My spatial understanding needed a mini prototype... I honestly had too much time thinking about this... I was too confused.

Apparently, I forgot about the two fish or are those the silhouettes of Ina and Ama? 

I don't know too... 

Testing out some color combinations

Frame by frame planning

more frame by frame planning

and more frames

and more

deleted scenes...

I honestly worked through the story frame by frame. I intentionally did the drawing before the actual story so I could just show actions. Had I done this project before my exams, it would have been more polished. The physical character study I did were lost somewhere. Anyway, despite the analysis paralysis, I really enjoyed imagining scenes. There were originally 20 pages but I found a scribble on my notebook that said that the limit is lower. I would love to turn Philippine epics into graphic novels after I have more practice drawing and if such epics are alright to be adapted into visual imagery. I don't think it would be respectful to turn Berinareu into a graphic novel since it is that sacred to them. Even writing the title makes me feel guilty already. But making a comic book is a really goor exercise for a person's imagination regardless if you can successfully translate your thoughts into visual imagery.