Inking Considerations
Idle Spirits is coming this Friday! Yes, on Halloween! At long last! How many exclamation points can I use!?
( Some rambling about inking, and pretty pictures. )
( Some rambling about inking, and pretty pictures. )
Oct. 28th, 2008
Sep. 7th, 2008
Idle Spirits Launch
It's Friday, October 31st instead.
Shock and awe, I'm behind schedule. That's what I get for not taking commuting to school and homework into consideration. I are smart.
(Oh, and it's my birthday. I am 19. WTF.)
Shock and awe, I'm behind schedule. That's what I get for not taking commuting to school and homework into consideration. I are smart.
(Oh, and it's my birthday. I am 19. WTF.)
Aug. 7th, 2008
Kindred Spirits & Idle Spirits
LOL, I was trying to find a replacement for Corel Photo-Paint, but then I realized Preview does everything I need (crop, resize, resample). So I can get back to posting new Kindred Spirits pages. Still need a new scanner, though. (And printer - turns out the 3-in-1 I have doesn't have drivers that work with OS X. Huh.)
But I suppose I should start talking more about the main story, Idle Spirits. As soon as I get a new scanner, I'll post something on the site besides "coming soon."
In the world of Idle Spirits exists a group of people known as "spirit guides," who, essentially, guide spirits to the afterlife, and also have some special abilities. This is a duty that passes from mother to child. 18 year-old Derica Zo learns in the first chapter from Shiri and Karmina Lerato that her mother, Adelle, was a spirit guide - and thus she herself. That explains everything except why she saw Shiri in her dreams before even knowing she existed...
Idle Spirits is an embarrassingly long story that I've broken up into eight series. Series 1 happens to be 16 chapters long. (But Series 5 is only 6 chapters, for example.) I'm not sure if it will show, but I was particularly inspired by Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Nana, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Torchwood, and television in general while developing the series from scattered notes over the last year.
So, spoilers?
( List of characters and descriptions of characters in Series 1 )
I have to say, writing Idle Spirits so far has been incredible. I never put so much thought into themes, and plot points are dovetailing effortlessly. I adore all of the characters and all their wonderful flaws. I hope I'm able to complete the entire story eventually, because I love the ending.
But I suppose I should start talking more about the main story, Idle Spirits. As soon as I get a new scanner, I'll post something on the site besides "coming soon."
In the world of Idle Spirits exists a group of people known as "spirit guides," who, essentially, guide spirits to the afterlife, and also have some special abilities. This is a duty that passes from mother to child. 18 year-old Derica Zo learns in the first chapter from Shiri and Karmina Lerato that her mother, Adelle, was a spirit guide - and thus she herself. That explains everything except why she saw Shiri in her dreams before even knowing she existed...
Idle Spirits is an embarrassingly long story that I've broken up into eight series. Series 1 happens to be 16 chapters long. (But Series 5 is only 6 chapters, for example.) I'm not sure if it will show, but I was particularly inspired by Shoujo Kakumei Utena, Nana, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Torchwood, and television in general while developing the series from scattered notes over the last year.
So, spoilers?
( List of characters and descriptions of characters in Series 1 )
I have to say, writing Idle Spirits so far has been incredible. I never put so much thought into themes, and plot points are dovetailing effortlessly. I adore all of the characters and all their wonderful flaws. I hope I'm able to complete the entire story eventually, because I love the ending.
Jun. 26th, 2008
It's Always Something
Yeah, baby. Look at this quality scan! 600dpi, black and white. Never had a jagged lines like this before, and they don't go away when I resize. I'm going to have to mess with the scanner this weekend, but I think it might be time to get another one. Um, yay? I'll have to use my mom's until then, and rescan the pages of Kindred Spirits posted so far.
Jun. 16th, 2008
Kindred Spirits Launch
Kindred Spirits is now up! Check back every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for updates all summer.
Idle Spirits, the main story, goes up in September. Hopefully there will be some interesting stuff on the main site before then.
Idle Spirits, the main story, goes up in September. Hopefully there will be some interesting stuff on the main site before then.
Apr. 30th, 2008
Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits is the title of the comic I've been working on the past few weeks, and serves as a teaser for Idle Spirits. It's a series of vignettes about the main characters at different points of time in the past.
The first part will be posted Saturday, May 10, on the Idle Spirits website.
My new DeviantArt gallery is up.
The first part will be posted Saturday, May 10, on the Idle Spirits website.
My new DeviantArt gallery is up.
Mar. 1st, 2008
Ning is Love
http://www.ning.com
Basically, it's a site that's set up so anyone can make up their own custom social networking site. I promptly found P.O.W.E.R. in Comics, which has an emphasis on women and minorities in the field of comics (hey, I'm both of those!), and joined. It only has 101 members, but I'm just excited to find a place about comics that I can feel at home at. My page is here.
I wonder what else I can find on Ning...
Basically, it's a site that's set up so anyone can make up their own custom social networking site. I promptly found P.O.W.E.R. in Comics, which has an emphasis on women and minorities in the field of comics (hey, I'm both of those!), and joined. It only has 101 members, but I'm just excited to find a place about comics that I can feel at home at. My page is here.
I wonder what else I can find on Ning...