Black Rainbow Comics

I have random intermittent sessions where I plant myself down, crack open a beer, and dis inhibit my mental space. The resulting ideas are recorded in my sketchbook for future reference. My thinking is scattered, tangential and full of loose associations. Very similar to the sickest of my thought disordered psychiatric patients. Most of the time, brainstorming results in words, phrases, random images, or rough thumbnails. It is a very messy, loosely connected, and fragmented phase where I do not censor anything.

A session can last from five minutes to hours depending on time constraints. It comes in spurts of varying intensities which I try not to force. Instead, I just ride it out for however long I feel inspired and fall back onto other tasks when I feel unintuitive. Recently, I had a very productive period while on a trip through Thailand and Australia where I would produce 1 to 4 concepts a day chilling beachside or while riding a plane. But when I get deep into production mode with penciling and inking, I tend to lose the drive to brainstorm. However, I have learned to trust myself and and let the natural itch to vomit half formed ideas and concepts manifest itself on its own accord. I never force the process. And it has never failed.