Comic tidbits

I've been working on my summer project class presentation today and I think it might just be finished up. I just need to present it and get signatures and an override to actually sign me up for it. Here's hoping to it goes smoothly. And heres a few cover mockups I did for it:



I like the pink one a lot X3 I have about 4 rough pages done but they are so rough and messy that I'm too embarrassed to show them right now. I'll post pages and stuff over the summer for it as they get done. When I finish it and turn everything in I plan on printing it as a mini comic (as part of the final). If anyone is interested in it when it's done then I'll make more booklets.

And worry not! I still plan on doing Kale pages this summer! Speaking of which, I have some awesome news on that front. My good friend Michelle, who is a seasoned and talented cosplayer, came to me saying that she plans to cosplay as Kale for Nekocon this November, and she's going to be my booth mascot and pass out fliers for my table :D Because of this I decided it only natural that I should cosplay as Alencia (also from my Kale book) so we can both pimp my book. I'm so happy that she wants to do this tho, she's perfect for it. I've dreamed of the day when people would cosplay my characters and now its' come! My Lina Inverse cosplay shall happen another day, but that's fine. I didn't think I could get even more excited for Nekocon but I just did! XD

This past week

So I've been pretty busy lately. Mostly fretting un-nessisarily about classes. I was also a bit sick this weekend, but despite all that, here's what I've been up to.

+Kale- I actually got a couple pages of Chapter 2 story boarded after figuring something out with the direction of the story. I started penciling page 15 last night but I'm not sure when it will be finished. Probably this weekend as I have an Italian test this Thursday to prepare for.


+OMN- The scripts have been flying in! Ryan is really on a roll with the new pages. Now I just have to draw them. I'm thinking about devoting spring break, which is in about two weeks, to belting them out. Here's a WIP photo of a pin up I was working on for the book. It'll make more sense later :P They are basically in comic D&D characters. We love D&D senario jokes.


+Painting class- I have to do lots of painting studies for class. My last class resulted in nothing noteworthy (but I did learn a lot!) But the class before that I did this painting. When we finish a painting we wipe it away and end up with a pashina on the canvas.

The objects for this painting were a robot earring and a purple d8.

We also have to come up with ideas to do a series of paintings for the rest of the semester. I want to experiment with lighting, atmosphere, and portraiture a bit. I also want to use Alencia as my subject :P Here are the studies I have so far, I'm working on more.


Overall I'm really excited about the projects and progress I'm making. My painting teacher reenforced my belief that I am improving and most importantly I'm learning. It feels so good to learn and not worry about if my finished product is a beautiful work of art. It's like dancing and not worrying about if you look like a fool or not. Then I can take what I've learned and make some beautiful art with it. It's times like this it makes me feel good to be an artist. The only thing I don't like is having to lug my painting supplies around :P

Painting Class Samples

OMG guys, something NOT Kale related?!

Anyhoo, I'm on a total happyness high from my painting class today :D So far we've been bringing in objects that are all different, doing painting studies based on them, and doing paintings in class, while solving a problem (hot vs. cold, filling the canvas, using BIG BRUSHES). I didn't take a photo of the first two I did because they were AWEFUL. So here are the ones I've gotten so far.


This was Hot vs. Cold and filling the canvas.


This was today's, it was Hot vs. Cold, or Big vs. Details, or both. I just rolled with it. This shows my work space (although today it was on the opposite side of the room.) My teacher said it was good :) YAY

I have to go to Main Art and Lowes (or Pleasant's) tomorrow to pick up a few things, then on Wednesday I get to show my teacher what I want to do for the rest of the semester. I hope he lets me do what I'm proposing. I basically want to practice illustrative painting while also practicing dramatic lighting. And use Alencia as a model :P

And now for something Kale related, I had an epiphany during Bio Lecture and now I know how to fix my story! I also decided exactly how I want to the book to be bound (like a manga, not saddle stitched even though it's cheaper). So now I can story board the rest of Chapter 2 with nothing in my way! Except homework... I have to study Italian for a quiz tomorrow but they've never been terribly hard. I got a 90% on the last one :P So as a reward for studying I'll either storyboard or color the cover. We'll see, I may need food first :P