Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown
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My books should feel like you're getting a peek into a private world: a diary no one was meant to read. As soon as I start thinking, 'This book is going to be published,' my drawing becomes calculated and deliberate. It's one of the ways I trick myself.
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I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.
everybody found home nice
I couldn't have found a better place. I tell everybody back home how nice it is,
although conveyed directly less work worked
Generally, I don't pencil, especially with the autobiographical comics, although I've usually planed out composition in my head during the scripting stage. I like to work directly in ink, to keep the spontaneity and expression conveyed by a less worked over line.
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I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project to project. I think my art has become more accomplished, although I try to keep it from becoming slick or superficial.
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One thing I think is that comics are really good at expressing emotion. I think there's a way that comics characters can be drawn not-realistically, but the emotional reality is still very sincere. So you can have these exaggerations that express inner emotion through physical appearance.
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We tried to approach the whole thing with a bit of humor. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves.
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The production value is with the landscape, the mountains and the water, and the city. You can't beat it.