Here’s a peak at a page from Chapter 2: I’m busy working my way through the colors in chapter 2 and they are coming together really fast. I’m pretty proud of this chapter and the storytelling along with everything else in it. I had done some back and forth recently about releasing this book to […]
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Today I finished the pencils and inks for chapter 2 of Adamsville. I had a feeling I could plow through the chapter fairly quickly. It’s the shortest of the four chapters, clocking in at 25 pages. The above image is the Manga Studio story file for the last 15 pages of the chapter which is
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Suspense in comics is just plain hard. It has so many things going against its success. No music, soundfx, actual time elaspment in the progression of a scene, etc. You really have to be pretty good at storytelling to make it work at any sort of competent level in a comic. It’s proven to be the
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Making graphic novels, quite simply, takes forevas! I talked a bit in my last post about how setting goals helps you set perameters for the project you are on. It gives you time frames and a schedule you can keep and is attainable. But then when you sit back and you look at the actual time
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Well I have spent a few weeks quietly working on this site in the background and finally I am ready to announce that my current graphic novel project has its very own site home. VISIT: www.adamsvillecomic.com to follow my work on this project going forward. I decided to do this for a couple of major reasons. 1) I
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This past week I began inking chapter 2 and am currently 1/3 done inking the entire chapter and slowly making my way through the coloring process. I have found that the penciling and inking process are the fastest for me and much easier to get going because I can do that at work, on break
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I feel like I can breathe a sigh of relief. With so much going into the pitching process and everything that has been going on up to this point I decided I will share just a bit about what my plans are going forward. You know, I’ve shared the story several times of how I
The Unknowns: Failing Upwards Read More »
As all of you know, I have been diligently working towards a goal of completing a pitch for my book The Unknowns. I finished it last week . Well I got word back yesterday from the agent I had been talking with that she decided to pass on the book. It was a very nice experience
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At about 3:30 Am last evening I wrapped up the first big milestone for The Unknowns. I finished the first 28 pages, which is my official pitch to publishers and also serves as the openning act of the book. These last 5 weeks of coloring and drawing pages has been the most intense thing ever,
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Man it is nice to be back to business on The Unknowns. It’s been a pretty business month of October. I decided to take part in Inktober and created my Pumpkin-Saurus story which was a lot of fun and helped me hone down to a more controled inking approach. But yesterday I got back to inking on my
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