I’m here! Still plugging away, though I am unsure if anyone beyond a few wonderful close friends and my wonderful family read these. I did have a rush of bots in the last few weeks. Which was interesting, if a little disappointing
I was working on some other more minor projects for the conventions I’m heading to. Though I have managed to ink to page 215 in the comic, which means once everything is colored and lettered I’ll have about a three month buffer. Whoo!
That’s the thing about progress, sometimes it feels like you’re just crawling through wet clay. Getting nowhere, putting pages and pages out into the void of the internet. Knowing that a page that takes me 6-8 hours to make takes about three seconds to read. Plus all the bullshit with wordpress and tumblr feeding peoples content to Midjourney- Its hard not to get bogged down.
However, I’ve been forcing myself to get one thing done relating to the comic everyday. If its just advertising on one of the many social media sites, penciling out the next page, or jotting down dialogue. I just put my head down and made at least one step everyday towards finishing a piece of this giant puzzle, Its nice to look up every once in a while and see that’s its starting to pay off a little. This comic will get done, the story and the art will be good. It just takes time.
For part of my con prep I was going through the volume 1 & 2, and yeah the art and the start is a little wonky, but damn if there weren’t a few jokes in there that made me smile. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I can’t wait for the day when you, the reader can read from start to finish.
P.S. Speaking of Conventions- Come see me this month at Squatch-con in Port Angeles, its gonna be a blast! I’ll be speaking on a panel about Art and Marine Conservation in the Pacific Northwest. Two of my favorite subjects!
