[WIEAYB] Cover Thumbnails Tests

Hiii! These are not the boys you know so well by now, I know! 

They are from Where I end and you begin, the other comic I was writing in parallel to Cherry Waves before I began publishing! If you saw my work over at Instagram, they'll be somewhat familiar. I wanted to start talking about this over the next weeks and not so soon, but oh well. Brain. Did some tests for potential chapter covers to get some juices working.

I hope you like seeing some sketches like this! I basically never follow the same process (except for the episodes themselves) cause it depends on the mood and the things I want to try out, but I'll post the recording over the next few days and I will try to talk a bit about it. See you guys sooooon :D

PS. I will upload Kyle's character sheet in a few minutes. Josh's one will come the same way after the next post (tomorrow)!

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Made in Procreate -> Paper texture and marker brush: True Grit (from paid sets) | Sketch brush: Jingsketch (from the free sample pack)

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--Next bit about creative juices flowing and artsy stuff (skip if not interested in those insights!)--

I tried working on the illustration for the banner and everything I did felt like goat poop. So that will have to wait a bit! But hey, sometimes it happens! It's okay. 

And yes, it's frustrating, but if you are creative in any way, it pays off to learn how to live with those moments and look for ways to manage and turn the situation around. When it's not flowing, it's no use forcing it... you end up wasting a lot of time for stuff that would usually take just minutes/hours AND wanting to throw the tablet out of the window, and that's no good! ʕ⁠ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ⁠ʔ (nor cheap lol).

SO. Instead, what I do sometimes is just switch the task or the theme. To me, having at least two stories to jump around helps me keep my sanity. I used to do that before I started publishing Cherry Waves, and it was amazing for my brain. Creativity flowed so easily. 

The other boyos:

As grateful as I am for how things went, Cherry Waves grew way faster than expected and lots of things were happening at the same time in my life, so I had no choice but to focus just on one thing. And honestly, that's one of the reasons that worsened my burnout. Working on just one thing for a prolonged time completely dries and drains me. I need to switch and play. And ironically, I produce way more and I'm more consistent when I do this.

But yay! I'm finally slowly finding and my mental peace (and pace!) again to be able to get back to it!!