Hello all 3 of you (tops) who read my blog. I should explain myself.
I have disappeared because I've started a webcomic (finally) that I've actually been updating on a regular basis. I've had a few false starts on webcomics in the past, and this time I'm determined to stick to it. I've also been getting favourable responses, so that's helping. Mind you, 99% of the people reading my comics are my friends, and would likely not tell me if my comics sucked, so I should take that for what it is. When I get around to doing some real promotion (not until I hit 30 strips, as some wise webcomic authors have suggested) then hopefully I'll start to get some feedback from people who don't know me directly. Whether it's people emailing me with things like "hay faggit, ur comic sucks lol. go back to idiot school" or just staring for hours at a Google Analytics screen and wondering what the fuck a 'bounce rate' is (I know what a bounce rate is...now). I'm taking some advice from the people who do Webcomics Weekly, and I'm not getting too ahead of myself before I've established some kind of nest for myself. That is, I'm not thinking about t-shirts, or conventions, or books or any of that crap, I'm just focusing on the comic, and as a sidebar, getting people to read the comic. Of course, the best way to do that is to make a good comic, so I'll try. I'll probably look back on the comics I'm doing right now in a year or two and cringe, but we'll have to see. It's like those wise webcomickers said - we have the unique opportunity of practising and improving while also presenting it to an audience. We can get real-time critique as our art and writing develops, which is something that was unavailable back in the days when in order for your work to ever be seen it had to be syndicated. My short term goal is to put out 100 comics in the first year. That is, hit comic #100 by January 2nd 2012. I'm sure that I'll miss an update or two, I'm human, and I need to work and go to school and to actually have ideas and stuff, but I'm going to try. 100 comics in a year, that actually sounds crazy and undoable now that I see it written out. Then again, I'm at 20 now, so we'll see.
As more of a record for myself, here is my current plan:
Comic 30 - apply for Project Wonderful to put a couple of ads on my site. This will (maybe, hopefully) earn be a couple of bucks, but most likely earn me nothing and put my name out there for advertisers to notice.
Comic 45 or 50 - put out my own ads. The reason I don't want to do it before this is a) monetary b) so that I can prove to myself that I can go half of the year without a lot of outside encouragement and still want to do this and c) I'd like to have a really nice backlog in case people like my comic enough to spend some time reading it.
Comic ~75 - At this point I'll probably start to expand the way that I'm telling people about the comic. I'm not going to start listing it on those "webcomics top 100 list" sites, because let's be honest- who cares? I used to go to those sites when I was 11 and the comics it had me reading were usually pretty crappy. When I say I'll expand, I mean message boards that I frequent, talking to people I know who run blogs and stuff, it's not gonna be anything major, I'm not looking to become Scott Kurtz 3/4 of a year into my strip, but I want to sort of get used to talking about my comic.
Comic 100 - Celebrate, then realize it's an arbitrary number and get working on comic #101.
That's basically that. How much of this is going to go according to plan? Who knows, maybe this time next year I'll have a few more readers than I do now, maybe I won't. I'm not gonna agonize over it so early into my comic. I'm doing this because I love doing it, and there's nothing I'd rather do than draw comics for the rest of my life.
Speaking of my life, I need an internship, and a job ... FAST.
All that being said - I probably won't be updating here often. I've started a tumblr (HERE) and my comic is located at www.adventuresome.ca. I'm not gonna take this blog down, because I'm sure I'll want it again sometime, but for the time being, that's where you will find all of the garbage that spills out of my brain.
Laters, yo.
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Saturday, March 05, 2011
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Like old Job
I had a dream last night that Josh Homme and Billy Corgan formed a band. This would be incredible. Those two guys are both among my favourite guitarists and vocalists (don't even ask me about Billy Corgan, I don't know why but I can't get enough of his voice for some stupid reason). I was pretty disappointed when I woke up and that wasn't real.
Also the thought of those two being on the same stage is hilarious.
So I got my new guitar yesterday. An Epiphone Les Paul Studio. I got it with funds I got from selling my bass (finally) so I'm not at a loss. It's so very pretty, and I can finally play some songs that I've wanted to but didn't have the right tone (or for that matter, number of frets) to sound right.
Haven't named it yet, but I have a couple of ideas.
On the topic of having a guitar I can play, I want to get songmaking. Andrew and I were talking about doing some stuff for Imperial (a steampunk prog project we came up with once for god knows what reason, I think we were making fun of Metric), and There's A Couple of Guys Work The Panic, which I would really like to get working on, it's just a matter of the two of us being there at the same time and not either a) tired as hell b) about to go out or c) sleeping. It's been a busy summer and between money issues and things going on music time has been limited. I'm hoping to get past that soon though because I wanna.
Also, I have some songs written that I don't really think fit into either of those projects, but I dunno. That can wait.
On the topic of ambitions, Art... I really need to get on that shit. I spend close to an hour and a half a day on public transit. Maybe if I converted that from staring blankly into drawing time, I could get some work done. I find that once I start something like that I am much more inclined to see the final product, it's just that I spend far too much time thinking about it, and not enough time making it happen. Need to improve that.
I've said it a million times, but I'll say it again, I want an artist table at next year's FanExpo.
So, albums currently occupying my time:
QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
Blackfield - Blackfield II
Marillion - Clutching at Straws
And hard as I might try, I just can't seem to get into Riverside. Sorry, Zack.
Also the thought of those two being on the same stage is hilarious.
So I got my new guitar yesterday. An Epiphone Les Paul Studio. I got it with funds I got from selling my bass (finally) so I'm not at a loss. It's so very pretty, and I can finally play some songs that I've wanted to but didn't have the right tone (or for that matter, number of frets) to sound right.
Haven't named it yet, but I have a couple of ideas.
On the topic of having a guitar I can play, I want to get songmaking. Andrew and I were talking about doing some stuff for Imperial (a steampunk prog project we came up with once for god knows what reason, I think we were making fun of Metric), and There's A Couple of Guys Work The Panic, which I would really like to get working on, it's just a matter of the two of us being there at the same time and not either a) tired as hell b) about to go out or c) sleeping. It's been a busy summer and between money issues and things going on music time has been limited. I'm hoping to get past that soon though because I wanna.
Also, I have some songs written that I don't really think fit into either of those projects, but I dunno. That can wait.
On the topic of ambitions, Art... I really need to get on that shit. I spend close to an hour and a half a day on public transit. Maybe if I converted that from staring blankly into drawing time, I could get some work done. I find that once I start something like that I am much more inclined to see the final product, it's just that I spend far too much time thinking about it, and not enough time making it happen. Need to improve that.
I've said it a million times, but I'll say it again, I want an artist table at next year's FanExpo.
So, albums currently occupying my time:
QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
Blackfield - Blackfield II
Marillion - Clutching at Straws
And hard as I might try, I just can't seem to get into Riverside. Sorry, Zack.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Every old salt knows a song to sing, when things go wrong, and things go wrong.
So here's yet another update born of my unwillingness to do work despite approaching deadlines.
I am at work right now, and there's a lot to be done, when I am finished the work I have to go to class where I will try to convince a professor of an idea I have despite having no graphic representation yet, and then I will spend the rest of the night (and likely well into the morning) working on my Typography work which is due for critique tomorrow. Splendid.
On the bright side, after Thursday and Friday (insane school-work days) there is both a party at Sam's new place, and I will be going to some fair out in Markham for the night on Saturday apparently. I hear there will be animals. I will pet them with my hands and say "you are a cute animal".
I am thinking of starting a little strip called "David, the comic" or something that features a little cartoon guy facsimile of me who rambles on about random musings, I drew one on a bus a few days ago, which is probably what has sparked the idea in my head, so I dunno if I'll do that or not, but I'm thinking about it because it seems like the small scale sort of comic project I could do right now.
Oh, also. My program bought all of the students in it the Adobe CS4 Master Collection, legit-like, which is awesome. However, I don't have a computer capable of running it, so I have a problem. I was intending to wait until next year to buy a new mac, but it seems like this is a sign that I should make it this year. Otherwise I'll have about 2000.00 worth of software collecting dust on my desk for a year. That coupled with the fact that there are rumours that the iMac will be seeing an update in the space of weeks makes me think I may own one by November.
If I do get an iMac, it'll be the lowest 24inch model (so the second lowest end, just above the 20inch model), and although it's specs aren't amazing, OSX has this fancy way of dealing with system resources that I just find downright neat, and having used one of said model I can say it performs amazingly (I'll probably stick with the 4GB RAM option instead of 8 because holy fuck that's money. Unless of course the updates to the line severely alter the specs and prices, but we'll have to see. Either way I am looking at spending almost 1900.00 on this thing, so that's my new computer for University, having made it 1 year without one.
Ja
I am at work right now, and there's a lot to be done, when I am finished the work I have to go to class where I will try to convince a professor of an idea I have despite having no graphic representation yet, and then I will spend the rest of the night (and likely well into the morning) working on my Typography work which is due for critique tomorrow. Splendid.
On the bright side, after Thursday and Friday (insane school-work days) there is both a party at Sam's new place, and I will be going to some fair out in Markham for the night on Saturday apparently. I hear there will be animals. I will pet them with my hands and say "you are a cute animal".
I am thinking of starting a little strip called "David, the comic" or something that features a little cartoon guy facsimile of me who rambles on about random musings, I drew one on a bus a few days ago, which is probably what has sparked the idea in my head, so I dunno if I'll do that or not, but I'm thinking about it because it seems like the small scale sort of comic project I could do right now.
Oh, also. My program bought all of the students in it the Adobe CS4 Master Collection, legit-like, which is awesome. However, I don't have a computer capable of running it, so I have a problem. I was intending to wait until next year to buy a new mac, but it seems like this is a sign that I should make it this year. Otherwise I'll have about 2000.00 worth of software collecting dust on my desk for a year. That coupled with the fact that there are rumours that the iMac will be seeing an update in the space of weeks makes me think I may own one by November.
If I do get an iMac, it'll be the lowest 24inch model (so the second lowest end, just above the 20inch model), and although it's specs aren't amazing, OSX has this fancy way of dealing with system resources that I just find downright neat, and having used one of said model I can say it performs amazingly (I'll probably stick with the 4GB RAM option instead of 8 because holy fuck that's money. Unless of course the updates to the line severely alter the specs and prices, but we'll have to see. Either way I am looking at spending almost 1900.00 on this thing, so that's my new computer for University, having made it 1 year without one.
Ja
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Once
I need a new computer. Bad. Like, really bad. I'm in a pretty crappy place right now technology wise. I am at the point where doing anything freelance at home is almost out of the question, and it's sort of daunting. I'd like to be able to take on a lot more work, but beyond simple illustration or design at low resolutions (for web or something) I am pretty much out of luck. I was hoping that by this point I would be able to buy a new computer, but I am not quite sure right now what I will be doing.
I have my eye on this beauty (the lowest end 24 inch one), which is ideal for school and such, but all said and done is going to set me back almost $2000.00, which is a ton, a shit-ton in fact.
Aside from that, it's looking like my cell-phone might crap out on me this year. This is, in many ways, my own damned fault. This is primarily because I treat it like it's invincible, and I bought a sort of a flimsy tempermental phone to begin with. That won't set me back nearly as much (looking at ones for like a hundred dollars or so) but it's still a cost I'd like to avoid if at all possible.
Most of my clothes are also starting to be too big for me, which I suppose is a good thing, but it also means that I'm going to need to spend an obscene amount on clothes. And by obscene, I mean not very much at all because I tend to buy the cheapest things at every possible opportunity. So I really don't have a right to complain there.
However, on the less whiny side of things, Progressive Nation is in a couple of days, which is super awesome. Ben and Dan have yet to tell me when they are getting here, but that's not entirely out of the ordinary. And then the night after is the Breeders show at Lee's, which I am less excited for, but being less excited for it than I am for ProgNation isn't saying much. It's going to be awesome.
Also, I think I may have finally started to make some head-way with this new comic, I hope I manage to scan some in soon.
I have my eye on this beauty (the lowest end 24 inch one), which is ideal for school and such, but all said and done is going to set me back almost $2000.00, which is a ton, a shit-ton in fact.
Aside from that, it's looking like my cell-phone might crap out on me this year. This is, in many ways, my own damned fault. This is primarily because I treat it like it's invincible, and I bought a sort of a flimsy tempermental phone to begin with. That won't set me back nearly as much (looking at ones for like a hundred dollars or so) but it's still a cost I'd like to avoid if at all possible.
Most of my clothes are also starting to be too big for me, which I suppose is a good thing, but it also means that I'm going to need to spend an obscene amount on clothes. And by obscene, I mean not very much at all because I tend to buy the cheapest things at every possible opportunity. So I really don't have a right to complain there.
However, on the less whiny side of things, Progressive Nation is in a couple of days, which is super awesome. Ben and Dan have yet to tell me when they are getting here, but that's not entirely out of the ordinary. And then the night after is the Breeders show at Lee's, which I am less excited for, but being less excited for it than I am for ProgNation isn't saying much. It's going to be awesome.
Also, I think I may have finally started to make some head-way with this new comic, I hope I manage to scan some in soon.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Those were days of roses, of poetry and prose and Martha all I had was you and all you had was me
I have finally started my whimsical adventure comic. On a possibly related note, I am going to need help coming up with prime-minister related puns, so please submit any you may have to the comments section.
However, I do not have a scanner currently, so I can't guarantee that I will have any of this comic even inked any time soon.
Oh well, it's a step.
PS - I've worked out that in order to go to SDCC next year, I am going to need to save approximately $1000.00 (350 plane, 200 hotel, ~450 food/drink/COMICs), I must be ... diligent, in this effort. I will keep you posted on my efforts to save for said convention.
349 Days Remain
Comic=Con fund = 0/1000
However, I do not have a scanner currently, so I can't guarantee that I will have any of this comic even inked any time soon.
Oh well, it's a step.
PS - I've worked out that in order to go to SDCC next year, I am going to need to save approximately $1000.00 (350 plane, 200 hotel, ~450 food/drink/COMICs), I must be ... diligent, in this effort. I will keep you posted on my efforts to save for said convention.
349 Days Remain
Comic=Con fund = 0/1000
Monday, July 27, 2009
Update sort of
So I am starting to do an autobiography of sorts in comic form. It will be called something like "My life so far, plus extras" and it will be a combination of real events and fictional events, you will be able to tell the fictional events from the actual events because I've never met a robot hobo and I've never been to Mercury.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The beast in Jamesian grove will never jump
So guess whose scanner is sitting in a garage in Clinton? MINE. This is pretty sucky, because I've got a pile of sketches that I was going to include in a blog post tonight. I may know someone with a scanner I can use, which would be sweet, but I am not going to bank on it, so I may or may not have a chance to put up some drawings sometime soon.
I finally sat down and started to write an adventure comic, but I'm having a problem coming up with a premise. I've got a ton of stories in my head and written down, but I don't really want to re-appropriate any of them to this work, I like them the way they are in my head right now, I just don't want to draw an epic this summer. I have a couple of ideas that link to other stories I've thought up, so I might work with one of those, but we'll have to see. I've got a couple of pages drawn up so I hope I can scan them sometime soon.
I also still have to scan the rough pencils I did for that one-shot a few days ago. It was sort of a dumb little story, but that's okay, it was really just practise. I'll upload that as soon as I can too.
We got new design computers at work today, they are running an RC of Windows 7 and I have to admit I'm impressed. The OS is pretty, it's functional and easy to use. I think with time I might even grow to like it more than OSX. It's a very nice OS and aside from a couple of networking issues it's running very smoothly. Well, that and the fact that these computers are - for a lack of better description - tricked the fuck out. They've got two sticks of 2GB RAM with massive fucking heat syncs on them that I've dubbed Thug-RAM. It's sexy.
Speaking of sexy, there's a Rival Boys show this Saturday at Lee's that I am pretty happy is happening. That will be a thing.
I finally sat down and started to write an adventure comic, but I'm having a problem coming up with a premise. I've got a ton of stories in my head and written down, but I don't really want to re-appropriate any of them to this work, I like them the way they are in my head right now, I just don't want to draw an epic this summer. I have a couple of ideas that link to other stories I've thought up, so I might work with one of those, but we'll have to see. I've got a couple of pages drawn up so I hope I can scan them sometime soon.
I also still have to scan the rough pencils I did for that one-shot a few days ago. It was sort of a dumb little story, but that's okay, it was really just practise. I'll upload that as soon as I can too.
We got new design computers at work today, they are running an RC of Windows 7 and I have to admit I'm impressed. The OS is pretty, it's functional and easy to use. I think with time I might even grow to like it more than OSX. It's a very nice OS and aside from a couple of networking issues it's running very smoothly. Well, that and the fact that these computers are - for a lack of better description - tricked the fuck out. They've got two sticks of 2GB RAM with massive fucking heat syncs on them that I've dubbed Thug-RAM. It's sexy.
Speaking of sexy, there's a Rival Boys show this Saturday at Lee's that I am pretty happy is happening. That will be a thing.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Moving day
Gah! it's moving day! I could not be less prepared.
I am packing now, I have found a bunch of weird stuff I forgot I had. Strange.
So the plan is that I am staying at Sam's place for a week, working and stuff, and then we are going on our super sweet camp-stravaganza, and when we get back, I move into 67 Haynes for ... seven weeks. This is the place right next door to 69 Haynes (hehehe) which is where I am moving at the end of July with Andrew, Rory, and Jay.
So when I move into 69 (hehehe) I will be moved in for the school year, and then party house will be brought into existence.
In the mean time, I have to finish packing and moving. But that's not incredibly difficult seeing as this is a list of what I own :
A guitar
A bass guitar
A computer/monitor
A box of paper/books
2 bags of clothes
so that should be okay.
Anyway, next time I blog will be after camping (a time in which many beers will be consumed outdoors) so I will tell you how that went!
P.S - Andrew and I have decided that our summer comic project will be the first issue of a comic called Santania, we'll keep you posted.
I am packing now, I have found a bunch of weird stuff I forgot I had. Strange.
So the plan is that I am staying at Sam's place for a week, working and stuff, and then we are going on our super sweet camp-stravaganza, and when we get back, I move into 67 Haynes for ... seven weeks. This is the place right next door to 69 Haynes (hehehe) which is where I am moving at the end of July with Andrew, Rory, and Jay.
So when I move into 69 (hehehe) I will be moved in for the school year, and then party house will be brought into existence.
In the mean time, I have to finish packing and moving. But that's not incredibly difficult seeing as this is a list of what I own :
A guitar
A bass guitar
A computer/monitor
A box of paper/books
2 bags of clothes
so that should be okay.
Anyway, next time I blog will be after camping (a time in which many beers will be consumed outdoors) so I will tell you how that went!
P.S - Andrew and I have decided that our summer comic project will be the first issue of a comic called Santania, we'll keep you posted.
Monday, March 23, 2009
It's back. Get my gun.
Ok, here is the deal. It is hell of crunch time for school (again) so I am going to post my schedule up here to remind myself. Deal with it.
Monday - Work 10 - 5, work on Design and Image class. Get 100 images.
Tuesday - Class 8:30 - 12:30, Class 2:30 - 6:30, Meeting with FACS group, Interactivity Homework
Wednesday - Work x - 5, Interactivity homework, Design and Colour homework
Thursday - Class 8:30 - 12:30, Interactivity Homework, Class 4:30 - 8:30, Interactivity homework/ Design and Image homework
Friday - Class 2:30 - 6:30, Homework for all classes
Sat&Sun - as much homework as possible.
Also in that time I need to fit in go to the bank, and go to the gym. Hrmm, this week is pretty busy, but I don't even wanna work out what the schedule will look like the next week.
However on Thursday April 2nd I get to go to Ottawa, which makes me happy :)
I haven't had nearly the amount of time to work on the comic that I would have liked to, however I am hoping that this summer will be one in which I get a lot more time to do that.
I am also thinking about buying a new computer ... a PC. I know, I will probably go to hell, but my reasons are pretty solid. First of all, the PC I am looking at buying is about 1000.00 dollars less than the Mac equivalent, which leaves me money to buy a new tablet. Second of all, yes, the operating system is inferior, yes it is ugly, needlessly complicated and just badly designed, but my being a design snob shouldn't keep me from having a functioning computer that lets me do homework at a competent level. Thirdly, PCs are all I use at work, and having a PC at home can only mean good things when it comes to working from home. And lastly, it's not like I won't be buying or using a mac eventually. All I use at school are macs, and I fully intend to buy a mac, I just can't afford it right now.
Ja
Monday - Work 10 - 5, work on Design and Image class. Get 100 images.
Tuesday - Class 8:30 - 12:30, Class 2:30 - 6:30, Meeting with FACS group, Interactivity Homework
Wednesday - Work x - 5, Interactivity homework, Design and Colour homework
Thursday - Class 8:30 - 12:30, Interactivity Homework, Class 4:30 - 8:30, Interactivity homework/ Design and Image homework
Friday - Class 2:30 - 6:30, Homework for all classes
Sat&Sun - as much homework as possible.
Also in that time I need to fit in go to the bank, and go to the gym. Hrmm, this week is pretty busy, but I don't even wanna work out what the schedule will look like the next week.
However on Thursday April 2nd I get to go to Ottawa, which makes me happy :)
I haven't had nearly the amount of time to work on the comic that I would have liked to, however I am hoping that this summer will be one in which I get a lot more time to do that.
I am also thinking about buying a new computer ... a PC. I know, I will probably go to hell, but my reasons are pretty solid. First of all, the PC I am looking at buying is about 1000.00 dollars less than the Mac equivalent, which leaves me money to buy a new tablet. Second of all, yes, the operating system is inferior, yes it is ugly, needlessly complicated and just badly designed, but my being a design snob shouldn't keep me from having a functioning computer that lets me do homework at a competent level. Thirdly, PCs are all I use at work, and having a PC at home can only mean good things when it comes to working from home. And lastly, it's not like I won't be buying or using a mac eventually. All I use at school are macs, and I fully intend to buy a mac, I just can't afford it right now.
Ja
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Jim doesn't like this
So I got a job doing graphic design at the schools Student Centre! Woo hoo! That is pretty awesome. Money for doing something I love? Sure!
I hung out with Zack and Chris last weekend, and then I left. This concludes the things that I did this weekend.
We were talking about D&D a lot, and I think I've decided on going with a Tiefling Warlock for this party, at least for now. Tieflings have always been pretty cool, I remember reading about them in 2ndE and thinking that it might be fun to play one, but the rules on them were never really laid out that well and the way we played, I didn't really want to get into the whole meta-race, hybrid type thing.
I have a ton of assignments this week, but I plan on trying to get some work done on the new comic I'm doing. I've got a page coloured and another in the process of inking, with a bunch more sketched out, so it's coming along.
Anyhow, I gotta go get some stuff done, seeing as I am in class right now and all.
Ja ne.
I can't wait for April 2nd to come.
I hung out with Zack and Chris last weekend, and then I left. This concludes the things that I did this weekend.
We were talking about D&D a lot, and I think I've decided on going with a Tiefling Warlock for this party, at least for now. Tieflings have always been pretty cool, I remember reading about them in 2ndE and thinking that it might be fun to play one, but the rules on them were never really laid out that well and the way we played, I didn't really want to get into the whole meta-race, hybrid type thing.
I have a ton of assignments this week, but I plan on trying to get some work done on the new comic I'm doing. I've got a page coloured and another in the process of inking, with a bunch more sketched out, so it's coming along.
Anyhow, I gotta go get some stuff done, seeing as I am in class right now and all.
Ja ne.
I can't wait for April 2nd to come.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Question
Does anybody know if there is a foolproof way to transfer all of my posts from this blog to one on wordpress? I think that if I am going to make my blog and portfolio work cohesively then Wordpress might be the better option based on the designs for my portfolio that I am considering.
Also, in the way of news, I am getting off my ass and drawing a webcomic. It's called "Uncle Andy" and it's about a jobless, sad man in his mid to late 30's (Uncle Andy) who lives with his slightly more successful and upstanding friend (Dave) and his son and daughter.
Essentially it came from a conversation I had with Andrew about how when we are older I'll be a mildly successful graphic designer and he'll be a jobless bum with an English degree living in my garage. So we said "hey! webcomic!"
We have like 3 written and Im gonna draw some up this weekend while I should be doing Killing Time.
Ja
Also, in the way of news, I am getting off my ass and drawing a webcomic. It's called "Uncle Andy" and it's about a jobless, sad man in his mid to late 30's (Uncle Andy) who lives with his slightly more successful and upstanding friend (Dave) and his son and daughter.
Essentially it came from a conversation I had with Andrew about how when we are older I'll be a mildly successful graphic designer and he'll be a jobless bum with an English degree living in my garage. So we said "hey! webcomic!"
We have like 3 written and Im gonna draw some up this weekend while I should be doing Killing Time.
Ja
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Remember Remember the 5th of November.
So, as it turns out, there's like a 99% chance that as of the end of this week, my school will be closed as the result of a strike.
Let me try to make you understand how much this sucks. I pay about 8000.00 in tuition per year for my program, if there is a strike, we have to make the time up that we miss somehow, which means that the school year will be pushed into the summer, leaving me less time to work, and ultimately, less time to make money, meaning that depending on how long the strike lasts, there is a very real chance that I may not be able to return for a second year, at least not immediately.
However, if there is a strike, it will give me an opportunity to do a number of things that I have been putting off for some time now.
First and foremost is Killing Time issue 2. The issue is thumbnailed and ready to be drawn, I just haven't had the time to in recent months. However in the event of a strike, that could happen.
I also want to update my portfolio. The current portfolio is shoddily programmed and was put together fairly fast as an attempt to display my work for universities. Now that I am in school, I want to use it to chronicle that, and to display the work that I am doing in the event that any potential employers should some across it, they might have a more up to date idea of what work I am doing right now.
I should mention that because this blog is designed to match my current portfolio, any changes I make will probably result in blog being re-designed as well, probably.
And lastly, a project that I have been thinking about and planning for sometime now. I won't say too much about it in case I don't end up having any time for it, but it involves a hobo named Mac, and it's goddamned heartwarming.
Anyway, I guess I should get back to homework, not that I think I will need to hand it in this week, but you never know.
Ja.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Quick Update
Okay, so I am going to be extraordinarily busy the next few days, to the point that I will be checking my Email and that's it, so I just thought I'd jot this down before I forget.
This weekend (most likely Saturday) I am going to attempt at 24 hour comic. I know I kind of missed the official day or whatever, but I am gonna try anyway. I figure 24 pages, 24 hours, no planning whatsoever, might be fun. At the very least I will have an account of my mind slowly descending into madness as my fingers fall off.
I am also going to try to do NaNoWriMo this year. I tried last year and got to like 6400 words before giving up, and this year is even more hectic, but who knows? My school might be going on strike, which would mean that I have to find something to fill that time anyhow, so we'll see.
So yeah, I have to go buy some folders and cardstock and what have you for the assignments that are due tomorrow. See you on the other side.
Ja
This weekend (most likely Saturday) I am going to attempt at 24 hour comic. I know I kind of missed the official day or whatever, but I am gonna try anyway. I figure 24 pages, 24 hours, no planning whatsoever, might be fun. At the very least I will have an account of my mind slowly descending into madness as my fingers fall off.
I am also going to try to do NaNoWriMo this year. I tried last year and got to like 6400 words before giving up, and this year is even more hectic, but who knows? My school might be going on strike, which would mean that I have to find something to fill that time anyhow, so we'll see.
So yeah, I have to go buy some folders and cardstock and what have you for the assignments that are due tomorrow. See you on the other side.
Ja
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Killing TIme Status Update
The first issue is done! You can read it here, or if you prefer, here.
It is also available in print for $3.50. I will post a link to somewhere that you can buy it online as soon as it has been listed. The printed copy will have a cardstock cover, and maybe something else, we don't know.
Now, on to issue 2!
We've finished the writing and thumbnailing process for the second issue. It'll be twice as long, and the print copy will include some joke ads and things of that nature. It will also, of course, be available online.
We intend to have the pencils finished by tomorrow night, but there are still several factors that, should they intervene, will push that to next week sometime. After that it's the long inking and colouring process, which may be made even longer by the fact that we'll be moving in a few weeks.
Anyway, that's all the comic related news for now, I'll post a link as soon as it's available in print.
It is also available in print for $3.50. I will post a link to somewhere that you can buy it online as soon as it has been listed. The printed copy will have a cardstock cover, and maybe something else, we don't know.
Now, on to issue 2!
We've finished the writing and thumbnailing process for the second issue. It'll be twice as long, and the print copy will include some joke ads and things of that nature. It will also, of course, be available online.
We intend to have the pencils finished by tomorrow night, but there are still several factors that, should they intervene, will push that to next week sometime. After that it's the long inking and colouring process, which may be made even longer by the fact that we'll be moving in a few weeks.
Anyway, that's all the comic related news for now, I'll post a link as soon as it's available in print.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Blambot is a goldmine
Alright, so I'm nearly done the ink for the first issue of Killing Time, and I'm starting to think about lettering.
We've decided on the Font Digital Strip from Blambot for the main text in the comic.
Although if we could wrangle up the 20$ for it, I would also like to go with Blambot Pro.
But I could also live with Letter - O - Matic...
So in conclusion we haven't settled on shit just yet. But anyway, the point of the post was to show you some of the sound effects I've been playing with. These aren't by any means actual shots from the comic. The first image is the poster, and the second is a shitty thing I did for University. I just wanted to give them some background.
We've decided on the Font Digital Strip from Blambot for the main text in the comic.
Although if we could wrangle up the 20$ for it, I would also like to go with Blambot Pro.
But I could also live with Letter - O - Matic...
So in conclusion we haven't settled on shit just yet. But anyway, the point of the post was to show you some of the sound effects I've been playing with. These aren't by any means actual shots from the comic. The first image is the poster, and the second is a shitty thing I did for University. I just wanted to give them some background.
So that's all the Killing Time news for now. The first issue should be inked by the end of the week, and the first 6 pages already have flat colours.
In other news, while taking a break from inking, I decided to play with an idea I had for a comic a while ago (like a year). I'm not sure how funny it is anymore, but I'm pretty happy with the way the art turned out. Unfortunately, I only brought this image with me on my flashdrive today:
Which is a screenshot of a part of a single panel of the comic being worked on that I made for some reason. It's done though, so I'll bring it tomorrow and update again.
Ja.
In other news, while taking a break from inking, I decided to play with an idea I had for a comic a while ago (like a year). I'm not sure how funny it is anymore, but I'm pretty happy with the way the art turned out. Unfortunately, I only brought this image with me on my flashdrive today:
Which is a screenshot of a part of a single panel of the comic being worked on that I made for some reason. It's done though, so I'll bring it tomorrow and update again.
Ja.
Monday, April 21, 2008
More comic crap.
First of all, I'll give you guys a little update as to what I've been doing in my internet-less time.
Pages 1 - 6 have now got all of their flats layed down. That doesn't take long, but I needed an hour when I could sit down and do that.
Pages 7-10 have been scanned, and I will probably cram them onto a CD and drag them upstairs to my computer if possible so that they can be inked.
I've redone the poster to include Andrew's email address as well as mine.
So yeah, other than that, not a lot has happened. I'm still working on the whole "getting a router" thing.
Ja.
Pages 1 - 6 have now got all of their flats layed down. That doesn't take long, but I needed an hour when I could sit down and do that.
Pages 7-10 have been scanned, and I will probably cram them onto a CD and drag them upstairs to my computer if possible so that they can be inked.
I've redone the poster to include Andrew's email address as well as mine.
So yeah, other than that, not a lot has happened. I'm still working on the whole "getting a router" thing.
Ja.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Comic Progress Types
So, in light of recent events (namely that god doesn't want me to finish the comic, and is doing everything in his power including destroying my router forcing me to spend $50 I don't have if I want a new one, to keep me from finishing said comic) I've been forced to change my plans. Currently I have pages 1 - 6 scanned properly and entirely inked. At this point, I was going to scan in the last 4 pages and probably would have them done by now. But since the scanner I was using was going through a now non-existant network, I will have to start colouring the pages that I have scanned in.
On the one hand, this interrupts my plans of inking first and colouring second, but on the other hand, I will have some coloured pages to show you people as a preview sooner. Plus I guess it will make the last few pages easier to get done now that I have the first 6 coloured and ready for lettering.
The main thing here is making sure that I don't waste my fucking time instead of colouring the comic in my spare time.
Anyhow, I am leaving now. There may be some kind of podcast wherein Andrew and I talk with Zack and Chris via the INTERNET SOUNDSCAPE. But I don't know.
Ja.
On the one hand, this interrupts my plans of inking first and colouring second, but on the other hand, I will have some coloured pages to show you people as a preview sooner. Plus I guess it will make the last few pages easier to get done now that I have the first 6 coloured and ready for lettering.
The main thing here is making sure that I don't waste my fucking time instead of colouring the comic in my spare time.
Anyhow, I am leaving now. There may be some kind of podcast wherein Andrew and I talk with Zack and Chris via the INTERNET SOUNDSCAPE. But I don't know.
Ja.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Peddling our Cheesy Wares.
So tomorrow Andrew and I will head over to Goderich to pay a visit to a little hobby store called The Literary Dragon. We are hoping that they will be so kind as to put up a few issues of our comic for sale.
In order to help things along I made up this image that will be printed on an 11x15" poster and placed in their window (should they accept)
So yeah, wish us the greatest of luck, for we shall be needing it.
In order to help things along I made up this image that will be printed on an 11x15" poster and placed in their window (should they accept)
So yeah, wish us the greatest of luck, for we shall be needing it.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
A New Ownicon Comic
So about a month ago a friend and I started to plan this comic. I won't give too much away, but I will tell you that it's going to be a long term sort of thing (i.e we have about 3 or 4 issues in the works right now).
The first issue is being inked right now, and we hope to release the first issue sometime this april.
This comic will be a little different from what I typically do in a couple of respects:
Firstly, my friend Andrew is writing the comic. That's not to say I have no control over the storyline per se, but rather that he will be in charge of the bigger writing portions of the comic. In the same respect, he will have a say in the art production. This is, then, a completely collaborative effort. Neat.
Secondly, this will not be distributed in a single medium. While currently we have every intention of distributing the comic for free online, we also intend to sell printed copies of each issue (and, supposing it lasts long enough, each volume). The first issue will be for sale as soon as it is up, and it will be going for $3.50 CDN. (unless the printing place changes it's prices).
Anyway, I need to get back to inking, so just keep yon eyes open, and soon enough the first issue will be complete.
Also, depending on how many we have finished, and how well the comic is recieved, we may be renting a booth at the 2008 Canadian Fan Expo this august. The booth will cost us about $200 to rent, and god knows how much to print comics, so let's hope we get this thing going.
Ja Ne.
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