This Update is Sketchy

I don’t have a review for you today because I’m still reading through a lot of comics.

However, I’ve been doing a lot of sketching.

Mostly I’ve been drawing for the new eBook I’m making, Goth Punk Girls. Here are the new sketches I made for it!

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I’ve been drawing a lot of inspiration from the Tumblr Punx of Color, which I definitely recommend you follow! They even feature occasional musicians and zine creators (I love love LOVE zines).

Speaking of punks, though, that reminds me that I should talk about Charlie & Clow for a moment.

I’m going to update a few things on the webcomic site, including adding some more to the FAQ section.

There are new Charlie & Clow comics every Monday via my email newsletter, too! It’s a good way to know what the two monster hunters are up to in between chapters. Here’s the first comic, to give you a taste:

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While that’s going on, I’m also doing costume designs for Chapter 2, like this one:

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Clow MIGHT be getting a haircut before then though: people keep mistaking him for Roxie, the awesome punk lady in Validation. I don’t like it when two characters from two different stories look alike to me: It makes me think of Same Face Syndrome.

But I’m not sure what new style to give him! If you have any suggestions or ideas, please leave them in the comments below.

Ok, I need to get back to work.

Thank you for reading!

You. Are. Awesome.

New Sketches for Comics In Progress

So, in between my webcomics and my day jobs, I’ve still managed to make some new sketches to develop some comics I have in the works.

I have them posted below. They’re not in color (yet) but I wanted to show you the (dare I say, gorgeous) line-work I used to draw them.

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Jamie Roberts, Genderqueer Pirate.
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The Woman of the Woods, Sorceress and Warrior.
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Princess Rosetta and Amal Ahmad
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A sample panel from the upcoming webcomic Seeing Him.

This last sketch is from a webcomic my sister Kia and I are hoping to get on KickStarter, called “Seeing Him.”

The story is about a young lady named Kate who wants to find Mr. Right. She finds him in Adam, a devilishly handsome OB/GYN who is also a trans man.

We both felt like there weren’t enough stories with trans men in them, and what few there are don’t necessarily portray them as, like, people. We hope that “Seeing Him” can help change that.

We tried running a KickStarter previously, but we didn’t meet our goal.

But this time, we learned: we’re going to lower the fundraising goal, and offer more digital rewards and custom commissions for backers.

The plan is to get the KickStarter up online on Saturday, but with my two day jobs deciding they want me to work full-time hours, I don’t know if that’ll happen.

However, if the project gets fully funded, I can actually QUIT one day job for a while. And that would be super cool to just make more comics more often, yo.

Wish me luck!

Writing Claire’s Story

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So one of my New Years Goals was to write 1000 words a day. Which sounds pretty lofty, but really I can accomplish that in about an hour. Sometimes less.

In writing 1000 words a day, I’m actually getting a LOT of writing done.

It’s not just blog posts either.

Thanks to my 1000 words written a day goal, I’ve revisited an old script of mine, and am now in the process of writing it and continuing off of it.

I’m talking about my post apocalyptic lesbian love story with zombie-killing, starring Claire and Tracy.

claire and tracy in work in progress

I finished editing Chapter 1, and I powered through Chapter 2. It’s a GREAT feeling knowing there’s progress finally being made on a project that’s been on hold for months.

I’ve been revisiting this project in my sketchbook, as well.

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A Work in Progress (click to enlarge)
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Sketching out an idea of the world they explore. (Click to enlarge).

And I’ve been doing some sketching to flesh out their world bit by bit.

I’ve also been looking at this list of post-apocalyptic tropes to avoid and what hasn’t been done yet. I’m hoping to add elements of things rarely done in post-apocalyptic stories, pulling inspiration from this list.

Like bike-riding. Oh my shit there need to be more bike riders after cars become useless hunks of metal.

What are some tropes of the post apocalyptic genre you can think of? What hasn’t been done in a zombie story yet that you can think of? Leave them in the comments below. I would love to hear about them!

Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you tomorrow.