In today’s live stream, starting at 6 pm EST, I’m drawing more robot comics! Feel free to lurk while I work on this project.
To see the previous installment of drawing robot comics, you’re in luck – that live stream is now available for replay.
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Today, I want to show a piece of art from a sketch to the finished piece. This time, it’s the cover art for The Legend of Jamie Roberts, volume 2. (It’s still on Crowdfundr, by the way! Get a pre-order of the book while you can.)
Here’s the initial sketch that I drew in 2015…
Here’s a redraw of the same sketch, drawn in 2020…
Here is final art I made for the cover art of Volume 2…
I can’t help it, I love this art.
In fact, I love it so much that I want to see how you color this. Here is a link to download the line art. If you color this, tag me on Instagram @kelcidcomics or Ko-fi @kelcidcrawford.
Yo! I wanted to give you an update. Because you might be wondering, “Kelci! Do you have any upcoming campaigns for KickStarter or Crowdfundr or something?”
Short answer: not yet.
Long answer:
My roommate and I are getting ready to move to a new apartment in May. Fingers crossed that everything works out there!
Because of that, though, I’m not going to do a campaign for any new products until after May 30. I don’t want the stress of running a campaign at the same time that I’m moving to a new home. The exception for a campaign is anything for my Subscriber Clubs.
I have made comics exclusively for newsletter subscribers before. And I think it’s time I bring that back.
This time, we’re jumping to one year after the events of The Case of the Wendigo. (You can catch up on that story for free online – or get the graphic novel with remastered pages and bonus content.)
The story goes that 1000 years ago, a Demon King threatened humanity itself – and the only one brave enough to stand against him was the hero of mankind, Richard. Richard punched the Demon King so hard that the demon vanished!
Cut to 1000 years later, and Vanita is jogging at the park when she sees the Demon King himself passed out in the bushes!
Thus begins this silly slice-of-life story about a demon passing out on the couch of a trans woman.
So This Story is Happening?
Yes! Thanks to the lovely backers of the Crowdfundr campaign, they helped cover the basic set-up costs and the production of the first few pages of the comic!
The comic is all set to launch this Friday, March 17 (yep, St. Patrick’s day).
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