Oh my god you're bleedingly fast...
I've been working on my submission for a few weeks now and I haven't even finished page 4 yet -_-....

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You really gotta push yourself, Sid... speed is very important when it comes to doing comics. I suspect you're being really perfectionist... are you? ;)

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Well considering its the 5 samples pages that will make or break the proposal, I really can't have any major errors in my pages. I'll probably slack off later on and just churn out as many pages as i can XD

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Actually, no matter who you're submitting to, you're best off submitting more than 5 sample pages. Probably about 10-15. 5 is simply not enough, unless you're looking for an inking or toning job. That's just my advice anyway.

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Hrm...are you sure about that?
Because they ask for no more than 5 in their submission guideline...

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Yes, they DO ask for only 5, but if they are interested in your work, they will ask for more. Obviously you won't get penalised or anything for submitting 5 pages, but because they are looking for the ability to tell a story, more than 5 will probably help. Ofcourse, if you don't want to do any more, or you don't have time, then don't. :) I'm just offering a suggestion. Please don't think you HAVE to do more than 5.

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Ok cool, the 5 pages plus 8 more are going into the next generations comic anyway(mainly to cover my intellectual property and whanot).
So I guess I'll submit the required amount for now and send them the remaining 8 if they request it I guess.

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Congrats on finishing up the pencils! That's quite an achievement. ^_^ I'm surprised that you are already so deep it into the book. I do understand that you working on it long before it was ever announced, of course, but still, wow, that was quick! I'm curious, how long does it take you to do a penciled page?

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Oh! It's (the creator of) Peach Fuzz! Welcome to my livejournal! :D Also, congradulations for getting Peach Fuzz on the shelves! You've got it made, sister.

I must, however, first say that my "pencils" are more like storyboards and can't be deciphered by anyone other than myself. I go directly from rough draft to inking, so it doesn't really answer your question if I tell you it takes me about a day to do 4 "pencilled" pages. However, planning it takes a large chunk of the time up.

It's see... I started 9th Oct and ended 19th Dec, with 173 pgs done. Which means that over 71 days, I did about 2.4 pages a day. Which is amazing low, to be honest. But like I said, it takes far mroe time to plan it than to draw it. :(

How long does it take for you to pencil, ink and tone a page?

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Well, "ganbatte"! I'm looking forward to your book. When you originally posted on Pseudome's board a long while back, I remember thinking, "this girl has some professional looking comics.. Tokyopop would be foolish not to get something going with her". ^_- By the way, is your editor Jodi (she's my editor)? She mentioned someone in Australia who only celebrates Chinese New Year's a while back -- that's gotta be you, right?

As for how long it takes me... ^^;;
It takes me about a week to rough out a chapter (of approx 28 pages, give or take as required). 2 days for scripting, followed by 5 days for thumbnails. All the text is typed up and carefully fitted into word bubbles at this point too. Throughout the entire process (from roughs to finals), the script is constantly refined and reworked until I'm satisfied.

Then it takes about a day per each fully penciled page (sometimes I can manage two, depending on the page's complexity). I could reduce the time it takes by doing far looser pencils, but since I have to communicate all my details to my inker, I need to make sure the pencils are extremely tight. This involves going over the page multiple times, and painstakingly erasing unnecessary lines. For the second volume, I'm might try experimenting with inking it myself--going straight from loose pencils to inks--which might allow me to accomplish a fully penciled and inked page a day, but only if this doesn't lead to a drop in quality.

My partner Jared does most of the inking and toning (I can't remember exactly, but I think he can manage about two to three inked pages a day). I generally am able to finish up my penciled pages about a week before the next batch of roughs is due, so I end up screentoning about 10 pages per chapter myself.

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Yay! Thanks to Lindsay! My editor used to be Jodi, but now it's Carol - Jodi just got too saddled with work. And I celebrate Christmas too... I just don't take a break like everyone else. @_@ Australia's not big for Christmas so it's partly the country I live in too. But I still got to take a break now, because Carol has to get some notes to me about the Chapters before I start inking, so she told me to hold everything and wait for that first. ARRGH! So I'm doing the rough covers instead. >_<

And wow, you plan your processes well. I boogie all over the place. You're also lucky to be able to share your workload with someone :LOL:! What I wouldn't give for a toning slave on a chain right now. ;) But I guess shared work brings its fair load of complexities, as you say with communication and all. Anyway, that's why I don't really do the pencils stage - erasing the unnecessary lines is a nightmare of nightmares. I think you may do well if you go straight from loose pencils to inks - though it's best to practise first since you haven't started on the second book yet (I think). It sure saves time. When you're the scripter, storyboarder and inker, you can afford to skip a few stages because you KNOW what you want the finals to look like.

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