by Henrike Dijkstra | Dec 16 2014 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics, Overcoming obstacles
The main feedback I got at CTNx was that my character designs looked stiff and I didn’t tell enough of a story with them, even in the basic designs it`s better to let the characters do something or react to something so we know what kind of character it is. I...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Nov 6 2014 | Artwork
This week I made a last portfolio piece for CTNx. I wanted to practise an environment for my comic. I had this image in my head for this mountain landscape and since I absolutely love being around mountains (since in my country we have none) this was begging me to be...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Oct 20 2014 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics
Hello all! I didn`t finish an illustration a day for the rest of Inktober, but I did work in ink a lot this week. (so I kind of made up for it?) Since my main focus now is finishing some comic pages in time for the CTNx expo in LA I am in the middle of designing...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Oct 13 2014 | Artwork
This week I have been focussing on working on my portfolio so I haven`t been able to participate in InkTober, except for monday, on which I drew a scene from CS Lewis’ Narnia books: Lucy discovering the land behind the wardrobe. Here it is: I have also...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Oct 6 2014 | Artwork
Hello all! Who of you have been doing InkTober in the last week? I managed to put out 5 drawings but on some days it’s hard to not bail out or make something fast and easy. I also discovered already that I tend to skip my own rule of “think before you...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Sep 29 2014 | Artwork, Overcoming obstacles
Hello all! A short blogpost for you today. In the next month I`ll be hard at work finishing my portfolio before CTNx and want to really dedicate the time to that. In between I might participate in this project: More on that later. I`ll be making the first few pages...
