Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Video: Alison Bechdel: Thinking Visually

Alison Bechdel talks about her working process on FUN HOME in this video from MiND TV:



She cuts no corners!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the link Mike -- good video! I do a lot of that Google research for my cartoon quilts, but never thought of her idea of layering text into the drawing before starting the drawing.

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  2. I asked veteran Golden Age comic book artist Tom Gill how he did his reference work. He sneered and said they had NO TIME FOR REFERENCE! Google images can be a trap, slowing the process to a frustrating crawl.

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