The Wizards of Ur

Monday, March 15, 2010

the bean page 97

the bean page 97- can you believe it, I am almost at the 100 page mark:) wohoo!

trav
www.beanleafpress.com

Sunday, March 14, 2010

You know, because I'm working far ahead of where the strips are it is hard to share stuff without revealing what's going to happen. But I do try to post updates on the site and keep a sort of running journal of my progress.

One thing that's great about this is that I'm drawing in a more direct, organic way. Feels good. I hope the results are good too. I know that changing from color to black and white is problematic, I think we see it as a step backward. But I plan to switch up the format of this comic again at some point. I hope to be able to get to a point where I'm telling more concise, shorter stories so that the changes in format can feel as natural as possible. We'll see how that goes!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Adventure Time

My son has been playing on this a lot:

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/adventuretime/index.html

I didn't watch the show yet, but it looks kinda cool. I think it has wizards.

the bean page 96

the Bean Page 96
New page and the site and store are finally working- yay! Anyways guys now that that is all done i can focus back on art. Finally I can get re-focused and back to work.

trav

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Atland #269 - A Dark & Stormy Night

AND WE'RE BACK! Did you miss me?

We kick off ATLAND Season 2 with this episode. You'll notice the new format, which provides for a bigger, more legible image.

I drew this episode 6 or 8 months ago, I think. But just this morning, I realized the reaction panel of the customers/employees just wasn't up to snuff. And I had a chance to not only make it better, but include characters that I knew were making appearances later on. Better continuity! (Astute readers will recognize some of these folks from the concept art I posted during the hiatus, as well as a certain bartender from an oooooold strip!

Here's the comparison:

I'm really trying to step up the attention to detail and the coloring. I hope it's noticeable.

Next week...the town drunk makes his move.

Welcome back, guys!

~N

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Beard Master

Zyn Dweomer #57

I’ve been tracking my progress toward keeping a robust daily routine I call “Dragon Hour”. It’s working quite well. I set a target in the form of a percentage of a page I want to complete each day, Mon-Fri. I track it daily and try to keep it above 100%. I know that sounds geeky as hell but it has been an effective way for me to reign myself in and get some real comics finished.

The other element has been switching the format of Zyn Dweomer. It has shifted from a color web strip to a black and white print comic (with pages being posted here, chopped up appropriately). This works for me. I like the look, I’m more comfortable with the style, and I can finish more pages. Plus I’ve always wanted to do a full size comic book series and I’m a self-publisher at heart.

Anyway, it’s going well. I’m over my 100% target at this moment.

Soon I hope to start making announcements about the first print comic. I’ll probably put together a “year one” collection of all the color strips as a sort of issue #0, then follow it up with the first issue of the proper series. The print comics will feature color covers, which I am really looking forward to creating. Also, I plan to include a back-up “worldbook” feature in each issue to give you a sort of classic RPG-inspired catalog of all the stuff that appears in the comic.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Much the Miller's Son book3 page 19

Drain of Chaos Chapter 15: Into the Effluence

page 96

New Page Up
well I am almost done with issue 4 and then on to issue 5 it's been a very busy month but a good one- I hope you are enjoying the adventure.

www.beanleafpress.com

Friday, March 5, 2010

issue 4 cover art done

Issue 4 cover
Here is the cover art to issue 4- finally finished it and now on to interior page edits. I actually have a release date of April 1- so we shall see:)

trav
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