Inking

I have inked four pages, and in doing so I have learned that i need to erase more extrenuous pencil lines before I ink. Erasers tend to also remove ink for some reason. But, baby steps, moving forward, but also kinda moving backwards...anyway, progross is being made on the comic front, means I only have 20 pages left to ink. My goal is to get them inked before break. That seems unlikely but it's a goal. Anyway, at the request of the only comment made on this blog, I'm linking a VIDEO that I made last year for cinema production class.

I Believe

I believe tat I have actually finished the penciling entirely. I'm not entirely sure, but I'm gonna go ahead and start inking. If I think I need more penciling I'll do it on the way...but other than that, yay. I loooooooove my comic work, its a good distraction. Also, I felt bad having not posted this VIDEO yet, seeing as it's one of my all time favorite youtube videos. Chances are you've seen it. but still, had to be done. Also I have no more character sketches of Rodeo Knight characters, but I have some from the next comic, Sadie. This is the main adversary, named Ellen.

Oh dear...

Turns out I have more re-penciling than I had thought, I basically have to go over everything before page 12...so I'm still delayed. Basically I've learned to just take my time the FIRST time around I do a page. Something to keep in mind when production on the first issue of Sadie begins production in a few months. Soooooo here's another VIDEO

Milestone

Two years after the first page was penciled, the entire first issue of Rodeo Knights is fully penciled!! DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!! But I'm not done, I still have to RE-pencil a few of the earlier pages that got less time, but it shouldn't be that bad. Then it's on to the inking, which should not take two years...if I focus...which is hard lately......Anywho! I figure I'll just keep throwing up videos as a distraction until I get some preview art up here, so until then, enjoy THIS.

GOOD news, Nobody!

After a few sucessful hours of drawing, I only have 1 more page to pencil! I already put in the layout, and roughed in some characters, but opted to stop on the grounds that it's late, and I want to do it well, so I stopped. That's all the news I have, but I figured I'd update, in case, you know, someone out there is actually tracking my progress...Meanwhile!!!! Here's another VIDEO to keep you interested :)

Ah-HEM!

Well if this post records the time it was made, you will note that I am updating at 2:40 AM. This is because I finished my real school work around 10, then watched an Adobe Fireworks training video until about...11:30. After THAT, I started on Rodeo Knights again and actually had a good groove going so I didn't want to stop. I now have 1 page and 2 panels left to pencil! Then on to some re-penciling, and then the inking! This is progress guys! Until then, here's another video LINK for you to enjoy. Also, here's a sketch of Kelly from Rodeo Knights.

Small Update

This is a small update just to say that I only have 1 and 1/2 pages left to pencil, and they are taking longer because they involve repetitively drawing a jeep from different angles, and cars are my drawing weakness, I was trying to avoid it for so long. But that also means I can ink soon, until then, here's a neat video you can watch.

SO Close

Well I've mannaged to complete two more penciled pages from Rodeo Knights, which means I only have the last three to pencil and then I can start inking, but don't be fooled, it means I still have two thirds of the work still left to do. Also, this issue was started well over two years ago, so the early pages look slightly different from the recent ones, so I have to go back and adjust them, but we're getting somewhere. Until then, here's a character sketch of Delilah, one of the four main characters from Rodeo Knights

Back Again

Greetings from limbo readers...and by readers I mean anyone who found this blog on accident. Despite the huge gap between this and my last post, you will be pleased to know that there has been progress in the land of sadie comics. I have created a small flash site for Sadie Ink. It has little content right now, since content will come from the comics I have yet to finish. But on that note, Issue #1 of Rodeo Knights, which has been in progress for well over two years, is five pages away from being completely penciled and ready for inking. I'm trying to have a finished issue by the time Ithacon comes around. Aside from that, issue #1 of six other comics has been written out. And as soon as Rodeo Knights is in the bag, Sadie will be the next comic to get treatment. So that's where I am, wish me luck