Still Alive
Still Alive
Named after the song from Portal, this was my first comic assignment in 2024! The narrative is following a post-apocalyptic scavenger who follows the sound of a distorted humming to find an android just barely clinging to life.
Client: Self
Role: Artist
Category: Comic
Problem: I hadn’t made a comic before, let alone one without dialogue! But it was really fun to try and figure out how to tell this story by visuals alone. I wasn’t sure how to go from thumbnails to finish, let alone including all the backgrounds and details without it feeling confusing.
Solution: I found that I like to make my small sketches big, and then just start lining right on top of them. Maybe a few scenes needed more than one pass, but cutting out the multiple sketch layers really made finishing the comic much more achievable. This is also where I first thought of using a photo background and drawing right on top of it, rather than using it as reference. I liked the look of it, and my professor encouraged it, leading me to use the practice on future comics as well!