“I always start drawing any job by planning out to some degree the locales and trying to nail the characters. If they're existing characters, I'll draw them several times on rough paper just to get a feeling for them. The ideal when you're drawing a comic is to have everything in your head, not to have to refer to notes.” IfsTryingCharacterFeelingsJobsDegreesPaperDrawsIdealsNotesDrawingPlanningComicRoughNails Author:Dave Gibbons
“It does not follow from the separation of planning and doing in the analysis of work that the planner and the doer should be two different people. It does not follow that the industrial world should be divided into two classes of people: a few who decide what is to be done, design the job, set the pace, rhythm and motions, and order others about; and the many who do what and as they are told.” PeopleWorldShouldDoeTwoDifferentDoneJobsOrderClassDesignSeparationPlanningRhythmAnalysisDividedPaceDifferent PeoplesDoersPlanners Book:People and Performance Source: People and Performance
“I find that if somebody is writing and drawing a comic book, planning it to be a movie and a game at the same time tends to lead to a pretty lame job.” IfsWritingBookJobsGamesDrawingPlanningComicComic BookLame Author:Frank Miller
“At times I ask myself if I shouldnt be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.” IfsThinkingJobsAsksPlanningRealisingStableNo PointStable Life Author:Meredith Ostrom