by Henrike Dijkstra | Feb 2 2015 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics
What’s typical for comics (and some other narrative art forms) is that you’ll be drawing the same characters, props and locations over and over again. For a lengthy scene in the same place it can be tricky to come up with nice, new compositions for each...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Aug 5 2014 | Artwork, Blog, Making comics
Last weekend was a milestone of some sorts, I finally patched up all the holes that were still there in the script of my comic. I still needed some scenes and needed to give some thought to how some things work logically. I also did some style tests in the last few...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Jan 27 2014 | Blog, Making comics
In the last few months, I`ve been finalizing the script of Reminiscence. I`ve written paragraphs of what happens and the general gist of how the characters feel and what they say to each other, but I haven`t written what they`re doing, what their expressions are and I...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Jan 13 2014 | Blog, Making comics
See this little fox right here below? He crept his way into the blogposts and I like him already. He`s going to help out with illustrating the points that I make. I`m not a photographer, but I am an artist, so why not use little illustrations for the articles right? I...
by Henrike Dijkstra | Sep 18 2012 | Overcoming obstacles
I recommend this Oatley Academy course to EVERYONE doing art. I`m learning so much, it`s crazy! And I`ve got a class full inspiring, awesome, lovely people. We`re all sharing our journey, struggles and art. Really great to have a circle of trust like that. You can...