Missed a couple of days on the blog

I was busy the past couple of days and wasn't able to post.

On Monday I covered a shift at NCC. Nothing of particular note happened. Summer session are pretty quiet. Though I did feel old when one student remarked that she first heard "I Shot the Sheriff" on American Idol.

Yesterday, I worked on pages for the anthology. I am finally coming to the end of the tunnel in terms of pencil correction on these pages. I did an ink study and the writer/penciler liked it, so I know that I will be inking these pages in a gritty, noir style. Similar to Frank Miller or other styles.

Cleaning house

Today I am focusing on the hosue a bit. There are several domestic tasks that need to be done around the house and i want to take care of them.

I finished the review yesterday and emailed it off to my editor.

Hopefully after doing some work around the house I will be able to get back to inking and working on other art projects.

Internet, writing, inking oh and work

Well as the title of today's post shows I have things to do, but then again these days when do I not. I don't think I have ever written a blog that said, "well I got nothing to do today." Anyway I am trying to go through all the websites, as well as my own, and updating my status and information.

I also have a booze review. So I need to do some research into a product, taste it and then write up. Also I got in a sample article to write for a job opportunity, so that needs to be written and submitted by tomorrow.

While working yesterday I wrote up a Helium article, something I haven't had the time to do in a while. Over the next several weeks, basically the rest of the summer, I want to do as much writing as I can. I need to really work that site as much, if not more then I use too.

Also yesterday I received more pages to ink which will be a challenge. I won't start working on them though until I finish, or at least get to a certain point, with the pages i am currently working on.

Overall, I plan on working on these projects both at home and while at work later tonight.

Working today

So yesterday I kept working on the first set of 5 pages for the anthology, finishing a small ink study.

After that I took the pages to my inking class at SVA. This class has come at the perfect time for me, because it is giving many more options and ideas that I wouldn't have had. Since these pages can be quite problematic, it is nice to have another set of eyes with more experience. The teacher also agreed that this project will be my assignment, other then the original idea of me penciling and then inking my own story.

Today I have work and so far that is about it. So I will try to do some more work correcting the drawings and hopefully get to some long procrastinated writing as well.

And the inking continues...

In some ways this is turning out to be a good summer. Specifically in the working towards my goal as an inker. Suddenly I went from working on patents and doing one inking test, to finishing a comic and currently working on 5 pages for another book that will be self published with 5 more coming. This is will be very good for my portfolio, since I will have 2 works in print with a range of artists. So in that respect this summer is exciting.

Yesterday I ran errands, did some much needed tasks around the house and worked on some ink studies for the current 5 pages I have for this anthology. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten a chance to pencil any pages for my story for my class. Hopefully I will get some time today to put a page or two together for tonight.

My idea for the 5 pages I am working with now is to go very comic noir with them. The idea being to minimize the pencils as much as I can, but also to serve the story as best as possible as well. Luckily, it is a fairly gritty story, so the look should work with it.

Today's plan is simple, to work on some inks and then go to inking class. The same plan I have had on Tuesday for close to a month.

Weekend come and gone

It was a good weekend, which is always nice to say.

Friday I caught up on some Internet work and priced out materials for the up coming TGI Fridays installation.

Saturday I worked from 12 to 6 and then attended an artist reception in Bellport. It was a lovely evening and I got some nice positive feedback on the work I installed.

Sunday I went to Yankee Stadium with my dad. He got the tickets for his birthday. It was a very good time and I discussed the stadium amenities in my food blog: http://www.journeythroughfood.wordpress.com.

There is plenty to be done today. I have several errand that I need to do. I have 5 pages for the upcoming anthology to start working on. I spent a good bulk of Saturday look at them and devising an inking strategy on how to make the most out of the pages. Also I received and email yesterday telling me that I should get 5 more pages from another artist. So this is an excellent opportunity for me to build my inking portfolio further.

On top of that I need to get moving on penciling my own pages for a little story I have written for my inking class. I might have mentioned this before, but in strange irony I have been so busy inking a comic that I haven't had time to work on my Inking Comics class.

Long term goals for the week are to finish the animation (I know I know, I always say I am going to work on it) and to update my site with a lot of new imagery, articles and general changes that I need to make.

Caught up... a bit

So I spent the bulk of yesterday in front of a computer. Whether it was my mom's laptop or my own downstairs. I spent that time doing my usual Internet work, i.e posting on craigslist, writing this blog and my general self promotion tasks. On top of that I wrote out several emails to the Pronto Comics group, other pencilers, other collaborators, a talent recruiter and some other people.

Also I finally finished addressing all the envelopes for my next mailing. the only thing i need to do now is get the stamps and finish editing my animation. Actually that was the only goal I wasn't able to achieve yesterday. It seems to be the most allusive one, for reasons I don't understand.

I have no particular plans for today. There are several things that can be done, none of which need to be finished for tomorrow. I guess I will just see how the day goes.

Internet work

I spent yesterday at work, putting the final touches on the inks. Later I went into the city for a Comic Con meet up at the Dave and Busters in Times Square. It was a good experience. Achilles liked the inks a lot and felt they were good enough that he could get away with doing a first printing in black and white.

We had another general meeting talking about where the anthology was, as well as discussing plans for Pronto comics. Also we met another penciler with good quality work and invited him to join in with the group. Several other things were discussed, all of which encouraged my hopes that we get Pronto Comics up and running and moving like a smooth machine as fast ass possible.

Now that the large inking job is done, I can focus on the anthology inking. Currently, I have one whole story to work on and I am expecting other pages to be coming soon.

Today i plan to be doing a lot of emailing, organizing and general computer/Internet work. Also I want to finish editing an animation that has been sitting around for several months. It is time to get back on the self promotion track full steam.

Another day of ink

As the title suggests today has been and will continue to be filled with ink. I am happy to say that all the complicated, detailed backgrounds are finished. Now all that needs to be done is the figures, which are faster and easier for me to accomplish.

Also tonight I will be going To SVA for my inking class, hence a day of ink.

Ink, ink ink ink ink....

God willing many of my days will be filled with ink, and money in the future.

Inking comics

So this weekend was spent like most days, inking the comic. It has become a time consuming obsession I guess. When I finish this comic, I have the pages from the anthology to work on as well. Suddenly, I am building a nice sized portfolio. When the anthology pages are done, I will have worked with at least 4 different pencilers.

Aside from that my weekend was pretty typical. I spent Saturday working around the house and as I said before, doing some inking. Sunday I went to work, and ...inked, then came home and did some stuff around the house again. I also spent last night finally putting out a new food blog post, promoting this months booze reviews, printing out a job application and general online work.

The plans for the day are, you guessed...inking. I really should buy stock...

Catching up

Well lately it has felt as if I had been burning the candle at both ends. This past week I drew up plans for the TGI Fridays installation, finished the children's book drawings, went to SVA for class, covered an extra shift at the gym, covered a shift at NCC and then worked another shift at the gym, continued to ink pages for the comic book, picked up more booze to review, dropped off the children's book drawings and had a meeting with the other comic book collaborators on the anthology.

All this and the week isn't over yet. Because of all this work I have been unable to keep up with my own projects and self promotion. I discussed this in a post earlier this week. It seems like the trade off and a strange double edged sword. I haven't been making my regular daily posts and advertisements. On top of that I still haven't edited my new animation, or sent out the post card mailing that I have wanted to do for over several months.

Eventually though I can see myself running as a smooth machine. That has always been the eventual goal, to get things in such a way that the routine practically takes care of itself but also allows me to be flexible in my schedule. Will I ever achieve it, who knows? Life happens while you make plans as they say.

So today I have several plans and tasks to take care of. Mostly catching up on Internet work, as I have said there is much that I have neglected. Also I have errands to run and of course I want to work on another page of the comic. So there we have it....

Where Have I been?

Work work work, work work work, work work work !

I have been juggeling 3 projects at once and man it is diffiucult. It is perhaps the great irony that all the self promotion leads to eventual projects, but at the cost of continuing the promotion, and thus getting new projects. Needless to say I am trying to multitask: continuing my daily promoting while completing my projects. It is not an easy balancing act.

Hopefully though as Sun Tzu advizes I will be able to keep the momentum going.