Sailing The Ether Seas

I actually finished it! Either just on time or a day early, too. I think I'm going to play around with a coloring style I've been mulling around in my head, though it'll probably be a while before I get around to it.

I enlisted the help of my friend Marc to write The Surly Unicorn and I'm interested in tackling the comic in earnest because of his added talent. Back to work on the girls!

Inked Dragonparrot and Ship

Moving along fairly well but I'm going to have to hit it hard tomorrow to get it done in time. I need to figure out how to work faster if I'm ever going to do a regular comic.

Inked Pirate Girl

I got a late start tonight and only had time to ink the pirate girl. I think she turned out fairly well, though.

CONduit 20 Coloring Book "Pencils"

Airquotes around pencils because it's not really pencil, but fits in the process the same way pencil sketches do in animation or comic books. Something to lay your inks down on top of. Which is the next step and good thing too, it's due this Friday.

I'm probably going to nudge the upper sail higher as it's making the composition feel too claustrophobic, especially for an outer-space awe-inspiring wonder piece. I'll also probably change the direction of the comet as it feels to same-y with the planet's rings.

CONduit 20 Coloring Book Sketch 2

Made myself sit down and thumbnail four more sketches even though I was exhausted from working in the yard today. I need to corner myself more often, I think.

CONduit 20 Coloring Book Sketch 1

CONduit, Salt Lake's fantasy & sci-fi convention, is coming up on May 28th-30th and they're asking for submissions for a coloring book they plan on selling at the show. The theme for this year, the 20th anniversary, is Space Pirates.

After a bit of a mental block last night I got things moving along today. Nothing spectacular but definitely a step in the right direction and a good starting point. The deadline is May 7th so I've got to keep at this to get it done in time. After that, back to The Surly Unicorn concept work.