How I make my comic pages when stressed

[s-morishita]

*I hope this is in the right theard. I put it in the wrong on last time and deleted it so I hope I'm right this time.*
There have been a lot of times when I work on my comic and I'm either stressed or in a rut and I just couldn't get my mind to think straight and come up with a page layout after looking over my script. My husband then step in and helped by drawing out what he saw when I told him the script and from his doddle I was able to come up with the composition. This process or way of doing things when I can't think really helps. *My hubby's kind of like my comic assistant ^^*

Husband's assistant sketch:




Then here is what I was able to finally come up with with his help:





After that I clean up the sketch on a new layer:





Then I ink everything in:





Then I add the text and tone in and I'm done:





I think what helps to get your mind thinking is possibly have a friend or family member help sketch out what they see in the script you wrote and then that might help get those creative brain cells swimming so you can figure out the page composition like that That's all I have for my process on how I make my comic pages when I'm stressed or in a rut.

[Icantdraw]

The tones screwed the page
Also drawing 1 has nothing to do with drawing 2 (The content is not the same?)

[Loverofpiggies]

The final product looks gorgeous! And the tones are great, helps a darker more detailed atmosphere, and brings the inking together as well.

And I like how you and your husband work through the pages together. First one is rather hard to figure out whats going on, so I can see a need for communication there.

[s-morishita]

Forgive me for the confusion on the first page but that was what my husband drew up for me after I told him where I was stuck at in the script. He's not the best artist so it's really abstract but after I looked at what he sketched for me I was able to come up with the second image. They do look polar opposite to each but I just wanted to show how your mind can get creative inspiration from different things but I don't think I did a good job at explaining that ^^;

[Loverofpiggies]

Forgive me for the confusion on the first page but that was what my husband drew up for me after I told him where I was stuck at in the script. He's not the best artist so it's really abstract but after I looked at what he sketched for me I was able to come up with the second image. They do look polar opposite to each but I just wanted to show how your mind can get creative inspiration from different things but I don't think I did a good job at explaining that ^^;

Oh hey! Sorry about the confusion. That was actually a good idea, him helping you like that. :> I've gotten stuck bad on scripts before, maybe I should ask friends to draw out panels for me for fun, haha.

[AngelsMelodie]

ur method is very interesting. i want to try that too sometime

[s-morishita]

It's okay I'm glad it's straighten out now. *I was getting a little worried there ^^;* I think it really does help to see what other people come up with when they draw up a section from your script, it's like a different way to help reset your eyes because you might have been looking at the page for so long that you can't think of anything.
It's a lot of fun too. I think I'll have my sisters draw up a page for me next time when I'm stuck.

[Pixel8ed]

That is the most adorable way to get a drawing done, ever. I love the product, too. this is just a fantastic idea.