News and saucy times!

Well, so much for posting regularly (is that how you spell it?), just never remember to update stuff... I'm not the most organised person when it comes to a domestic habitat (as such with the new job as a comic book colourist/illustrator). At work in a normal 9-5 environment such as an office or store, i'm pretty tidy and neat, organised chaos as a nigh on non-visible undertone.

So, i'm finishing up the 1st issue of the Lonely comic book right now, pages 16-22. Its been in the works a long time, all the artists and Editors involved run full time jobs so new pages were treated with time and effort. I'm still a beginner colourist in my eyes, as I've been involved in the industry on the outskirts for 2 years coming Dec '10, and thats not long. There's still alot to learn, but i'm definitely getting there. I'd really like some feedback from some professionals in the industry... I alway appreciate comments and praise (like everyone) from friends and family, but we all know thats not the same. I should ask myself why someday as its a pretty retarded veiw on the whole.

I need to invest some time thinking about my colour schemes and choices. With a near infinite array of combinations and effects rendered I should be more creative... and I also need to speed the @$&* up!! I am too damn slow. I sometimes think I might actually just be lazy, but I'm also too scared to admit to that 100%, because of the passion I feel for getting to be creative. That alone time you get whilst investing yourself in something visual that you can share with others is unrivaled.

I've been touting myself out to the general internet community. Posting 'available for work' ads in the right places, and when not getting paid work putting that time to practice pieces to get myself noticed. Working at the moment on private penciler & colourist collaboration commissions with Snareser over at DeviantART. Also doing the same with Ian Richardson, who had a brief stint at 2000AD and Marvel. Ian and I are working at a more illustratory approach to our work, somewhere between Adam Hughes and Adi Granov but with my own twist. We've had a few nice pieces, but the last one was a bomb for Ian. I see what I did wrong with it now and can't wait to get a fresh inked piece from Ian to get over the mistakes I made before... namely with not considering print processes regarding darker colours and tones. I'll get there! We've had a some interest but nothing solid has appeared yet (dont laugh at that unless you're 12 years old!), but its early in the game.

Had a few private commissions on colours, and also an illustration commission (a wedding gift!!)

Still doing p/t at the store, cutting the hours down though :)

Oh, and I became the new colourist for the web comic Saviour... but more on that later! Still negotiating a few things, but should get the first pages by the 1st. I'll update you all with relevant links to my currnet projects tomorrow... its almost time for bed and I have work at 6.45am!!

Oh and did I say... I'm a comic book colourist! How cool is that?!