I think I can...

Yesterday I finished Inking chapter 6 of Formera. I did about 6 pages in 8 hours (and that’s with interruptions from my work). I only have 4 more chapters to ink and then I’ll be done!!!

I think my trick of spending a day inking boarders was a good idea, because honestly that is what made this so fast for me... cuz I could focus on the artwork and not have to worry about the boarders and Sound FX which are rather time consuming to do. Having them already drawn was an enormous time-saver and I’m gonna try to get the next few chapter boarders Inked tonight. With any luck I might be able to finish Inking the remaining 4 chapters by the end of this week, which would give me all of next MONTH to finish coloring!

I’m starting to get a little antsy about getting this done. I miss doing Pirate comics or other short-story comics and having this book looming over my mind is starting to get to me. I want to do OTHER things too, but this book is what’s gonna help me get my name out there, so it’s hard to ignore.

I don’t have any doubt that I’ll be able to finish it by the end of August. But it is definitely going to be close. I’m not even really very sure about what’s going to happen in book 3. I mean, I’ve got IDEAS for what I want, but there is no concrete story arc to follow yet like there was with this book. This book was actually relatively easy to write because I already had parts from the first book I was redoing and that was all leading to this one moment that I already had planned long ago. But book 3 doesn’t have that luxury, and it’s a little weird to be thinking about having to do a 3rd and possibly 4th book eventually.

My schedule is going to get a little messed up in the next two weeks, so who knows, maybe I’ll be able to get more done? I dunno...

I just kinda miss being able to do Pirate comics/art and other stuff. There’s a whole slew of comics of mine which I haven’t even really addressed. There’s Patty (which is a down to earth lesbian love story), then there’s Percy Phillips (which is a hard-boiled crime-fighting detective series), and then there’s Avra (which is a sci-fi adventure). There plenty others, but these are ones which I haven’t yet gotten around to improving upon.

Oh and before I forget, I’ll be in St. Paul, Minnesota for the Comic Con in October. It’s a free event (as far as I know) so if you’re in the area come on it. You might even get those Pirate cards that I made up (and which are in my gallery) cuz that’s where they’re going to be given away. I’ll post more details as the date comes up, but just letting people know that it’s going on.