nice. (None of your waco-tablet-thingy nonsense here).
Anyway, I drew this a few months back. It has no meaning, no sequence in which to read it, at least I don’t think it does. My only thought was to draw some panels and fill them in. So I went back to my tried and tested characters and um…filled them in. Why post them here? Not sure really, other than to add this to my list of things-I-do-to-generate-ideas. It’s fun and it just may lead to something.
All the above came to mind when I finished drawing this for a friend yesterday. I didn’t think too much, picked up a pen and out this came. What goes around comes around. And one day…some if it just might end up in a story.
PS Clear as mud? Now you know how difficult it is to answer the question “Where do you get your ideas?
01/04/2011 at 2:46 pm Permalink
I love these.
04/04/2011 at 2:49 pm Permalink
David, These are really brilliant! You can almost hear a soundtrack running in background of the first illustration!
05/04/2011 at 10:00 pm Permalink
I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really love these, David.
Puts me in mind of the fabulous animation The Cat Came Back a little.
I am so envious/in awe of you lucky peeps who can draw/paint/illustrate so beautifully.
06/04/2011 at 1:20 pm Permalink
Thanks for your comments here. I have a few more somewhere, I’ll try and dig them out and post a couple more soon.