This weekend gave us some fun here in Jacksonville as Tropical Storm Beryl barrelled in to our coast and gave us a good deal of rain, power outages and wind. Where I live things were thankfully uneventful, but it was pretty crazy throughout town. At one point I did wake up in the middle of the […]
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Last night I finished chapter 3 of the Adamsville. This chapter felt like it lingered and lingered. Mainly because I had to study for and pass two licensing exams for my job during that period. But the tests are behind me and so is the chapter. I feel like I really was able to refine
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I recently began thinking through my topics around planning and how to sustain myself as I enter into the final push to finish Adamsville bk 1. It yielded some interesting observations. I noticed that the primary way in which we think through the process of finishing something is to plan like this: I can probably produce
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I recently wrapped up reading two books that I thought I would give a quick review of that I think are a great resource for aspiring artists. The first is OUTLIERS by Malcolm Gladwell. In this book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at what makes a successful person. It’s at once inspiring and at the same time discouraging.
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It’s all downhill from here! I have now passed the halfway mark of inking the book and things are moving smoothly enough! I got very busy for a few things at work involving studying for two licenses I need for my day job. Things were going well without it effecting my comics stuff, but then
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Work is continuing along quickly with The Unknowns. There are a lot of questions I am asking myself about how and when this book will come out to the public. Knowing it’s such a long process to make one of these books and it can start to be draining creatively. A lot of the future hinges
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A lot has been going on with The Unknowns and much of it is stuff I can’t go into specifics about but I made the decision to start looking for an agent about a month and a half ago and that process is moving along well! But it has made me have to review my
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Hey everyone. Quick post here about the progress on The Unknowns. Things have been just busy busy busy go mode lately, and much of my time has been spent with my nose to the grind stone. I managed to pencil, ink and letter 20 pages of the comic in the month of August, which is
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As I jump headlong into the actual production process of my newest graphic novel, THE UNKNOWNS, I thought it would be fun to talk about my process, what I’ve learned and how that might help all of you! I have written and drawn one graphic novel already and started up the process on a second title before ultimately
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