As a live brief, I've been working on a zine entitled 'My Failed Youth' for the Thought Bubble Comic Festival 2014. The narrative details an over exaggerated reflection of my exploits as a 19 year old. This is designed to be a humorous tale, but also a cautionary one as growing up I never had anyone to guide me with such tales and would hope that others can learn from my mistakes. The original idea for the zine came about when I first read the Scott Pilgrim Graphic Novels by Bryan Lee O' Malley. These graphic novels explore the life of Scott Pilgrim and details his mistakes and maturing of character throughout.
Initially I wrote a script for the first issue (of what I hope to be an ongoing series) and sketched out rough page layouts on Photoshop. Once all pages were laid out I then went about drawing them on paper in a simplistic fashion using the work of Jack Teagle as inspiration. He has such a basic style yet manages to effectively tell engaging stories.
Often I've found that creating something like this has never really worked out, largely because I've never given myself a timeframe or have been overly critical of my skills resulting in me giving up on the project. With this zine however, I have overcome these issues.
With the festival being just under a month away I couldn't allow myself to dwell on my negative attitudes towards my technical ability. Instead I focused more on the narrative of the piece in the hopes of having the work ready in time.
Here is a developmental page from the zine:
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