Comic book online

My brother Mike suggested that I should use his space to put my comic book online, so that I can develop it in the format to view on an iPad with double page spreads. I read a great online comic that was done that way, ReMind.

So, about ten weeks ago I put up the first cover, and almost every week I have contributed a spread, on Fridays. It is challenging to meet the deadline many weeks, but very rewarding to see it grow.
It is at www.sproctacle.smoochbelly.com.

I got my first comment online about it, from China. It was at a massage company. Not sure what that means. I'm not trying to get lots of people to see it yet. Just being timid I guess.

The first page spreads for Uendyr: The Creativity Machine, is at www.sproctacle.smoochbelly.com. I put it online with Comicpress. Easy and satisfying, like a fried egg.

Comic Books for Graphic Novel

I have been storyboarding steadily on my ipad, and I am almost halfway through #4. It looks like there will be about 9 of these, maybe 10. I have found the script in Pages to be indispensible, but I also love coming up with new ideas and ways to show them as I go. I have added a few minor characters, but mostly kept to the script. Unfortunately I could not foresee everything further into the story, and will have to tighten up some details when the city scenes start, sometime around book 7.
It has been exhilarating to write, and I am pulled even deeper in to make what is forming in my head come out in drawings. I wish I had more time to work on the finishing of #2.

COMIC BOOK

YAHOO! I am almost done with my first comic book, for Free Comic Book Day, which is May 5th. I have taken my kids every year to it, and maybe next year I'll have another issue of my comic to actually give away at it. I have taken about 3 months to make this comic, but it is based on a story I have been handcrafting for over 30 years, which would have been a novel, if I were a better writer. You can see from my blogs that I don't get out much.

Short Update

I am not a great blogger, as you can tell. I have been very busy at work, and I have been able to create alot of educational art and just plain fun illustrations since I last blogged. I need to update my portfolio with some of it, so maybe they will be more up to date.

I finally have the internet at home now, for the past 2 months. Yes, I have been cheap and behind the times. No mystery there.

End of May storm brings a creative project

It is the 24th of May and it is snowing. Very wet, soaking snow. I haven't blogged for a long time, as you can see. Busy working, raising my kids, starting on another try at a kid's book. This time I may find success because I am determined to make it very short and simple, but I still want to stuff the story with everything. I was inspired by a book about a siamese cat named Skippy Jon Jones. It has a simple story, but the paintings have alot of added depth and interest. I am not a writer, and only want to write and illustrate a few little books because I have always had so much respect, and interest in author/illustrators who can do it.

I took my kids to California last month. Their first time out of the state. They loved Legoland, and the beach. I could use that weather again now, as I open my umbrella and slog out into the crazy snow.

Summer is Over, Life Goes on

I haven't entered a blog for several months, as you can see. In my busy life, and work, until today there has been little time. And too little to say. I did a set of 46 signs for my kids school Halloween Carnival, and I am starting on typesetting for a family calendar. I did two logos for freelance work, for Canyon School district, which was nice to get after a total lack of extra work. I added a family section of photos to my blog, from the last two years or so. A few newer portfolio pieces have been added to my portfolio set as well.

Actual, spring

I am preparing a presentation about my methods and tricks, such as vector art creation and tiling and photo treatments, for our thursday lunch gathering at Allen Communication, where I make art for a living. Not sure what angle to present, so that I don't come across as preachy, or stupid. I don't have training in teaching, and many people here have advanced degrees.
The title of my presentation is My Experiments in Conceptual Art. It contains alot of the ideas I have had and played with apart from work projects.