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Making Monsterpede: Self-publication
I started a new project called “Monsterpede.” I plan to self-publish it, so I’m free to bore you with openly document the process here. This first post in the series I make about “Monsterpede” is going...
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Monsterpede Script & Dummy
More about the process of Monsterpede! I’m documenting what I do in order… 1. Write the story The first thing I did was write a really sloppy version of the story. My favorite part is this You run out...
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Monsterpede Script and Storyboard
So far, the first and only finished illustration for Monsterpede. Here’s the entire manuscript, with the storyboard thumbnails! Some of the thumbs have red in them–ignore that, I was trying to imagine...
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Monsterpede: Making pages 02-03
Markers are my favorite medium, as you probably noticed by now. The other media live in the Harry Potter cupboard and are only given scraps to work on. Today, however, I let the water colors out...
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Monsterpede: Finished pages 01 – 04
FOUR PAGES ARE FINISHED! Ish. Poor Monsterpede. For awhile I locked it in the Harry Potter cupboard with my paints, but it’s now out on the table again. The above image is a watercolor sky with touches...
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Monsterpede: media practice
Monsterpede is mostly in greys with a few red accents, and I picked up a couple of new supplies yesterday that I thought would complement it. (For anyone who cares: Faber-Castell Graphite Aquarelle...
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Monsterpede: a sketch + page five
Today at the Bellingham School of Comics, I did the above top-left-corner sketch (a scan is included below, in the full entry). It’s a scene that probably won’t end up in Monsterpede. I didn’t have...
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Write-a-thon Week One: Broken bones and pretend progress
It’s that time of year again, when Clarion and Clarion West graduates and supporters pledge to write every week in solidarity with this year’s students, generating sponsorships from generous donors. I...
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Write-a-thon: Monsterpede, page 06 + new collaboration
(For those just joining us, Monsterpede is an anti-all-ages picture book that serves as an allegory for a writer’s journey. I intend to self-publish it for the experience, and I am bloging all my...
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Write-a-thon Week Something-or-other: I don’t even know
I FAILED. Somehow, i am still a writer, and still alive, and still trying, but i have been missing my updates and unless i sit down and do some math right now (which i assure you i will most certainly...
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