Live Sketches to Comics Zine Part Two

On January 20, 2018, I attended a local march for human rights in my community.  While marching, I sketched the events.  You can see those sketches in the previous post, here.

Then I decided to digitize the sketches and create and zine commemorating the event!

My process was this:

1. I scanned the sketches to create jpgs of each page.
2. I used my photo editing software to create a separat jpg of each image.   them, when I created the zine, I wanted to be able to organize them to best fit the comics format I intended for the zine.
3. That was important because while some of my sketch pages had multiple messy images on
4. I imported the images into Procreate on my iPad pro.  From there, I formed a new layer and redrew them.
5. I deleted the original sketch images.
6. I used Procreate to add some tone.
7. Then I exported each page as a jpg, created a PDF of all the pages, and printed the zine!

Here are the results!

I really enjoyed putting this 12-page zine together.  I had the fun of sending copies to the organizers and to the participating organizations.

I am hoping to do more such commemorative comics for other social justice events in the future.

Live Sketches to Comics Zine Part One

Now that I've completed the 112-day "one painting per page" project using "The Daily Office" portion of The Book of Common Prayer, I'm returning to sharing my sketches and my comics!

In January, I proudly joined millions of my fellow citizens in a march for human rights.  In my hometown, the organizers dubbed the event "The Rally for Commonality."

We marched in a circle around the park which is central to our community for an hour, then gathered in a local hall for informational presentations on a variety of resources in our community.

I took along a sketchbook and pen and sketched while I marched!  I've done so much live sketching over the last few years (thanks especially to Roz Stendahl's fantastic online course and to the wonderful inspiration of Veronica Lawlor), that sketching while walking isn't that hard!  After all, I'm just hoping to capture the moment and practice my drawing.

I did a bunch of pages in about two hours.

After I got home, I wondered if I might scan these, redraw them digitally (essentially using my iPad as a electronic lightboard) and put them together in a little 'zine to mark the occasion. 

Check out my next post to see the results!

"The Daily Office" in Pictures: The Final Post

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

I hope you've enjoyed the past 112 days of watercolor meditations on words or phrases from this text.

Next week, I'll be resuming my "usual" blog activity, of exploring the variety of art I'm practicing.

"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 111 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 110 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 109 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 108 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 107 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 106 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 105 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 104 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 103 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 102 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 101 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 100 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 99 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 98 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 97 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 96 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 95 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 94 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 93 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 92 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 91 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 90 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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"The Daily Office" in Pictures: Number 89 of 111

This post is part of a project in which I painted one watercolor for each page of "The Daily Office" section in the Book of Common Prayer.  You can find the complete explanation of the project here.

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