The Process of Rosalie Lightning

a glimpse into the writing / drawing / structuring of a memoir and the tactile nature of tone

Hi everyone!

Below is a quick look at how messy the working on a big project can be. In this, you'll see me working with InDesign, a layout software, where I am stripping in finished pages, full-size sketches, thumbnail-sized sketches blown-up to full size, and then in some instances, just one word or a few to just keep getting a few steps further along to envisioning that whole project.

Hope this little glimpse helps! 

What's your way of seeing in the dark? 

And after that, here’s a close up view of some of the pages. Not a lot of people work with these materials anymore. Bristol board, and especially, with shading film. For my book, I wanted to draw with a KNIFE.

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