Enjoy! And even if you don't enjoy, please at least watch the video, I am terrible at videos (but worked very hard on this one)
Since we're all here, I'll give a little preview of so...
2018-03-15 16:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hewwo
I'm running a contest from now until April 17, when the Kickstarter ends!
Hi guys~
It's been very quiet from me lately because I've been 1) sick 2) away at a convention 3) dying from work, but now I can finally show off some of it... my second book Kickstarter is launching tomorrow at 10am PST for normals, and 930am PST for Cool Guys like yourselves. I'll be making a post here with the actual live link for you at 930am...
2018-03-15 05:40:34 +0000 UTC View Post
It's going to be daily updates for a while, starting soon. Batch art is probably the fastest way to do pages, but I don't really like doing it unless I have to (right now, I do). Anyways, here's some comparisons between the pencils (top row) and the inks/ main figure flats (middle).
The last row illustrates a point I've made several times before ...
2018-02-16 06:31:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a little progress update~ I love these pages even though they look like chickenscratch here XD
Nobody wants to hear about how busy the people they're supporting are, so I'll avoid that~ BUT I've been finishing up some comics for ECCC and will be post the PDFs of those up here for you soon... also been working on some simple animations for my...
2018-02-14 00:10:48 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys,
Thought I'd just do a post-convention write-up of my experiences so far at library conventions. This info is most vital for small press comic artists.
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Last year I did my very first library convention in Idaho at the Boise Library Comicon (BLCC), and yesterday my second one at our first local alternative-press librar...
2018-02-12 01:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post
There's one moment in every page, where you look at what you've done and have an overwhelming feeling of "this will never in a million years look the way I want it, I should just quit comics now." I am laughing at how pathetic this page makes me feel right now, but everything should be cool in a few hours.
Small news: I'll be representing m...
2018-02-09 21:09:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Net builders: All these guys do all day is build and reinforce nets right below the ceiling to keep loose rocks from falling. That's it. It's a boring life.
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I hadn't really thought about what this thing would look like until I had to do the page, then I was like fuck, gotta design a creature. But to be honest I'm kind of happy wit...
2018-01-31 02:28:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Right now, a lot of my time per week is devoted to editing the Alloy Anthology, a comic anthology project I've been dreaming of creating for several years, and which I'm finally able to make a reality. I said I'd give you all a peek into the process of what ...
2018-01-28 22:14:50 +0000 UTC View Post
A generally gentle animal that exists only to mine for various substances, which it carries in a flexible stomach. A central beak and a spade-like claw breaks through softer rock or hardened clays, and sensitive tentacles sort through the rubble.
Normally not great at fighting due to their stubby and not-terribly-well-developed back legs an...
2018-01-26 19:53:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got a bad migraine sort of thing going on right now which is throwing me off my game/ making it hard to stare at my screen as much as I need, so my apologies for update hiccup :[ 509 is nearly done but the last phase requires the most contrast on my monitor, and it's a bit too much for me tonight I think. Will get up early and attempt again in...
2018-01-26 03:05:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's that strip of boring scribbles I posted last week next to the inks and finals for last week's pages! Pretty neat huh?
For the anthology I'm working on right now, we're transitioning our artists from their final scripts to the thumbnailing phase. I have a thumbnailing...
2018-01-23 20:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys,
Well, I did it, I finished writing MI this weekend. Many tears were shed awkwardly by myself to myself, several pages of various notebooks scribbled all over and re-written and re-scribbled and re-re-written. My closet, once covered in post-it notes, is swept clean. Now that I finally have a solid pagecount down and can set all my pages ...
2018-01-15 05:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Whew
Okay, this tutorial is about knowing when you're ready to go indie- in the context of this tutorial, that means not working a stable, full-time job, but making a living from your art in another way. How you want to go indie (freelance/ contracting? self-publishing? etc) is left open because... everyone is different! What I did specifically p...
2018-01-05 18:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another year done, another full circle completed.
The cover of the final chapter of Mare Internum will be live on the site at midnight PST, but since it's midnight EST I thought I'd upload the high-res chapter image here for you guys now~
The new tutorial will be up asap, it is about knowing when to make the jump from hobbyist to full...
2018-01-01 05:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Been trying to find my vibe while solidifying this next Meek chapter... The dastardly duo
Hi guys!
First, a little preview of Chapter 6 of The Meek. Outstanding will begin next year, after the conclusion of Mare Internum in Q1 of 2018.
Next, you might have heard about the update to Patreon's fee structure. I strongly disagr...
2017-12-07 21:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello hello,
Thank you very much for keeping me alive this year! Since it's black cyber small business whatever weekend, here's a little coupon of thanks: 20% off any non-commission items in my Gumroad store. This is also the...
2017-11-25 07:43:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In other news, I've been desperately ______ for the past few days and my productivity has suffered a bit, but am crawling back up the waterfall, as one does.
I'm nearly done with colors but here's a preview of the lineart and text of tomorrow's page.
For $10 patrons waiting on the recent tutorial's worksheet: it is on the way! t...
2017-11-09 04:57:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Have you ever needed money? to, for example, prolong and sustain your life? yeah me too. Above is a page from a project management book I worked on in 2014 and the first 6 months of 2015, while juggling the return of The Meek and launching Mare, which was a lot of fun (no). In an interesting twist of fate this book was poorly project-managed and I ...
2017-11-09 04:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Been feeling a little blah about my work lately, like I'm just going through the motions, so thought I'd take a step back and do some "fun" art to reset.
The top sketch is what I started out with, which is SO boring and I hated myself for drawing it, haha. No life, just like, random side view, it made me mad. A lot of the life of a drawing ...
2017-11-03 05:04:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I remember the last day I drew this guy, because it was the last page of Chapter 3 about 6 years ago, lol. I also have a hell of a time keeping his face consistent in general so I thought I'd make an updated ref sheet for myself.
His design is based on a bunch of "white" features that I tend to caricaturize a certain way. That maybe sounds racial...
2017-11-02 04:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright, here we go~
Some basic info for people looking to start a webcomic from the very ground floor. This is more of a practical tutorial vs a creative one, and is for people who have never done comics before. The supplement sheet will be out soon and covers more specific considerations about how to figure out what kind of host is right for yo...
2017-11-01 19:13:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Spelling is in English for the sake of clarity, but you get the point... there's a bunch of skeletons on the doorstep of the Processor because at some point you have nothing but time and the urge to make your presence known.
Why does the processor leave them there instead of cleaning it up? Out of amusement or pity or respect? hard to say~<...
2017-10-30 00:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post
My site is undergoing maintenance so I can't upload at a stupid hour, so a small preview :] This is pre-correction so the colors aren't quite 100% yet, but the bones are there... HAHA... ha...
2017-10-24 05:43:12 +0000 UTC View Post
MEEK STUFF! yeah, I've already started prelim work on revising Ch 6 ahead of its official start in a few months. Until then, will just be revisiting some older art and some bg stuff. I think this is still one of my fav Soli pieces so I just wanted to repost it here :] (it looks fuzzy cuz I was experimenting with one-brush pictures at the time, and ...
2017-10-22 23:27:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Just some simple stuff. As a reminder, Wollarians have two female sexes, with the larger type like Kalla having a large forked crest, and the smaller type having a smaller ridge-like crest. From the circle you can kinda infer which gender is seen as being i...
2017-10-22 23:14:23 +0000 UTC View Post
These have shown up on a few pages, idk if I've ever said what they were, but they are AR visors that are worn commonly on Earth around this time, especially in more developed countr...
2017-10-15 17:08:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a thing I came up with that was originally going to be somewhere in this scene, but I wrote it out a few weeks ago (even though I still like it as both a dumb animal and a story device). Was inspired by a bucket device that was being touted last year, it floats a...
2017-10-15 02:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post