You work for so long on a graphic novel that it's easy to question your ideas or to burn out on drawing. But you plug away at it and trust in the story you want to tell. It's a marathon, but the finished product is really satisfying. Vera Brosgol More Quotes by Vera Brosgol More Quotes From Vera Brosgol Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have. Vera Brosgol lame teenager goal I could lose myself forever in that dark hair and those sweet love handles. Vera Brosgol dark hair sweet You may look normal like everyone else, but you're not. Not on the inside. Vera Brosgol normal may looks Animation taught me to draw quickly and clearly and to communicate a character's feelings through his or her body language and facial expressions. Vera Brosgol expression feelings character Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system! Vera Brosgol library google hate I love drawing what the character is feeling, in my comics, with no dialogue. Vera Brosgol drawing feelings character Comics taught me how to write, and also patience and confidence. Vera Brosgol taught writing In animation and comics, the viewer breezes past the drawings. But with picture books, each page is going to be stared at and touched and read over and over. Maybe even chewed on a little. Everything needs to be thoughtful and economical, thirty-two little masterpieces. Vera Brosgol thoughtful book past I think sometimes older people wind up being a little childlike. They've done their time, now they get to do what they want. Vera Brosgol wind people thinking I'm one of those people with restless hands. I need to be doodling, or biting my nails, or making socks. Vera Brosgol doodling hands people Knitting is repetitive, rewarding, and calms me down like a warm bath. But it takes up juuuust enough brainspace that I can't come up with ideas. Which is too bad, because I love multitasking. Vera Brosgol multitasking knitting ideas I'm fortunate enough to get to make books for a living, so I spend my entire workday alone in my studio quietly doing my favorite thing in the world. When I need a break from that, it's usually because I'm desperate to see other human beings again! Vera Brosgol book world needs
