Last summer, while I worked at Apple, I needed a personal "distraction" project. I happened to stumble upon a tiny book called "Visual Function" by Paul Mijksenaar, where he argued that "designers lack a sense of drama." One of his suggestions was to study comic strips, where suspense and climax are created through elements of time and sequence. Comic strips? Why not?
So I started drawing one strip per week, creating random ideas and visualizing obscure storylines that would fit into 6 identical frames. Though I'm neither an illustrator nor a huge comics fan, the process was incredibly rewarding. The result was 24 mini stories—some funny, some cute, and some just plain weird. I shared a few on my Instagram throughout the year.
Come fall, I decided to compile all the work into a book to create a proper "container" for the 24 strips and additional illustrated spreads. I printed a single copy at home and hand-stitched it with needle and thread. Now I'm not sure what to do with the final project—maybe I will self-publish it on Amazon or some place else.
So I started drawing one strip per week, creating random ideas and visualizing obscure storylines that would fit into 6 identical frames. Though I'm neither an illustrator nor a huge comics fan, the process was incredibly rewarding. The result was 24 mini stories—some funny, some cute, and some just plain weird. I shared a few on my Instagram throughout the year.
Come fall, I decided to compile all the work into a book to create a proper "container" for the 24 strips and additional illustrated spreads. I printed a single copy at home and hand-stitched it with needle and thread. Now I'm not sure what to do with the final project—maybe I will self-publish it on Amazon or some place else.