In response to Tina Alfredsen's work and distinctively adorable style of drawing her many characters, I decided to make my own "cute" comic but with a dark theme to connect it with my project. On a large sheet of paper I worked on a simple concept I had in my head.
Using waterproof ink I outlined the panels I had sketched. I made a few mistakes early on, such as the ink dribbling down the page so I learnt quickly to only have a very small amount of ink on my brush.
As there were only a few characters, I didn't make any design sheets. I just kept them simple and drew them how I imagined them at first. I numbered the panels to make the story easier to follow. Using a thinner brush, I inked the sketch. I like how this makes the characters look bold and stand out, like the thick black lines used in Alfredsen's comic.
These are some close up shots of the panels. Because of the size of the paper, I found it difficult to get clear photos of the piece as a whole.
To make the characters stand out more, I diluted some of the ink and used it to add tone onto my work. I let the ink dry and then painted some more lines over the top to create shading. To make certain objects stand out, I used a pink watercolour. I didn't want to use too many colours as I didn't want it to look over the top or confusing to read.
I like how this came out and I found the combination of cute and creepy to be quite humorous, as it seemed to toy with the reader's perception of how the comic should end. Most people who saw it were shocked by the ending and were quite upset that it wasn't the cute story they were expecting.
I enjoyed working on this larger scale as I'm more used to A4 sized comics, so I have decided to make my Masque of the Red Death comic a similar size to this, if not bigger.
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