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Hannah Dunscombe is a painter, portrait artist, and aspiring graphic novelist based in Mansfield, MA.
Chapter 4, page 14
It’s taken me a little while to get back in the swing of things with the comic following all the hubbub around final school projects, graduation, summer festivities, and launching my job search. But I finally got back to work on a page I had partially colored back in April (!) and that sat abandoned until June.
Chapter 3 (and part of 4) are posted
I spent some time this week at the Ames Free Library in Easton scanning in the most recent 20 pages or so.
Starting a (literal) new chapter
I started working on a new chapter recently, and should have scans to share of chapter 3 fairly soon!
Time tracking on the comic
I used a physical agenda all summer to track my progress day to day, getting down to how long it took to create a single panel, or compose a page, and the optimal break time.
Scans of Chapters one and two
I’m really excited to finally have found a local scanner that I can use for the comics pages! Chapters 1 and 2 are complete, take a look!
Comics, de quervain’s, and guinea pigs
I ended up cranking out quite a few drawings in January despite getting covid, and that has continued for part of February. I’m really excited to have incorporated yet another color into the book’s palette: beryl green…
Multipurpose desk
School started just about a month ago and has definitely been keeping me busy! I restructured my schedule a little bit so that I get some exercise and work on the comic first thing in the morning, and then work on school in the afternoon and try to break by the evening…
Transition
My last day of work was on the 16th, and I just had my first week completely left to my own devices! I'm trying to get a lot of the important stuff out of the way first…
Spring 2021
As far as art-related content goes, I haven't been able to work on the comic in the last month, but this is where I paused last. Things are still extremely busy with my job and the mornings, evenings, and weekends have become precious time to be away from a desk and keep myself centered, which means less energy for drawing…
Sample chapter complete
It's actually been complete for several weeks, but I've been busy rescanning, making edits, and putting together the full chapter on an external site. I started using Squarespace to host that, since I've been using Weebly for my portfolio page since 2009 and just don't think they are keeping up with the times…
Update on the comic: 23 new pages
During my 2-week retreat from work over the holidays, I didn't post any updates on the comic because I was too busy working on it!