Here’s an animated gif of the sketch, line art and coloured copy … Episode 1 – Page 2 of new graphic novel Simon Fry – The Codfather.
Watch it on Youtube
Recording the pages as they are drawn, and animating the finished pages as a fun way to read them … I have started a Youtube playlist on my Sillypics channel. here’s an example clip
The Codfather – First chapter
Introducing Simon Fry, Big Ernie and Agent H. All three are starting to realx, taking a break from being spies somewhere on a beach in Tuscany. In typical spy fashion, peace and tranquility doesn’t last long …
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The Codfather – 2nd page
This is the second page as I start developing this #graphicnovel. I aim to slowly build the pages and chapters – to engage and share the development of this #story with you.
Read, and watch the story as it develops
Follow this Graphic Novel as it is drawn – there will be posts here on the sillyblog, and on Twitter, facebook and Instagram. I aim to record every page being produced and post for you to delve into, whichever platform you like to watch stuff on! For each new chapter I want to start sharing the sketches, followed by the lineart and following up with coloured finals.
Watch the the story and pages unfold on YouTube
‘animated ‘ Youtube videos are available on my channel and playlist for Simon Fry, super small spy
This is an example video where I am delivering the story on the page, cut to music …
There are five pages in the first chapter/episode … I’ll post them all here
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Perfect story for #parents to read with
This story is aimed at 6-11 year olds, #graphicnovels require a different level of #reading than with a traditional novel, as kids decipher a story with not just words, but also images … Follow the blog to make sure you don’t miss a post!
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