Walkings (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} unrendered) wrote,@ 2007-08-31 18:43:00 |
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september 1st update
Well hell, it has been quite the month of months. One of the most fun months in recent memory, and has been overwhelmingly non-stopping. I think it might be the becoming a full-time cartoonist. I am in my element, artistically and socially.
Well, let's get some of the basics out of the way.
First, Little Dee Volume #2 will be out neat the end of the month. Here's a link to the cover. Front Cover. Back Cover.
Second, I will be at the Stumptown Comics Fest at the end of the month, again tabling with the inevitable Kevin Moore. And I'll have Dee #2 with me if you don't get a chance to purchase it by then. Oh, and theoretically I'll be moderating a Q&A with Shaenon Garrity, definitely worth stopping by to see.
Thirdly, I finished drawing this month's comic, entitled From My Window (archived off of the Water Street page). Hopefully the fact that it took me two months was worth the wait. It was written by the irrefutable Anya Kozorez. I adapted it, we bickered, it was a good time, and hopefully you'll see more from us as a team. She is awesome and is one of my oldest and closest friends, but I can say (utterly unbiasedly) that she is a fabulous writer.
The protagonist is actually based on Anya, herself. You are welcome to declare, "Egads! There is some visual similarity between her and Bruno!" because... well.. there is some. Although I created Bruno before meeting Anya, Bruno's evolution of appearance was definitely influenced by Anya. Or perhaps i was originally attracted to Anya because i was crushed out on my own comic strip. Weirdo.
The style of this particular comic was inspired by works by John Singer Sargent. In a number of his paintings he did this thing where the focal points (usually face) were in focus, and the rest in a sort-of blurred expressionistic style. Below is a sample. I used this as a jumping platform, but also used the blurring occasionally like a camera focus, creating depths of field.
And i think that's it for now. I'm moving out of my apartment around mid-October, and will begin drifting like seaweed, untill I settle again upon some rock.
Well hell, it has been quite the month of months. One of the most fun months in recent memory, and has been overwhelmingly non-stopping. I think it might be the becoming a full-time cartoonist. I am in my element, artistically and socially.
Well, let's get some of the basics out of the way.
First, Little Dee Volume #2 will be out neat the end of the month. Here's a link to the cover. Front Cover. Back Cover.
Second, I will be at the Stumptown Comics Fest at the end of the month, again tabling with the inevitable Kevin Moore. And I'll have Dee #2 with me if you don't get a chance to purchase it by then. Oh, and theoretically I'll be moderating a Q&A with Shaenon Garrity, definitely worth stopping by to see.
Thirdly, I finished drawing this month's comic, entitled From My Window (archived off of the Water Street page). Hopefully the fact that it took me two months was worth the wait. It was written by the irrefutable Anya Kozorez. I adapted it, we bickered, it was a good time, and hopefully you'll see more from us as a team. She is awesome and is one of my oldest and closest friends, but I can say (utterly unbiasedly) that she is a fabulous writer.
The protagonist is actually based on Anya, herself. You are welcome to declare, "Egads! There is some visual similarity between her and Bruno!" because... well.. there is some. Although I created Bruno before meeting Anya, Bruno's evolution of appearance was definitely influenced by Anya. Or perhaps i was originally attracted to Anya because i was crushed out on my own comic strip. Weirdo.
The style of this particular comic was inspired by works by John Singer Sargent. In a number of his paintings he did this thing where the focal points (usually face) were in focus, and the rest in a sort-of blurred expressionistic style. Below is a sample. I used this as a jumping platform, but also used the blurring occasionally like a camera focus, creating depths of field.
And i think that's it for now. I'm moving out of my apartment around mid-October, and will begin drifting like seaweed, untill I settle again upon some rock.
