Kelci D Crawford

My apologies for the late post.

Yesterday I was filming at the Phoenix Festival of the Arts for the Project for Awesome. It was a lot of fun and I met so many cool people there! With any luck I can squeeze all of them into the final cut of the video.

I’ll be making a bonus post here on the blog once the video is finished, so you can see it! It should be up by December 17th.

In other news…

My sister @TheTwitchingEye and her husband came back from my previous hometown in Ohio. They were visiting my grandparents who were celebrating their 50th anniversary (woot!). While they were there, they brought back a lot of the things I couldn’t bring with me when I moved to Arizona (because my car was full).

These things included John Green books, Calvin & Hobbes treasuries, my charcoals, and most importantly…

My soft pastels!

Boy did I miss these. I wanted to start doing some larger gallery-space works with these, but before I couldn’t do it because I didn’t have them. Plus, I didn’t want to buy a whole new set. So when Kristen and Justin brought them back I was so excited!

Once the holidays (and the madness) are over, I’ll be starting some new pieces. I already have some portraits in mind…

Now the month-long chaotic escapade known as NaNoWriMo is over. Let me do damage control for a minute.

Each year, NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month) has the rather lofty goal of writing 50,000 words in one month.

And this year I only did a little over 27,000.

One must know one’s limitations. My limit is apparently 27,000-ish words. I’m still proud of that, but I know I can do better.

(In my defense, real life happened several times, like job hunting and working on Validation and Johnson & Sir. I didn’t have either of those last year, but this year I did. I’m not complaining, though.)

On to other news, now that November is over, we’re all in December, and that means Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or (for the rest of us) Festivus.

If you would like a custom-made piece of art for a loved one this year, I’m offering my services for you! My rates are all over on this blog post. I will draw you anything you like, from owls to awesome ladies.

This month I’m doing my best to keep my other projects light. I need to go easy on myself and free up space in my day for making Christmas presents – for family, and for friends who would like something awesome drawn.

Also! You should be reading this new blog, The Twitching Eye. It’s all about writing and mental illness but delivered in a way that’s fun and refreshing and great to read. She just started but she updates every Wednesday. Keep it bookmarked!

SHAMELESS PLUG SENTENCE: You should be reading Validation and Johnson & Sir, and I also finished up my current run of Mini-Comic Theater while also updating Facebook and Twitter and getting new things on Behance.

That’s all for now, and don’t forget to relax!

It’s about freaking time this happened!

I moved from Blogger to here over the course of this week.

This website has been a dream of mine for at least 3 years now. I’m glad I finally have the chance to get it up and show THE WORLD!

If this is your first time here: Hi I’m Kelci.

You might already know me but in case you don’t, I’m the artist of Validation, Johnson & Sir, and Mini-Comic Theater. I make comics, and I make a lot of them.

But what can you expect out of this website?

Other than that it showcases my portfolios of work, I’ll also be sharing works-in-progress, tutorials, comic and graphic novel reviews, convention announcements, and just plain old announcements.

I hope you find them useful. If you would like an idea of what to expect, I got some past blog posts that you can check out, including:

• Things That Inspire Me
• Paper Wings and More on Characters and Story
• Problem Solving in Action
• Comics on Phones: Will They Replace Books?
• Dragonball Z Versus Dragonball Z Kai: A Personal Tale

Lately I haven’t been sharing a whole lot of sketches, so I’m going to do that now:

 

 

 

 

More content will be added. Keep checking back in. I’ll update every Sunday.

Thanks for reading!

Soon it will be November, and soon it will be the start of the gloriously creative and chaotic National Novel Writing Month (those of us cool people in the biz call it NaNoWriMo – or if you’re Master-Level Lazy, NaNo).

Starting Tomorrow I will be embarking on NaNoWriMo, along with my older sister Kristen, aka @TheTwitchingEye on Twitter. She will be working on FINALLY writing a full draft of the novel she’s been making for the last 15 years.

I, in the meantime, will be writing a full draft of a story in the making for a mere 5 years.

The story I will be writing is my new draft of The Legend of Jamie Roberts. (I know, I know, I never stop talking about that darned story, but trust me – the wait will be worth it, and I will make it worth it no matter what).

The reasons for the new draft are actually pretty important. For starters, Jamie and friends are no longer soldiers – they’re pirates.

(This change actually makes the Snowball Fight poster moot. Could you help me get them off my hands please? They’re not bad posters, they’re just not accurate to the story anymore. Think of them as an alternate universe and let your imagination run wild.)

You can get the poster at the Store.

Another thing – some of my characters from previous drafts have left (which makes this mini-poster moot as well. Darn it!)

Could you help me get this off my hands as well please?

However, a character leaving the plot has changed one character’s entire story, not to mention that the ending of the story overall is now different.

Ok, on to other NaNo business before you get bored.

This year Kristen and I are not writing alone – we’ve joined a NaNo writing group based here in Phoenix, AZ. We actually went to a pre-NaNo party just a couple of days ago (there was a person wearing a Toothless hat there but I didn’t get a picture because I thought it would be rude_. We both met some cool people and a great support group for our endeavors.

If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo this year, you should go to the website and sign up. Signing up means you commit to the challenge and want to join a group for support. There are tons of groups based in different locations and genre, plus there are pages of plot, character, and writing ideas in case you get stuck.

NaNo starts tomorrow (I am the master of short notice!) – so if you’re hesitant to join and haven’t heard about this event until now – wait until next year unless you’ve got a lot of ideas, serious cajones, or both. But if you think you wanna do the challenge, join us!

SHAMELESS PLUG SQUARE:

Of course there are the posters mentioned up above.

Also! Earlier this week I added 2 new prints for sale. Both are made with the help of my fabulous friend Chloe and are part of our Doujinshi studio, MACPILT. So go check out Brotherhood and You Are Not Alone.

That’s all for now, but thank you for being awesome!