Brock Beauchamp

First page!

Brock Beauchamp
February 7, 2011

Over the weekend, I was able to dedicate large blocks of time to the main book, allowing me to skip ahead and post the cover this morning on schedule. I think it turned out well and while I’m not crazy about cell shading, the time saved allows me to shave the time allotted for coloring in half. Coloring is far and away my weakest point in this process so I’m hoping that I can improve quickly on what I consider to be a rather lackluster part of the comic. This week, I think I’m going to try to stick to... View Article

First page inks

Brock Beauchamp
February 4, 2011

I took a few hours to finish up inks for the first page of the book so I thought I’d post it up here for a preview… It’s basically just a re-working of a page that I did three or four months ago that I felt was below my standards for sequential layout. Artistically, it was acceptable but the layout didn’t convey the images I wanted to portray on the first page. This one is a huge improvement over that piece and I don’t feel bad for spending the time to draw the first page again. Anyway, I’ve been hashing... View Article

Ecaterina – final page

Brock Beauchamp
February 1, 2011

Well, it’s time to wrap up the second Variables short story in preparation for the upcoming main book, which should release next week. I’ve been dealing with the fallout from a house fire that consumed most of my father’s possessions in the past week and that will probably continue several weeks into the future. As a result, my update schedule may vary slightly as I fall behind due to other personal obligations. Other than that mess, it’s great to see the second short story come together. It’s a non-stop learning process, as I see mistakes pop up on every page.... View Article

Art preview – Variables cover

Brock Beauchamp
January 27, 2011

After what seems like an eternity, I finally have line art ready to post. This is the cover for the first issue, which *should* be colored, lettered, and posted on February 7th. It was a breath of fresh air to sit down on a full size comic board and use my ol’ Hunt #102 quill on a piece instead of the all-Prismacolor setup I use for the short stories. As you can see, the art is considerably cleaner than my previous work. I briefly considered sticking with the Prismacolor brush pen to do even the main book after seeing how... View Article

Cat, page three

Brock Beauchamp
January 24, 2011

Here’s the second-to-last page of the Cat short story. One more Monday and then I’m dedicating my full efforts to the main book. These short stories have been great for several things: they’ve helped me get a better idea of how I want to represent the Variables universe, they’ve forced me to brush up on my sequential layouts, and most importantly, they’ve forced me to re-think how much space I allot to dialogue bubbles. Before this point, I was used to hand-lettering pieces, meaning that they were an integral part of every step of the drawing process. I roughed out... View Article

Trucking toward Feb 7…

Brock Beauchamp
January 20, 2011

That’s the date I plan to release the first few pages of the main book. Progress has been slow since I’m also working on the short story pages, which eat into most of my allotted time to work on the book. The Cat story will be wrapped up on January 31st so I’ll have one full week of working on the main book to wrap up any finishing touches I need to complete on the cover and first few pages. Right now, I have the pencils finished for the cover, the first page, and about half of the second page... View Article