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In 2003 I had an idea for a comic while on vacation. Not much at the time, I had a main character, a setting and a couple of little ideas on things that would happen. As the years past I kept plugging away with my main comic (cascadefailure.comicgenesis.co…) while I toyed with the idea a little at a time. and I mean little! By the start of this year I had maybe 7 or 8 pages of text written) and things weren't progressing much at all. Had three main characters an overarching concept, a map planning out the full rough story but again it wasn't going anywhere really.
Part of the problem was that I would not allow myself to start the comic if I didn't think I could pull it off. recently I started to think I am getting close to the point where I can give it a try.
While on holiday again this year I had an epiphany and everything came together. The concept and style have changed somewhat but the content has went through the roof and the idea is now very solid. Went from 3 characters to about 8 solid ones with many many storylines all planned out. I now have a little momentum and will keep working on polishing the story and fleshing things out.
and don't get me wrong, This isnt something that is going to pop up soon. becuase I still have many problems / things to resolve. First of all, how do I want to make money out of this (lets be honest here, free things are nice but part of the reason I have held onto this idea so long is that I think it could be successfull, so I dont want to give it all away for nothing!) Do I put it online and get a readership and attempt to make money from merchandise and book sales (later) or do I flat out ignore the internet and try to sell the story to a manga publisher?
Important questions but nothing I have to solve right now. Instead I will keep whittling away at the story.
But I suppose this is the first annoucement that I am working on a new, completely different comic in addition to ye-olde one.
Part of the problem was that I would not allow myself to start the comic if I didn't think I could pull it off. recently I started to think I am getting close to the point where I can give it a try.
While on holiday again this year I had an epiphany and everything came together. The concept and style have changed somewhat but the content has went through the roof and the idea is now very solid. Went from 3 characters to about 8 solid ones with many many storylines all planned out. I now have a little momentum and will keep working on polishing the story and fleshing things out.
and don't get me wrong, This isnt something that is going to pop up soon. becuase I still have many problems / things to resolve. First of all, how do I want to make money out of this (lets be honest here, free things are nice but part of the reason I have held onto this idea so long is that I think it could be successfull, so I dont want to give it all away for nothing!) Do I put it online and get a readership and attempt to make money from merchandise and book sales (later) or do I flat out ignore the internet and try to sell the story to a manga publisher?
Important questions but nothing I have to solve right now. Instead I will keep whittling away at the story.
But I suppose this is the first annoucement that I am working on a new, completely different comic in addition to ye-olde one.
No Dee Con for me this year
You can all weep openly for I shall not be attending D-con this year to sell my wares. Its a shame as my prices were going to be insane and I had started producing ACEO cards already. oh well. next year. ACEOS shall be on my etsy page.
Smut or no Smut
Drawing some LOL originals for etsy store and debating whether to stray a bit more into the risque side. Nothing pornographic but definately verging on NSFW. Stick with canon or draw more skin? Opinions!
Etsy shop now open!
I have opened up a little etsy shop to sell on my surplus art from cons, a few choice pieces and my comics.
Also this will be the interface for commisions of ACEOS and other arts. So keep an eye on it and expect to see more stuff there soon!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SavantguardeArt
Post DOJ-Con
Well Doj-con is done and in some senses it was a great success and in others, less so.
The artwork sold brilliantly well though there are still some unsold cards up for grabs for those interested.
The problem with the con is that I completely overestimated the number of comics I would sell! So I printed FAAAAARRRR to many. I have something like 70 comics left over. Oh well! live and learn I guess. They will keep for next time perhaps, I dont think I will re-print them on account of people already having bought them the previous year.
Onto more projects I guess. looking at perhaps doing some magic card alters.
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Oh my god.. This whole journal is like my head right now, I too have a story that I've been planing for ages, and I have problems sitting down and starting it too, coz I also want it to be successful and I really think it could be. If your interested u can find alot of stuff in my gallery which contains the 'untitled story' in it's description, bit literature and art.
I still have the same character in my head that I created when I was like 9-10 or something, I've made a ton of other stories and in the end i was like "fuck it.." and I gathered all of my favorite characters from my different stories and clashed them into my 'Untitled story'.. Now that I think of it, the evolution of my story is quite huge
Anyways, your art rules, I'm about to start reading your comic and good luck to you sir.
I still have the same character in my head that I created when I was like 9-10 or something, I've made a ton of other stories and in the end i was like "fuck it.." and I gathered all of my favorite characters from my different stories and clashed them into my 'Untitled story'.. Now that I think of it, the evolution of my story is quite huge
Anyways, your art rules, I'm about to start reading your comic and good luck to you sir.