Color for Now

I realized I haven't posted on here in a minute or two. All of my free time goes to freelancing work these days, so I haven't had much time to work on the graphic novel. I'll be animating a children's music video for the next week, so there definitely won't be much spare time, but after that, it's back on.

Here are some status updates on pages 2 and 3, though. They are colored, but not lettered yet.

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Another Sparklife Post

After teaching myself how to use gifs in that last post, I used that new power on my latest comic for the SparkLife website. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

As for the graphic novel, I am still working on it and some pages are in various states of conclusion. I am getting a new computer next week that should make coloring faster/better. I'll post something soon, though.

Sodlier Sketches

Here are some sketches of soldiers that I made into gifs because I find the process of inking and developing drawings fascinating. You can click on the images to see larger versions.

Soldier design

Horseback

Time to get back to coloring page 2!

Still Workin' on Page 2

But at least I'm working on it.

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Freelance work for SparkLife

I've been making some extra cash on the side by doing some freelance work for SparkLife, which is the social/news portion of the website for SparkNotes, which is basically Cliff Notes. It's all run by Barnes & Noble, which is how I end up getting paid for the whole thing. Anyway, my most recent comic slideshow thing is up here.

Page 2 - Victor and Martin Emperor's Treasure sketch

I had planned to post a new page every week, but my father passed away on January 9th and there was a lot to attend to regarding that, not the least of which being that it really bummed me out. I'm working on Page 2, and will get back on my previously-planned schedule of 52 pages (at least) this year, but for now I'm playing catch-up. In the meantime, here's a partially-completed first panel sketch of page 2.

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Victor and Martin: The Hunt for the Emperor's Treasure

Page 1. I'm going to try to produce one new page per week. I'll get my own website up, or back up, in a little while, but I'll be posting the pages here for now.

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