#help I can't make a simple comic I storyboarded this idk why

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DONNIE!!!

He's trying to figure out whether his brother has gone crazy or not

What is Raph yapping about? I guess we'll find out soon...

[captainmera]

page 1-2 "Our yard is full of leaves." page 3-4 "I rake.." ".. And I rake."

I'm trying to prioritize finishing this, since the lady I'm doing this for might get it published and that means I might get some money out of it. But it's going really slow ToT;;;

Ramble about children's books:

What I would really like people to understand about why children's books are important - it's because aside from it just being a fun past time and teaching them to read - it also teaches children abstract thinking.

if you write "Tom's shirt is red" and then draw Tom wearing a red shirt, that will not engage a child's abstract thinking. If you instead write "Tom's shirt is red." and draw him wearing a blue one but his sister is wearing a red one. This will let the child understand something abstract - that something else is going on with the text and the picture. It will arise the child's ability to question what's happening and investigate why something feels off.

For example - Dogs can't talk. But having a book about a dog that can speak will also engage with the child's abstract and creative thinking. It will help them develop problem-solving skills and give them deeper understanding of how to engage with the world that's not just black and white.

Children's books are important. They may look simple, but even if it's something as simple as a child doing yard work.. it must engage the child with something to follow in the pictures. The gnome is not mentioned in the text at all. But it moves, the blue palettes instigate that both the child and the gnome are important to look at visually.

IDK, I'm just rambling on.. Im just very passionate about art and illustrations. It makes me sad to see sometimes that artists often look down on children's books as some sort of.. secondary success. That real success in the art industry is working for a company or whitin animation.

For whoever artist reading this and feeling like they're a little lost on where to go with their passion - that if comics, storyboard and animation isnt really your thing but it's what's "popular" or whatever... Im here to tell you that THIS is just as fun and just as important of a media. The audience may be different, but the work got the same heart.