When it comes to putting out art, sometime you’re on fire, sometimes you’re burnt out. Right now, I’m burning the candle at both ends. I just hope the candle is a million miles long.

Here’s page 2 from the new sketchbook:

Zac, you really need to pay attention to these, you may see them a lot more soon.

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So my last sketchbook was ruined in a blight of Coke being spilled all over it. I lost a couple really good pieces, but I’m determined to move on with a new book I’ve gotten. The new challenge: sketch everyday. Here’s the first day.

I think it’s reasonable, although I may end up having his moist the shield over his head as he calls the battlecry. My friend Zac should keep an eye on some of the sketches for the next few days.

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Anyone who’s clicking on the links I’m leaving strewn about the place and visiting this site will understandably see a website that has a lot going wrong with it. It’s gonna be like this for the immediate future.

In the meantime, just enjoy as I torture myself working on art.

In the meantime, Another new piece. Had tons of fun working on it.

enjoi.

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I’m not gonna bother with apologies since no one really reads this site.

Here’s an older piece while I prepare some new stuff to show off.

enjoy.

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In light of the past few weeks, I’ve let myself down. Fucking website. Goddamn, I hate my job. As soon as I get home from class, I’m hitting the drawing board, finally finishing that Gambit and Rogue piece and cracking the whip on that goddamn site code. I’ve actually gotten a lot done, it’s just that my hours at work and starting a new class kinda weighed down my dumb ass for a while.

I’ll post a sketch when I get home.

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Think of it this way. Rebuilding a website’s backend and doing a redesign on a template is nothing but brain melting goodness, especially when a problem arises and there’s no goddamn way to find the problem without erasing everything you just did and starting from a fresh starting point.

FUCK.

Here’s an advance screening of a commission:

First I’m gonna work on the roughs and pencils for Sweet Will’s Spider-Man. The colors for this one come next.

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Here’s a little peek at a piece I’m working on for a commission.

It’s a Gambit and Rogue piece for a girl who loves Gambit, but hates Rogue. This is a bit of the roughs. After this piece’s final inks are done, I’ll be getting to work on Sweet Will’s Spider-Man.

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Not much to talk about, I’m trying to get into the habit of posting at least one sketch a day. This is kinda cheating because this is about three months old, but this is the sketch that convinced a lot of people at HeroesCon to pay for sketches like it, so I figured it’d be worth it to show off.

I’ve been dabbling in the site’s backend between classes and working on art outside of school and work. Things are going tremendously well. I’ve even got two commissions that I’m working on that will see the light of day soon enough.

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I meant to post immediately after the con or yesterday, but the instant I came home, I was thrust straight back into my hectic routine.

Here’s the short version of my HeroesCon 2009 experience:

• The con itself was FUCKING AMAZING
• I made about $200 without having anything official for sale. This was just me selling con sketches.
• I’m totally gonna have a table there next year.
• The guys I went with had an unusual fascination with Granny Goodness over the weekend for some reason
• The advice I got from some of the professionals there was fantastic and I totally plan on taking full advantage of that

But now, it’s on to business!

The site is going to get revamped on the backend. I’m going to lose the CUSP webcomic updating software in favor of Comicpress, and lose Movable Type altogether in favor of Wordpress. It’s just an easier utility to maintain and work on.

This may take about a week, but I am working on some other things at the same time.

In the meantime, here’s a sketch I did at the con:

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It’s been roughly three months since I last posted on the website. I figure: I’m paying for the motherfucker, might as well utilize it. So here we are… me. And like three of you who still check this site. I wish there were three of you.

Those of you ghosts who do follow my bits and pieces of art and life news will take clever note that my planned 100 Heroes marker sketch deal fell through TRIUMPHANTLY! Jesus, I need to get on goddamn track with disciplining myself for those things. Especially for yet another relaunch of the comic.

Yeah, another relaunch. Two updates last September aren’t going to measure up, especially if I’m trying for a scholarship with an incomplete portfolio when I try to get into SCAD for my major studies this fall. I have a lot of work ahead of me. I’m working on ideas for the comic, it’s format, it’s style. I think if I’m going to be serious about it, I just need to go ahead and post some pages and see what works versus what doesn’t. That’s going to be the make or break on this project of mine.

Meanwhile! I’ve got a con, a real, bona fide comic convention, HeroesCon. I’ve got a table at HeroesCon on June 19-21 up in Charlotte, North Carolina. I don’t have my table number yet, but I’m sure to get it soon, seeing as the con is just a hair over a month away. It’s one of my favorite cons each year and this is my first time attending as an artist.

I wanna have at least 15 new items done by the con gets here, at the very least penciled and inked, but colors would be even better. I’m gonna post them all before I go up to Charlotte. Here’s a quick run-down of whats on deck:
– Wolverine (looking fucked up and pissed, like he’s been thrown through an airplane engine)
– Master Chief (Halo)
– Deadpool (Namely, the real Deadpool, not that fucking joke that was in the Wolverine Origins movie)
– The no/fly/zone trio
– A new version of a Batman/Hellboy thing I’ve got
– Sonic the Hedgehog
– Team pic: Classic Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Wasp, Ant-Man)
– Team pic: JLA (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, Zatanna)
– Team pic: X-Men (Cyclops, Storm… y’know what, you get the idea)
– And a couple others…

I’m thinking I may switch out the of the site from Movable Type to the far easier to maintain WordPress. The issue of course is when I’m going to do this since my track record for getting right on such things is fucking awesome.  

I’ve got lots of work ahead of me, in addition to the massive amount of writing I’ve got on my plate thanks to my summer classes.

Speaking of which, last semester went swimmingly, and I should be done with FCCJ and Jacksonville by the end of the year. God willing, I’ll be transferring to SCAD by next spring and be well on my way to an animation or visual effects bachelor’s degree. I’m not sure yet, but I think I’ll minor in a literature degree as well.

Well, I’ve got homework to do, kids. Don’t worry, I’ll post another blog in well under three months from now. No need to hold your breath.

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