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Had a long talk with Julie in the car the other day. OK, I had a long rant/monologue about all the dumb decisions I've made that if I'd known better I would've done something else. But of course it's all moot now. That's the way we all get from to point b
.I've realized that indy comics don't make a lot of money. I've been turning down contracts so that I can just work on comics and in retrospect that was a really bad move. Even the publishers warned me not to do that. I'm thinking about other ways to get my work out there while pouring all my comic book heart into Maddy Kettle.
So, I hate to say this but I'm going to have to abandon my spring webcomic.I know it's something I've been talking about but I just can't afford to do an indy comic and a webcomic as well as illustration jobs, which is where the money comes from. I'm thinking again about illustrating books to tell other stories at the moment.
So, that's the plan right now; just do Maddy Kettle and start taking more illustration work and try to develop my own illustrated books. I'll report on it as it goes along.
Julie and Henry have taken off to visit Ottawa for a week leaving me here to wallow in loneliness and despair. OK, I'm totally exaggerating. I have a lot of work to do as well as a pile of books to read. I saved the
Everyman's Library collection of Ray Bradbury short stories as well as the
Hammer Story for when their gone.I'm actually kind of envious. Ottawa is an amazing city and along with New York, Quebec City and Florence it's one of my favorite cities, of the ones I've been to. It's a beautiful city, drop by if you ever have the opportunity. I love cities situated on a river.I'm desperate to get the wireless working in my studio again so I can talk to them on skype. My studio is like the furthest tower in a rickety old castle and my connection fades in and out, mostly out.
My wife says this picture looks more like me than any other self portrait I've done. I think she's right.
Something I've been doing in the mornings is trying out different software to use with the Cintiq. These sketches were done this morning using the cheap Sketchbook Express software I had picked up some time ago.I'm really impressed with how quickly I was able to do these, you can draw and erase as fast as you think which is pretty fun and it can turn drawing into something that almost feels like performance. I have no explanations for the top two pictures but the bottom one is inspired by
Ronald Searle, thanks to
Drazen for introducing me to his work! I notice it was just mister Searle's 93rd birthday this week. Happy birthday sir!
That is the right choice.
:)
You just made my day, Gabe. Thanks so much.
Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts, Eric. All the best with everything :)
Oh.. nice robot btw! :D
Thanks Charles! I guess my lesson was to diversify more.