Creative Process: I find it helpful to assemble a representation of environments when I start a project. For the first chapter, Marc and I had numerous conversations in which I would bring maps, sketches, and notes to mentally define the scene. The spill is a straight forward, but fun, place to play. Understanding the how's and why's that created the spill and the point helps me to be consistent when I'm drawing from different angles and locations. For instance, on page one we are looking from the outside of the city down on the buildings on the rim. On subsequent pages, our view changes as we look up at the surface and those same buildings on the rim. And on this page, a birds eye view gives us a glance of the entirety of the location. Although the view point changes, the content is the same

The inclined surface that we've been referring to as the spill appears to be a landslide of sorts. On the surface, we can see buildings that have crumbled and fallen when the land below gave way. The maps and references ensure that the images from the first handful of pages, align to the most recent pages. Working digitally makes the process much easier - 20 years ago, I would have maintained a physical folder of sketches and notes which has now been replaced with a digital repository.

Thanks for your continued support... I hope that you're enjoying Chapter One as much as we are.