Challenge #7: Osmotic Pressure

Free Comic Day creation 11x14 inks

   In science, cells come to a balance by equalizing their solutions through osmosis-the movement of solvent molecules through a partially permeable membrane into a region of higher solute concentration. In this exercise I decided to balance a page with a collection of 5 cells, into a narrative comic short. I choose 3 different cells from 3 different comic books of 3 entirely different themes/artists/stories- yet the comic books all came out for Free comic book day 2013. I laid out the page inserting the borrowed cells into slot #1-#3-#5. In cells #2 & #5 my challenge was to tie the random cells into a narrative by creating a cross pollination to create cohesion. The benefits were not only to appreciate master copies of sequential artists but to stretch my imagination to have a little fun with my drawing challenge this week. Mission accomplished! The exercise excellent! I was reminder what goes into a comic page... the sketch, the inking, the coloring and realized that this project was taking much longer then I had anticipated. About hour 15 when I was starting to do the inking I thought, 'What am I doing this on an 80lb sketchbook page for? I've invested so much time, this should have been done on Bristol board at a minimal- oh well' and trudged on. 3o+ hours later I had spent one day painting in the colors still with regrets of the substandard substrate but 2 cells in... so far so good and I was actually pleased with the product thus far. Unfortunately my suspicions came to pass and the paper fails as my inks began to bleed and feather outside their directed application. Longer story short, there was much to learn about the consistency in sizing or quality of the paper in sketchbooks and not a place to spend more than 7-10 hours on any one page of inferior product or the results will be disappointing as the product can take minimal efforts.