Well we’ve finally arrived at today. This is the first official production diary entry for Adamsville book 2. It’ll mostly be an overview of sorts on what I expect the coming months will entail and all, but first off:
A WORD ON THE SCRIPT
The reality of all of this is I hoped I would be making this book, as in drawing pages, almost 6 months ago. I ran into a number of issues with my script though and that really prevented me from moving forward. The book wasn’t bad, but it was huge and a bit slow moving. In that draft we were something like 50 pages into the written script before the main thrust of the action in the story actually took place. And that just wasn’t acceptable. In this draft the junk hits the fan much sooner which is awesome. It’s also about 13 pages shorter which is also better.
When I began working on this script about a year ago I knew I was in for a struggle. It was a big book and a lot of concepts were being thrown together. I didn’t know just how difficult it was going to be. In the end the story is almost identical to the one in my early treatments, but the characters and their motivations are substantially different.
CURRENTLY HAPPENING
I feel really good about this draft though and I can’t wait to get started. I won’t be in full force just yet as I am working quite a bit on the final reward tiers for the Adamsville Kickstarter. I really want to get that out of the way before I spend any time working on the actual art for this book. That said there’s a lot to start work on.
Sketches for Chloe in book 2
This coming weekend, after going through any notes I get from friends doing their read throughs of the script, I plan to print the script out. That will start a process of going through the whole book and beating out every page and panel. This is an important step for me because it will tell me just how long the book is so I can start scheduling my production, and any assistance I hope to employ, and get a good idea on when I think it will be complete. This book is look pretty large which does concern me quite a bit, but making the book great is my main goal. Even if it takes longer than I would like.
So in the coming weeks look for lots more behind the scenes info and picture. Make sure you fine me on Twitter, and Facebook using the links to the side there and you’ll never miss anything.