As promised:
I’m rather pleased with page 6 and the sense of energy carried over from its predecessors, Scratch actually looks like she’s running – instead of dancing as in my early sketches – while the background work and people give a sense of place I often worry is lacking in my recent efforts.
Page 7 isn’t so successful but it’s worth bearing in mind I raced through it in a blur of caffeine and panic to meet the print deadline; the establisher in panel one is modest but efficient, setting the scene without resorting to my usual OCD detailing tendencies while the general flow works pretty well. Not amazing but at least not the distaster I had feared.
Growing Branch 