Hello hello,
Last week I got the first proof of Sorcery 101 and the colors were a tad dull. So I did some color correction and a new proof is on it’s way. The book is so close I can taste it. It’s delicious. Also, on my end From Scratch is officially done. It is all uploaded and lettered. I’m awaiting a quote from the printer than I’ll start taking preorders.
Now that the business is all out of the way, I’d like to share with you all a book I just finished called The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. The book talks about how everyone has that one thing that combines what they love to do with what they are good at. It also discusses what things might be getting in the way of your element and how certain things can help immensely.
Listening to it was extremely inspiring, because it’s mostly stories about individuals finding something they truly love. It also talks about luck and making your own luck. And it’s not just related to the arts. There are people interviewed for the book that talk about Math or billiards or astronomy they way I personally feel about comics. There was a part in it where the author mentioned your element is where you find the work for you that is play. It immediately made me think of about a year ago when my mom was watching old home movies. She told me to come out and watch some. I told her “No, I’m working.” Then after some coaxing she got me to go in the other room and see. Little me was on the screen making up stories and my mom was trying to get me downstairs for a something and little me said “No, I’m playing.” I was pretty much doing the same thing at 5 that I’m doing now.
So this book really hit a lot of my buttons because I’ve felt similar things to what is talked about in the book. I even got a bit choked up during the part about mentors. So I encourage you all to go pick it up. Maybe it will help you find you or see your own element.
~Kel
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Update as a note to myself and for the curious
Okay, so this is what my work load and goals are looking like and what I have/haven’t finished since switching to once a week updates.
Finish Character Designs for Kids bookFinish roughs for Kids book- Finish Final Line Art for Kids book
- Finish Colors for Kids book
Design websiteWrite first draft of kickstarter info- Make kickstarter video
FaM cover- First ten pages of FaM
- write script for short
- draw short
- Finish Enemies part 2
- Finish Redos for Out Come the Wolves (25/54 finished)
- Finish Redos for Wild Things (5/32 penciled)
- Finish Redos for Old Allies (0/32)
- Finish Redos for Responsibilities part 1 (0/31)
- Finish Redos for Responsibilities part 2 (0/22)
- Finish Redos for Responsibilities part 3 (0/29)
- Finish Redos for Responsibilities part 4 (0/29)
- Make PDF of next two Sorcery 101 books
May 15, 2012 | No Comments
Back and work work work
Hey all,
Back from Stumptown. It was a blast!
Now I’ve been away so I haven’t had a change to say anything on here, but I did a short comic for the anthology Smut Peddler. It’s comic porn all draw by women. It’s fully funded but the higher the funding goes the more of a bonus payment I get. Because of this I’ve donated some of my originals pages to this the kickstarter. They are very nice looking and my story is about two scientists strained on a forest planet.
Kel
May 3, 2012 | No Comments
Updates and Stumptown
Hey all,
Now that I’m not buried in Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales books orders (sent out about 300 this week) or in the middle of cons, I got time to post an update. Reminder that Sorcery 101 is only updating on Mondays because I’m drawing a kids book series and I’m getting all redos done by the end of the year.
Now if you need some supernatural comics to fill the void you should check out Alabaster: Wolves. I’ve read the first issue of 5. The art is lovely and drawn by Steve Lieber. The main character is a monster hunter guided by a seraph. It takes place near Savannah and both the art and writing set a nice eerie mood. The first issue just came out recently. It deserves your support!
Also, I’ll be at Stumptown the end of this month. Table b-25 with my former classmate Meredith McClaren.
April 12, 2012 | No Comments
Hi – The RSS feed for Sorcery 101 dried up in January. By chance I found out today that you’re still making them.
So I added the new RSS feed. But, hey, if you move the feed again, please put up a notice in BIG RED LETTERS before doing so, or we’ll lose you.
Thanks for the comic!
Guess you missed the several different news announcement right before the switch