Oh well.
I had intended on selling some prints today but I'm having Paypal issues so you get a bat drawing instead.
Wishing Everyone a wonderful Christmas.
I asked fellow Twitterer and artist Amy Blackwell from Nottingham, England to draw a picture of Inky from Flying Boat and am blown away by the result..( and more then a little humbled...) Beautiful.
Now on sale! Inky the bat buttons!! Buy them here.
Wow! Sales of Flying Boat minicomics have totally bowled me over. I've made more in the first week selling these minis then I did the first week of sales for my first picture book. The money is mostly spent, being put back into the shop for new stuff to nsell and new promotional stuff. I can't wait to see the Inky the bat buttons! Thanks so much everyone for your support. Things are silent on the publisher/agent front after some early positive signs. I'm just waiting now.
Here's a very short story from the world of Harry and Silvio. I'm going to leave this up for a few days until I'm ready to start selling the new minis. This story will be in issue 3.
The Cloud Map, another minicomic to be printed. There are now 5 Harry & Silvio comics.
I've finished up two proposals as of last night and it feels great. I've already received positive responses for both. My cousin Gary and his very pregnant wife Stephanie are visiting from Montreal so today I get to play tourist. Can't wait to see some stuff in Toronto I just haven't had the time to explore. And tomorrow is word on the street which is always fun. Above is a panel from the second Harry and Silvio comic, The Girl With The Purple Boat.
This is the title page from The Cloud Map, the third Harry and Silvio story which I finished late last week. I wish I could publish it here, but I'll wait til I here from the publishers.It's the best story so far and establishes a bunch of new things. Inky is introduced,the world of clouds expands a bit,the idea that Harry and Silvio are cloud map makers is introduced and the Goblin Gang tries to steal the cloud map which might be an ongoing theme. I've started work on the fourth story The Haunted Cloud Castle which will be longer and explore some new stuff. More Miyazaki and Moomin influence in the new story.
At the moment I'm working on a commissioned ink drawing for a local business. I'm taking it pretty slow right now. I'm finding that the minimal sleep that occurs from being a new dad really catches up to you. I spent a lot of the weekend reading and watching TV. I'm becoming addicted to the Clone Wars TV show. Am I the only one who thinks the animation is really cool?
So, I plan to start publishing Harry and Silvio comics as minicomics as soon as story number four is done.More on that later.
I was wondering whether you would be interested in doing a drawing challenge during November... just trying to do a drawing a day. I'm going to do *cough* attempt *cough* this. I'm mostly just doing it with some of my friends, but it would be AWESOME to have a REAL artist join the challenge, if only for a day or two!!!
http://shealynns-faerie-shoppe.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-which-i-announce-that-i-am-off-my.html
Thanks so much Shaylynn! I wish I could, I'm pretty bogged down with this book and two other contracts for the next month. But I really appreciate it!
Looks awesome! I love the bats' little faces! Can't wait to see it inked either :)
Thanks Emma!