Padding time

I had gotten quite used to, for some time, drawing digitally. You set up a new file and proceed and that’s it. Time is marked by projects. Having returned to drawing on paper, I’m finding a odd little marker of time that I had become so inured to that I hadn’t really noticed, at least until I’d gone back and suddenly it was very present.

I just finished another pad of paper, I buy 20 sheets of Canson Bristol Board ¹ (because as a kid all artists talked about Bristol board as the best for drawing on – though it is the best surface for brushes I think) and every time I get to the end of 20 pages (in a good month I’ll finish one and make a start on the next) it feels like I should mark it.

Instead I take the hardback board and put it aside with every intention of doing something with it.

I never do.

The art pads are a consumable, and so you consume them. It’s just surprising how quick you can go through one.

Terran Omega Next

Terran Omega The Ghosts of War is nearing half through. My original plan was to get to the halfway mark and start considering my next thing, ideally so once it’s all finished I have a new script and can just start putting pen to pad, and begin.

But some events this weekend (which may amount to nothing) have pushed me to start thinking about what’s next sooner rather than later. And while I was originally mulling over a bunch of non-terran omega stories (I mean, I think I’ve already scripted a sort of James Bond action adventure that I could easily just start with) this weekend has made me realsie (again even if they amount to nothing) that I need to think about what’s next for Terran Omega.

I did have a short, 11 page in mind, but I’m thinking of making it more consequential, and ramping it up to another two parter. We’re heading up to my Mother in Laws, and that’s always a good chance to start forming a story on the hour long drive. So will mull it over.

Oh, and a reminder, Terran Omega page 22 is out for free for everyone today, over on patreon. Hop on over for a good time!

Yesterday in Social Media

I was working, and set up my phone as a clock and it displayed a photo of my youngest kid when he was about 8…

It cannot be normal, surely. To glance at a photo of your youngest (now 17) when he was like 8 and nearly burst in to tears because you miss that kid? That’s not normal. And not a thing that nearly happened to me. Nope. Not now I’ve stopped my phone showing me photos.

Well consensus is, it’s normal. Not only that, According to James Brophy

Not only is it normal, it's apparantly quite healthy. It means you are not treating them like they are the person they were.

And finally, great news for people who like plucky independent webcomic creators getting their work turned in to tv shows (look, I can dream)

via catsuka

1. For whatever reason, these are usually the cheapest, and I buy them in bulk – 15-20 blocks at a time, depending on my budget ↩︎