I wanted to show some new work at an upcoming art show.
But I feel torn, I feel like I should be showcasing my comic art work, but then I feel like I should be letting go and put out some more traditional art. This whole entire fight in my brain, led me to completely clamming up over the long weekend and getting nothing done!(as far as artwork goes, I got tons of writing and editing done)
Because this may be a problem, I'm going to set up plan B and have some prints of my Inktober work ready to display.
I have some samples to send off to a client tonight.
I emailed someone that I am spitballing with on a project (still in its infancy) that I won't be able to work on it until after the commissions are done. He's cool with it because he's also juggling multiple projects too, so that's a bit of a relief.
First set of commissions done and the client asked for an extra image (he couldn't decide between two of the samples I sent). This weekend I'm set to finish up the rest of them and so I need to set myself back up to advertise for accepting more commission requests.
I have an art show tomorrow. I'm doing it so that I can socialize and show people my weird pictures.
I am in the process of hiring another editor. The earlier editor that I am hiring in April is a developmental editor, whereas the editor that I'm currently hiring will only be doing copyediting.
This weekend I need to go over what I'm doing this month. I feel like there are going to be some dramatic changes.
The art show went really well and completely energized me (even if the show itself fizzled out early).
The commissions are taking longer than expected. I need to wrap them up by the end of the week so they are ready for the client and then I can get back to working on the collab project and my own comics.
This week I have been hit hard by Daylight Savings Time. I am basically just feeling exhausted all of the time. I'm hoping that I can just get a little done each day and hope for the best.
I got a couple of pages done for Tedieval this week.
Now I need to spend this week getting concept sketches ready for this coming up weekend.
There is a writer's conference coming up this weekend, The Creative Ink Festival, and I have people that I need to meet up with there, including my editor, collaborator as well as other people that I just want to catch up with. I'll be volunteering at the event so it looks like it's going to be a busy weekend!
I fell away from working on comics while I was editing formatting for my Dad's stories.
But then one of my websites accidentally went live (it was planned but I was going to push it back so I could make sure that I have everything in place first). So now I'm scrambling to get two books finished.
Meanwhile I am also working on character models and world design for a collab project that I am also working on.
Luckily I have next week off. I will do a longer update tomorrow.
Tonight I finish colouring one of the pages for Grotto and then I am going to work on my work schedule for next week during my "Staycation from My Dayjob".
This week I've decided that my focus should be on getting Grotto as complete as possible. I also want to see how long it takes to do a full colour page.
I feel like I lost a day yesterday. It should not have taken that long to ink and colour a page. Today I am going to focus on getting more than one thing done.
I didn't get any comic work done yesterday, instead, I flooded our bathroom, so that was fun.
Today, I won't be working on comics because I'm taking time to work on editing. But that's after I have to fill out a million tax exempt forms that are due today, so that I can sell books in the states. Thrill to the excitement!
That moment when you see a panel and think, "Oh man, I really wanted to do a panel discussion on that!"
And then you realize that it's your panel that you forgot about because you signed up for it almost a year ago. Writing For Comics and Graphic Novels
Yesterday I was working on more character designs. I was going over the script and I have some strong ideas on what I think should be happening. When I messaged the writer, we seem to be on the same page so I'm pretty stoked!
This week I've finally buckled down to get ready for the Panel One Comics Festival in Calgary. My focus at the moment will be commission art and selling through my current stock of comics so that I can rebrand and update my covers and change formats of some of the books.
I had a big take away from Panel One. I need to reformat my books.
They need to be put out as either trades or full comic size. Zines are good for Zine festivals but I need to up my comic game.
My next big thought is, how much, if at all, should I edit it?
I had been focussing on writing this month for the most part, until the writer got back to me for the collab project that we are working on.
We are both going to be at the same writer's conference at the beginning of August so we're going to go over the script and I have promised him at least a couple of penciled pages.
I need to get a hand out done up for my presentation so I need to work on that this weekend.
Plus my editor wants an outline for the rewrites of the novel soon, I promised within the next week or so.
Finally, I need to book time with my VA to get everything else organized.
Welcome to my month.
On Monday, I managed to get two pages of a comic thumbnailed and three chapters outlined.
Tuesday, there were some personal things going on so I couldn't get anything done.
Today? I hope to settle back into working on the outline because working helps and because I really want to get it done.
Aaand I have to unexpectedly travel this weekend, so that's going to put a hamper in my prep time for the presentation I'm making and the questions for the panel that I'm going to be moderating. (Two separate things, one presentation, one moderated panel) I will just...do what I can this weekend and then next weekend will be a gong show trying to wrap everything up.
This weekend is crunch time! I have two pages that I promised to have pencilled for the writer to review.
I have to get the handouts ready to go for the presentation.
These are easy goals.
This month is going to be practising the balancing act between writing and comics. I have a page that I need to get done so that it's ready to go live next month. But I also need to get an outline to my editor for review. This will be good practice.
I finally wrote out the rough outline for the novel based on what my dad wrote. Now to write out the actual outline (there is a lot that needs to be added).
As per part of my process, I spent part of my night looking at how to format an outline for my editor. Then I finally decided to just break down all of the scenes (everything was originally set up in chapters). Of course that was just at the end of the night.
So I got the very rough outline done, I still have to rewrite it so that it's somewhat organized.
But now I need to get caught up on my webcomics. I'm extremely discouraged because I feel like I spent the year just spinning my wheels. I have to move faster than that if I want to get everything done that I need to do.
I have been streaming my process on Twitch and then rereleasing them to YouTube. In doing that I've managed to get caught up with comics. So now I'm back to working on the novel outline for my editor.
So my editor messaged me yesterday. I am about a quarter of the way through the outline. I think she was just glad to see progress, but for me it's a great source of frustration that it's taking me so long to get this done, it's like pulling teeth. To the point where my brain has now distracted me with a prequel to the story of this one.
XD
Yay Happy New Years!
I'm back to working on comic pages. This week is Tedieval week. I want to get at least to pages ready to post by the end of the week. Why is it taking so long? It's the way I'm colouring the pages, there is one panel that is a very detailed background.
Still working on the same page. Again why? Because I got hit with a massive flu last week which pretty much knocked me out. I'm hoping that I can get this done shortly (by Thursday at the latest).
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But I feel torn, I feel like I should be showcasing my comic art work, but then I feel like I should be letting go and put out some more traditional art. This whole entire fight in my brain, led me to completely clamming up over the long weekend and getting nothing done!(as far as artwork goes, I got tons of writing and editing done)
Because this may be a problem, I'm going to set up plan B and have some prints of my Inktober work ready to display.
I have some samples to send off to a client tonight.
I emailed someone that I am spitballing with on a project (still in its infancy) that I won't be able to work on it until after the commissions are done. He's cool with it because he's also juggling multiple projects too, so that's a bit of a relief.
I have an art show tomorrow. I'm doing it so that I can socialize and show people my weird pictures.
I am in the process of hiring another editor. The earlier editor that I am hiring in April is a developmental editor, whereas the editor that I'm currently hiring will only be doing copyediting.
This weekend I need to go over what I'm doing this month. I feel like there are going to be some dramatic changes.
The commissions are taking longer than expected. I need to wrap them up by the end of the week so they are ready for the client and then I can get back to working on the collab project and my own comics.
Now I need to spend this week getting concept sketches ready for this coming up weekend.
There is a writer's conference coming up this weekend, The Creative Ink Festival, and I have people that I need to meet up with there, including my editor, collaborator as well as other people that I just want to catch up with. I'll be volunteering at the event so it looks like it's going to be a busy weekend!
But then one of my websites accidentally went live (it was planned but I was going to push it back so I could make sure that I have everything in place first). So now I'm scrambling to get two books finished.
Meanwhile I am also working on character models and world design for a collab project that I am also working on.
Luckily I have next week off. I will do a longer update tomorrow.
Today, I won't be working on comics because I'm taking time to work on editing. But that's after I have to fill out a million tax exempt forms that are due today, so that I can sell books in the states. Thrill to the excitement!
And then you realize that it's your panel that you forgot about because you signed up for it almost a year ago.
Writing For Comics and Graphic Novels
They need to be put out as either trades or full comic size. Zines are good for Zine festivals but I need to up my comic game.
My next big thought is, how much, if at all, should I edit it?
We are both going to be at the same writer's conference at the beginning of August so we're going to go over the script and I have promised him at least a couple of penciled pages.
I need to get a hand out done up for my presentation so I need to work on that this weekend.
Plus my editor wants an outline for the rewrites of the novel soon, I promised within the next week or so.
Finally, I need to book time with my VA to get everything else organized.
Welcome to my month.
Tuesday, there were some personal things going on so I couldn't get anything done.
Today? I hope to settle back into working on the outline because working helps and because I really want to get it done.
I have to get the handouts ready to go for the presentation.
These are easy goals.
But now I need to get caught up on my webcomics. I'm extremely discouraged because I feel like I spent the year just spinning my wheels. I have to move faster than that if I want to get everything done that I need to do.
XD
I'm back to working on comic pages. This week is Tedieval week. I want to get at least to pages ready to post by the end of the week. Why is it taking so long? It's the way I'm colouring the pages, there is one panel that is a very detailed background.