24 Hour Comics Day 2015 2nd- 3rd October 2015
Greetings everyone! Tonight I will be talking about 24 Hour Comics day that I took part on Friday 2nd October from 5pm to Saturday October 3rd 5pm.
The comic day was taking place at my local library and as a regular volunteer of the comic club, I thought that it would be great to take part. Once our comics were completed, they will be published and going to be on loan in the library too.
Several hours before it started I looked at a lot of advice on how to keep up during the night and keep focused.
I was really nervous because it was my first time and I was afraid that maybe I may not finish. I gathered a lot of materials which were mechanical pens, erasers, brush pens and black ink.
When I entered the room where we were going to make the comic, I saw that there were a few people who had come to take part. We were all give a sheet of paper 24 objects that need to be included in the comic and we were open to interpretation.
As the organizer mentioned the list, I began to visualize what my story will be. I immediately began character designs. The characters created were a possibility that they may be present in the comic. Once I done this, I wrote out what was going to happen on each page.
To cut time, I had my own sketchbook and worked no smaller that A5. Since the library was closed at 8pm, I dashed my way home, I sat in the dining room ad continued.
Also due to the lack of food that I had before it started, I managed to get a terrible headache. I did eat once I got home but it didn’t help. I threw up on few occasions and the lighting in dining room was making matters worse.
This caused a huge problem as it lead me to decided whether or not to continue, I laid on my bed contemplating about it…I decided to keep going. I got up took some paracetomol with some warm water and continued.
As time marched on, I drank lots of ginger and lemon tea, tea with a lot of milk and water. I got strange shivers as I was drawing and when that happened, I drank something warm.
I had breaks in between each hour whenever I need the toilet or if I need to stretch or walk about around the house. I wasn’t listening to any music, but I did listen to some old gospel messages. It lifted my mood and kept me focused.
A lot of my comic making spiralled into a 30 minute routine. Since I worked small, I got most of the pages done.
By 3am, I got hungry and ate some food, that consisted of rice and meat. This was the last remnants left over from the week. Alongside this I drank some more ginger and lemon tea.
My twin brother came into the dining room to see how far I was going. He was very impressed with the results and recorded a video to post on his snap chat.
This made me smile and I felt quite elevated because my brother took the time to see the process and was willing to show to others. By the time it was 5am, I got quite cold so I got my quilt cover for warmth and decided to drink tea too. An hour later I put the heater on. By the time 7am came I had produced about eighteen pages. By 9am I had finished twenty pages. I was still quite hyper active and marched on to the library to continue.
The few that took part on friday came a from 11am and proceeded in making their 24 page comic. As I was four pages away and still felt shivers I drank a cappuccino and earl grey tea too.
By the time it reached 2pm and I was finished but I went back to the comic to add more tone.
Some of the pages that you have seen is what I had made. I am pleased with the outcome and I am now contemplated whether or not I might try next years….for now it a maybe. Now to catch up on more sleep.
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