Man of Steel Trailer

This looks like it's going to be amazing. I'm not the biggest fan of Supes, but you can never go wrong with Chris Nolan producing, helping with the writing, and Zack Snyder directing. He may not have done well recently, at least in my opinion (Watchmen felt like a best of clips for fanboys and we don't talk about Sucker Punch...), but his visuals are always stunning. This movie proves he still has that going for him, and it seems we're getting the Superman movie we've been waiting for. I think it'll be movie of the year, or at least a tie with Iron Man 3. Agree/Disagree?

SOMA coloring

I've been busy lately colorizing my comic. I haven't heard back from the company that gave me the advice to do this such thing, and in all honesty that's fine; I feel like this piece of gold they gave me is what I needed to really make things happen and I'm very grateful to them regardless of what may happen. In the meantime, I have to say that I'm happy with how the comic is coming along.

I never thought such a simple thing as coloring would make all the difference in the world when it came to my comic, but now that I know this I'm pretty upset with myself for never doing it before. It's great learning new techniques and trying them out, as well. Manga Studio doesn't give me a whole range of skills like Photoshop does, but it does enough for my comic and that's really all I need. I'm getting comfortable with coloring, finally~

I feel like drawing some fan art again. I have more pages to work on for chapter 4 though, so I suppose the other drawings can wait...we'll see.

A comic company got back to me today.

I submitted SOMA to a comic company, G.M.I. Manga, a while back and today they finally replied. 

The general consensus was good~

They loved the concept of the comic, and the art style was compared to Jet Set Radio. I love JSR! I used to play it nonstop on my Dreamcast back in the day, so to have my style compared to that is quite the compliment. The one issue they had, and it was more of a high recommendation, was that it should be colorized. They went on to say that the black and white tone makes the wacky story of SOMA not pop as it should. 

I told them that coloring isn't an issue for me, and I'd be glad to do it (Manga Studio makes it very easy to color comics). It's a completely understandable choice to make: we're in the digital world now, which means we can easily read comics through our mobile devices/computers/tablets and such. It makes sense that we'd all want to read comics in color now.


What do you guys think? Would you like to see Short Order Mobile Action as a colorized comic?

You can read it here. It's up to the beginning of Chapter 4, so there's plenty to read~

Art Jam: April 2013

The art jam finished tonight. It was a lot of fun, as was the last time, and really good for updating my skills. There were a couple of subjects that I probably never would have drawn, but it's all about stepping out of your comfort zone, right? Without further delay, here's the results of the art jam! Also, you can check out my fellow artists's work here      That's all of them! All the pieces were done in Manga Studio, and a couple were finished in Photoshop CS3. Next month will be yet another art jam, but in the meantime I'll be posting more of my artwork for you guys to see to sate yourselves.

Day One: Nightcrawler (X-Men)

 Day Two: Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

Day Three: Otto Man (The Simpsons)

Day Five: Beetlejuice 

Day Six: Daniel the Bull (Where the Wild Things Are)

Day Seven: Lucy/Kaede (Elfen Lied)

Art Jam - April 2013 News

I'm participating in an art jam for the first week of April, meaning it's ending tomorrow and I'll be posting up my finished pieces then. I had a lot of fun with this jam! The last one went on for over 2 weeks and it was exhausting since I was also working on my comic and a few art trades with people on deviantArt. Needless to say, I was burned out. It got to the point that I couldn't even look at my pen and tablet; I was that tired of drawing. Putting the past aside, this week's art jam was refreshing and really made me proud of my abilities as an artist. I wanted to try a few new things, such as colors, poses, even inking, and I think everyone reading this will be surprised at the progress I've made. I also switched from Photoshop to Manga Studio EX 4, which is a much superior program when it comes to inking. I'm trying to get used to coloring with MS, but it's proving not to be as complicated as I initially thought it was. I can't wait to show everyone what I've been up to.

Pencil sketches.

I sketched with pencil for the first time in months. I switched to digital at the later part of last year. I wanted to work on my comics from my bed (I'm lazy, sue me), and I already owned a tablet so I figured I'd work at using it until it became natural. I never ditched traditional drawing, but it became less and less important to me since I could do everything from my laptop. It felt good to get a sketch out on paper, and it makes me want to learn how to finalize sketches in a professional manner. There's so much I need to learn, such as finalizing sketches and adding detail for inking, inking in particular, and shading. I'm good at it, but I'm not great and that's what I want to get to. I'm trying my best to make my comic stand out, and I'm gaining a pretty good fanbase. I wish I was better at promoting, but I never really know what to do besides plugging the comic on websites. I'm sure in time it'll come, but until then I'll keep learning how to make it better and better.

Short Order Mobile Action Update & Other News

I'm going into the 4th chapter of SOMA! Last time I uploaded any of it here I believe I was on chapter 2, but time has been flying by and I've kept pretty busy. I've been hosting it at this nifty site known as Manga Magazine, as I feel it's easier to get my story out there until I get a proper website. you can check it out here I've also entered a contest with a group known as Manga Tokyo Style. They choose a winner monthly, and they receive $1,000 and recognition, which I think is just great. They've also translated my first chapter of SOMA into Japanese, so my comic is being read overseas... ...how cool is that? I hope I win. I won't find out until the end of April, so this month is going to be stressful. In other news, I've joined another Art Jam for this month: it's only 7 days this time around (the last one in January was 16 and it was grueling), and it's been going well so far. The subjects are very cool and I know I'm going to have fun. They are as follows: Monday - Nightcrawler from X-Men Tuesday - Jon Snow from Game of Thrones (I picked this one XD) Wednesday - Any secondary character from The Simpsons Thursday - Connor Kenway from Assassin's Creed Friday - Beetlejuice Saturday - Daniel the bull from Where the Wild Things Are Sunday - Nightwolf from Mortal Kombat It's going to be interesting. I'll be out of my comfort zone again, but it's pretty surprising to see what comes out of it.

Art Jam: January 2013!

Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been busy with my comic and drawings and completely neglected this blog. My bad! Well, I was part of an Art Jam a while back and it was a lot of fun. 16 consecutive days of drawing, and between that and my comic I burned myself out pretty bad. I'm back to normal now, so I'll show you the fruits of my labor.