As it is December now and the holiday season is upon us, this week myself and Liam decided to create a festive comic.
In this comic, Liam is asking what my favourite part of Christmas is, whether it’s the presents, which no, although I do like giving them, I wouldn’t mind not receiving them. Then he asks me if it’s the food, which I believe is amazing so could potentially be my close second favourite part, however still, the answer is no. My favourite tradition of the holidays, is having a movie marathon of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, which we start on Christmas Eve eve, and as I believe it is a 20-hour marathon, it does take us to midday of Christmas Eve.
This was initially a tradition I had started with my brother, before the Hobbit movies even existed, so that we would stay up all night on Christmas Eve eve, making it easier for us to sleep on Christmas Eve, as the excitement would usually keep us up, so the lack of sleep from the marathon would usually knock us out instead.
When I had started seeing Liam, I introduced this tradition to him, and now for what will be the third year in a row, we will be keeping it alive. Hopefully actually surviving this year’s, and not accidentally falling asleep during The Two Towers at 2am. This year I will ensure that there will be a lot of coffee involved and that we shall succeed!
In a sense, we wanted to create this piece so that our audience could get to know us better. Although we create comics that can be quite relatable, for other people or couples, we also want to shine a light on the quirks that are unique to us, that makes our relationship special. We hope that this will make our audience feel more connected, to know us as actual people with true quirks and habits, as opposed to just seeing characters that are seen as ‘relatable’.
There are a few things I like about this comic, such as the representation of the movie, with the fellowship of the ring on their journey, something that maybe only fans would be able to recognise, but I also love the frame with the Christmas tree and presents, as I just enjoy the little details and patterns, and it does make me feel festive, but in our own set style of the comics.
From last weeks comic, I did try to add more elements to the frames, trying to think more about backgrounds, mid ground and foreground, and I do actually prefer the frames which do have more in them. I feel my job for future comics, will be to not go overboard with the backgrounds or elements involved. Although I do enjoy the interest that it gives the specific frame, I do want to keep the comics as readable as possible, not giving any room for any confusion, so that the message can be communicated well throughout.
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