Setting Priorities and Comic Conventions

Finished Ref. Sheets: Eilam Guillory | Citlali Tresler

Haha, been doing a lot of sketching lately. Not so much illustrating as I had hoped. Probably doesn't help that I'm watching movie with my parents or doing other things. lol Been journaling fairly consistently each day but sketching not so much. Need to stop that. Going to try to sketch every day, even if it's only for 15 minutes or so. *is determined*



Just ran out of buffer sketches, need to mass scan more in. I have plenty just need to take time to scan them in. Actually I kind of forget which sketch pages I have or haven't scanned...OTL I need a better system. lol Haven't had time to hook up my scanner properly so it's kind of a pain to attach and detach the wires every time I want to scan something.

Trying to organize which comics I should start first. I wanted to do PI: Live For The Moment but then it would spoil the comic which I haven't started. So I decided to start doing a comic based on a literary piece on Eilam and Citlali that I already wrote but complete it in comic/illustrated form. That way it'll give me practice and I'll have something I can post without worrying about spoilers. :D

Along side that I plan on working on Blindfolded Love and try to work on finishing Unleash and starting AlieNations. Yeah, good planning. XD I hope to at least finish something by the end of next month. Not incredibly productive this past summer but it's better a little something than nothing. Just really need to get my priorities sorted out.

Oh right, plan on getting back into the convention scene. :D Got back from Otakon (my first out-of-state convention) and Matsuricon which was a blast! Only went as an attendee but that's enough. XD So I'm going to try and apply to artist alleys locally around my area. I already applied to Ohayocon. Still waiting to hear from them. Heard about half the tables are taken already so I'm crossing my fingers. lol It's been awhile so I need to create new art and finish a comic or two before then! :D Hope to stop procrastinating and actually start completing projects.

Oh a little article that touched me from a fellow comic artist: Keep on Truckin, my fellow Nattosoups - If you want it, you gotta work for it. At least that is the theme of this post. Really touching for artists that I think you should read. :D

BL Script + PI: LFTM Thumbs Done + Ohayocon 2012

Anyhoo, any one heading to Ohayocon for 2012? Anyone willing to split a table with me? Need to know this before applying which is soon! Comment for more info.

Ok, been procrastinating the last month or so. No surprise.
Ok, I guess I didn't procrastinate as much as I thought. lol I actually finished the whole script for Blindfolded Love! Ha ha! Kept hitting road blocks the last few attempts but I was finally able to conclude an ending! I'm so glad too. It's about time. Now the thumb-nailing should begin, although, I want to have someone re-read and revise the script a bit to see that it makes sense. Might ask my family if they aren't busy. XD



Above is a digital sketch of Niella. Oops running out of buffer sketches, need to scan in some. lol I really want to work on the designs of the characters too because they seem so plain compared to other characters. I know I should just get it done but I may try a few more experiments on their design before I start. ^^; Eh, we'll see how it goes, but I must start this one soon.

I was able to finish thumb-nailing all the pages for a side story for Perfectly Imperfect with the subtitle as Live for the Moment. It's the story of how the two main characters meet. Not going to spoil anything but I loved it. X3 Now I need to start those pages....Unfortunately probably won't show this until I start the main story for PI since it has spoilers in it...lol

Trying to find some small comic/illustration projects to do so that I can at least finish something...OTL I have some but for some reason am either too scared to do it or just lazy...lol Either way I need to get more things done and stop messing around reading manga...

Worked on a another page or so for my Sketchbook Project which is good but not going through them fast enough. Been using that sketchbook really as an outlet for drawing things I don't usually draw. So like weird creatures and patterns. lol Really interesting. Will have to scan those in when I can. XD

I hope to keep up this progress, I didn't realize how much I had done until I started this blog post. Want to get some more designs for my comic strip I want to do (AlieNations) so hopefully I can work on that the next month or so as well. :)