Fool's Errand - Blog Posts

”Fool’s Errand” This is a 4-pager comic thing that I never got to post (before now, duh). It feels fitting to post now since I just learned that Johann Johannsson pasted away some days ago. I was listening to The Beast from Sicario, which he composed, all the way through making this one. I am sad to hear of his passing since I was looking forward to hearing more soundtracks from his side.  The idea for this one came from an advice in a twitter post where a young student said that her teacher had instructed them in making comics/visual novels that were 4 pages long. If they needed more pages than that, then the story was too long and they could have to correct it. It merged well with @mrjakeparker‘s advice on Finished, Not Perfect and so I got to work.

I read it all in one go and ended up barely having time to draw. It took me about four days for the first two books.

When I was reading fool’s fate I just ignored everything for a few days, and it took me some time to recover after finishing it.

I think I still haven’t fully recovered. I keep replaying the final chapters in my head over and over again

"Not looking like that. Lord Golden is a proud and temperamental man. He would not keep such a rough-thatched servant as you show yourself now. We must make you look your part. Come here and sit down."

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The Fool let me look at myself for a time in silence. Then he gathered my hair into his hands. I glanced up at his face in the mirror. His lower lip was caught in his teeth in an agony of indecision. Abruptly, he clacked the shears back onto the table. "No," he said emphatically. "I can't bring myself to do it."

It turns out that the only thing between me and staying up all night very night drawing these idiots for the last few years has been that my degree’s kept me too busy

I need Fool rehab, is my point (also since drawing my first Fitz the other day I have come to the conclusion I LIKE drawing Fitz). It is HALF PAST FIVE IN THE MORNING.