What is “Happy ever after”? What milestone determines it? Concludes it? When does one say “I am happy enough”? I raise these question in the exposition of Barb, using the aesthetic of a scrap book, highlighting possible moments in one’s life that could be considered an end of a story, or a beginning of one...
My goal was to create this piece with all the stages as a real graphic novel, so I’ve made a few initial pen sketches, moved on to pencils on paper and only then had the inking and coloring done digitally.