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Lark Pien Sketches Before Building

February 17, 2016 by Marc Weidenbaum

These are rough initial character studies for a four-page, full-color piece that Lark Pien did for the debut issue of ILLUSTORIA. She loved the idea of sharing this in advance of the magazine's publication because, as she put it via email, "the thumbnails inform people on the process of design and making comics." Her four-pager is titled "Dream Before Building."

 

February 17, 2016 /Marc Weidenbaum
Illustration, character development, sketchbook, comics
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