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Blog Weekly Update 5/26/2024
Blog Weekly Update 5/24/2024 3rd Week of May Working on my comic. Playing with colors, and storyboards. This version is Neutral Grey, and Cool Gray only. The trees and the lamp post have non grey’s to test them against the greys. This is the laser printer paper storyboard sketch page. The buildings and character are […]
Blog Weekly Update 5/24/2024
I’ve been working on my comic. I’m still in the testing phase, trying to figure out supplies, layouts, colors, etc. I’m finalizing the dialogue as part of the rewrite of the chapter.
Blog Daily Update 5/19/2024
I played with how I want the shadows to look. I need to pull out my ink and start testing those and see how they layer on these markers and the different papers.
Blog Weekly Update 5/18/2024
I’ve been working on my comic. I’m still in the testing phase, trying to figure out supplies, layouts, colors, etc. I’m finalizing the dialogue as part of the rewrite of the chapter.
Color Swatching Markers
I color swatched my grey markers so I can pick what I want to use a little easier. The caps really aren’t all that accurate. Have fun and enjoy! ** This page contains amazon affiliate links. You can copy and past the name of the product into the amazon search, or into your favorite art […]
Comic / Manga Materials
Now you will notice a theme, here. I don’t buy the most expensive art supplies that exist. I buy what’s accessibly, and works for my project. It’s more important that I enjoy the project and I’m not afraid to use my supplies. If you don’t need $300 set of supplies, then don’t. Get the least […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Jazza Character Master Class – April Week 3 update
I took the Master Class that Jazza created. It was fun and I see improvement already, which is great because I haven’t done any character design before I started working on the “Todd and the Fae” webcomic. The whole webcomic is a huge learning project.