I was flipping through an art book and was inspired to place my little island of Ocean End (from my Penelope Sea story) on turtle’s back. I’m trying to get myself jazzed about editing it. And, illustrating it, since I always wanted it to be heavy with pictures.
Actually, my first graphics tablet. I’m really not used to digital painting or anything like that. I like pencils and pens. But I’m trying out new things. So here’s me playing around with a sketched out idea I had while writing Tattoo.
The first book I ever took a whack at, Penelope Sea and Ocean End, needs some massive editing. I think I am just getting into the mood for that too. This is Penelope.
Dunno if you’ve noticed, but I like to commit to crazy creative challenges. I keep finding out about ones that have just passed without my knowlege (like hourly comics day). So in an attempt to miss as few as possible, I’m planning. Inktober – an ink drawing a day throughout October: no pencils, no erasers. 24 hour comics day – …
At some point in time I read/heard this story. I’m not sure where and I’ve been looking for it since, but it goes like this: “a great and dedicated scholar dies and finds himself in a large and beautiful library. He nearly faints in happiness as his eyes grope over the shelves before him, but when he reaches for a …
I have a confession to make: I went to college, I wrote poetry, I smoked clove cigarettes, worked in a music store, fancied myself a photographer, and took intro to psychology. All of the cliched college girl watchamacallit, I did it all, Losers! I mean, sorry, I don’t think you’re losers…I just got carried away. What was I saying? Oh, yeah…and …
There’s something that tickles me about bringing some fiction into reality, I want more of it. I want to live in the town where Fraley’s Robot Repair shop warms the window of a vacant store shop: Toby Atticus Fraley, Public Art Installation. And, of course, when I saw this I immediately thought of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart by …
I did it, after two years of enough obstacles and sabotage to ruin my chances of winning–I have triumphed ONCE AGAIN! That is, finally again after the first time in 2008. I have completed a brand new novel of over 50,000 words in the month of November. And what’s better–it’s not even another un-finished project. It’s over, it’s done! So, …
Very apropos comic for this month. I have a poltergeist–what’s keeping you from writing? Drawn!, by the by, is a fantastic blog. And Tom Gauld is awesome. I have to talk about the blogs I like on my blog now that Google reader doesn’t offer a shared posts thingy anymore. Oh, Google plus will replace it or something but …