Cartoonists On Youtube
Some great videos I “recently” found.
Dave Gibbons teaches you more than just how to use a cintiq.
Four videos of Jeff Smith teaching you how to make comics from beginning to finish. When he starts inking, make sure you’re watching closely.
And, the reason “recently” is in quotes above, because I’m sure i’ve posted these next vids before, but who can’t get enough of Doug TenNapel talking about making comics?
Progress
Bit of a run down on the projects I have going, have planned, and have finished.
Graphic Novels:
BREAKDOWN – 300+ page book. Written. Briefly on hold while I finish the following mini-comics. Once done with those, this becomes my sole focus save for the occasional short (less than 10pgs) story.
BLACKIE – Being written. Waiting to finish Breakdown because this will be another hefty book clocking in with over 200 pages.
Mini-comics:
HELLHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL – 85% done. Once the art is finished, I’ll be “editing” it, and redrawing pages that might need to be redone considering the sometime gaps between working on pages.
BOSTON STRONGBOY – Finished. In the process of scanning and putting together a PDF for sale soon.
MY GEEK FAMILY – Written by Doug Hahner, and penciling has started. It’ll be 26 pages, and printed by Gray Haven Comics once it’s done. It’ll probably be available digitally as well, but that’s up to them.
FERNANDIDO e BARTOLOMEO – Needs to be written. Waiting until the other mini-comics are finished before beginning this. Most likely it will be inkwashed, which is why I want to make sure to just be focusing on this.
SHORT STORIES COLLECTION – Ongoing. Each short story will be available for free digitally, and eventually collected (once I get about 100pgs worth) into a digital book with some unseen shorts done specifically for the book.
Webcomics:
FARMER BOY – Written. Currently drawing and updating one page every Friday. It should end up being 50-60 pages and take the entire year to finish. Once done, it’ll be collected in a digital book with extra materials.
THE LEGEND of TANIN – Currently updating on www.grayhavencomics.com every week. I assume the site will collect the story into a mini-comic. If not, I’ll definitely be collecting it as a digital book for sale once it’s complete. The book will have plenty more material than being put on the site.
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The Legend of Tanin
Two new pages went up today on the Gray Haven website.
http://www.grayhavencomics.com/2012/02/15/legend-of-tanin-chapter-2/
Be sure to check out the rest of the site for some more fun comics, too.
Here’s an image I did for fun yesterday, for the series. Intended as an ad (of sorts) just to post here, or to include when it eventually collects. I wanted to include some text that sort of encapsulates the story and felt this poem did it better than I ever could.
I hope you’ll enjoy where I’m going with this story as much as I’m enjoying making it. Most of the work I do tends to be based on history, gloomy, and set in the real world. THE LEGEND of TANIN is a complete change and forcing me to use my limited imagination.
It’s totally fun.
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Webcomics.
Starting Friday 10 Feb, 2012 I’ll be updating weekly with two pages from two different webcomics. One will be the current FARMER BOY experiment that I’ll post here, and on tumblr. The second one is a little more conventional, but I won’t be updating it here. I’ll just be posting a link to their site.
THE LEGEND OF TANIN will be updated every friday on the Gray Haven comics website. They’re the fine folks that put out THE GATHERING anthology.
TLOT is an adventure story starring a little boy. It gets a little more complicated to explain beyond that. New webcomics are going up on the site on a “trial” basis. Readers vote to see which ones get to continue after 13 weeks. I hope I get the chance to stick around.
http://www.grayhavencomics.com/
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