September Production Blog

Turning 37 I've decided to make some changes in my life to get me out of the same ol' rut that I've been in. Hopefully one of them will be updating this blog on a regular basis, like once a week.

I decided that with turning 37 I really need to push forward with my business because hey, these stories and art aren't gonna make themselves.

I started off by trying to sell some art prints. That however didn't go well. I was at a local comic shop for 4 hours and sold one print (for anyone wanting to keep track). Those of course looked like these...

Inuyasha

Pikachu

Wolverine w/bone claws

(Watermarked for your viewing pleasure and safety of my property. ;) )

As of yesterday I completely redid another print that didn't turn out so well on sale day so now I have Blastoise.

So that brings you all up to speed with the current status of my art prints.

Currently I have a few other projects in the works. I've been working on launching a website but every url I come up with for my own personal branding has been taking. So that's taking some time which is why I'm coming back here. Enclosed in my website I'll have an online print store as well as my own works, be in my manga Eichi, personal fan fiction work titles, and anime.

Eichi got a little touch the other day. I was working with color in mind, adding color and it was taking quite a bit of time. Since I've decided to go back to only black and white and using those to create tones so it's more of a manga feel than a comic feel. Hopefully by only using blacks and whites I can produce faster (as I have other projects I'm trying to crank out). An untouched mock up of page one looks something like this.....

Some of my projects require a little bit of outsourcing though. Hey, I can't do everything myself. That one project is a little big project called "New Strawn." So here's the deal, it's an anime project. Think Halo meets Cowboy Bebop meets Transformers meets Minority Report meets C.O.P.S.. If you don't know C.O.P.S. then enjoy.




So not to get too off topic, I spent all night looking for talent. I started off looking for my female lead character named Claire. I have a few ideas but they aren't giving me what I'm looking for yet. Matter of fact, the closest I've found as a fit so far says her voice is described as warm and welcoming and I'm looking for stern and cold. Time will tell if she turns up as a fit. Secondly, and I didn't have to look long, I'm pretty sure I found my composer. He's gonna cost some money though. AH, the trials of starting a company. Spend money to hopefully make money. I'm looking to make a series trailer to gauge some interest.


Excesior!!!

Pat!