May 2024
Practical Practice – 100 Days
I’m learning to draw web comics, and following along with lots of different classes and tutorials, trying to find a practice routine that helps me improve and learn. Draw like a Sir has this video which ties in nicely to quite a few other classes and tutorials. So I’m going to model my 100 days […]
Story Board- Analog – Frame 006
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika course, and switched to analog, I rewrote the chapter to be first person, Todd’s perspective, and added 3 pages, and quite a few frames to the project. This is Chapter 1, Scene 1, Frame 006. First attempt at representing magic. Todd draws […]
Story Board – Analog – Frame 005
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika course, and switched to analog, I rewrote the chapter to be first person, Todd’s perspective, and added 3 pages, and quite a few frames to the project. This is Chapter 1, Scene 1, Frame 005. This is Todd looking down the street […]
Author Blog Update 5/6/2024
Editing hell. I rewrote Chapter 1, Scene 1 of Todd and the Fae from third person to first person. It seems to flow better, and I feel more connected to my main character as a reader, so going to keep this version. With that decision made, I continued on and rewrite Scene 2 as well. […]
Story Board – Analog – Frame 004
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika course, and switched to analog. As I mentioned yesterday I also rewrote the chapter to be first person, Todd’s perspective. This is Chapter 1, Scene 1, Frame 004. Full Body shot, Todd walking.arriving at the trolley stop. Shadows of evil magic creeping around […]
Story Board – Analog – Frame 003
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika course, but switched to analog art. I also revisited some common advise for new authors about checking the voice you use, checking genere expectations, and decided to rewrite the book in first person from Todd’s perspective. So the new frames are based […]
Artist Update – Q2 2024
I wrote 3 books out of 5 of a series. They are in various states of editing hell. and books 4 and 5 are in various states of outlined, and rough draft depending on the chapter. It’s a cozy fantasy mystery series based in 1920 Cleveland, but with the twist that in 1820 magic was […]
Story Board – Analog – Frame 002
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika course, but switched to analog art. I can’t get my brain to engage with the digital art methods the same way I can do with pencil and paper. Giving this a try for a month and see how far I get. This […]
Story Board – Analog – Frame 001
Project: WebComic – Todd and the Fae I’ve been working on the Domestika courses, but switched to analog art. I can’t get my brain to engage with the digital art methods the same way I can do with pencil and paper. Giving this a try for a month and see how far I get. This […]