Aug24
Well, maybe. I tweaked it a bit after waking up. 
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Jul22
Maybe. A lot going on job wise. Been jumping from gig to gig more often now, which is good because it pays the bills, but bad because it puts all my personal projects on the back burner – oh, and there’s this thing called “life”, which according to a friend of mine, doesn’t really exist if you’re an artist.
So here are a few points about what’s going on, or not going on lately:
* Hockey, Love, & GUTS! – continues to be on hiatus. Not because of lack of interest (believe me, chapter 5 is already written) but really had to put it on the back burner – see next point
* The Hairdresser’s Nightmare – story thumbnails/script are done. Now I need to really board it properly, and make it into a nice portfolio, maybe to send it somewhere, or just to show off. Keep in mind, this process takes a while too, especially since I’m also doing some color scripts… yeah, it’s gonna take a while…
* Hollywood Star FAIL! – I have more stories written out and would love to board them and put them up here, but alas, it’s not a top priority.
So what is a priority now? Well, basically just try and balance out my projects, and continue to get more work to get more money and eventually being able to turn those projects into professional work. Until then, I managed to squeeze out a sketch featuring a future character in the Hockey, Love, & GUTS! comic.
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PS: She’s carrying a barber’s knife though it really should have been a switchblade… goes to show you how much I need to organize my ideas… :/
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Jun13
The Hairdresser’s Nightmare: Development Sketches
June 13th, 2010 |Posted In: The Hairdresser's Nightmare
After that short gig I mentioned on the previous post and after moving, I finally got some time to I get back to working on my story portfolio, particularly on “The Hairdresser’s Nightmare.” As I said before, I decided to take the approach of giving it a more thorough treatment than just doing storyboards for it, so here are some more development sketches. I’m about a third into the storyboard thumbnails, and it’s shaping up nicely and once I’m done with the first pass of that, I’ll probably start developing a color script of some sort as I continue to refine the story and the character designs. Compared to my comic work, and with my previous animation work, I’m trying to make these characters look a bit more iconic and simpler in design. Of course the focus is on Harlow, the hairdresser, so I’m starting to develop the design of her expressions to help me develop those of the other characters. The early stages of any project are exciting because there are so many paths to take, but at the same time a little scary because there are so many paths to take (pardon the tautology.) But, organizing my sketches into the images below definitely helps me focus on where I want to go with this story.
Let me know what you think in the comments below. I’d love to get some feedback.
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May13
The Hairdresser’s Nightmare – Character Preview
May 13th, 2010 |Posted In: The Hairdresser's Nightmare
Alright, so “Hockey, Love, & GUTS!” is currently on hiatus. For a comic that comes out once in a blue moon, I don’t know how being on hiatus is any different than any other time, but I just thought of stating that and getting that out of the way. Also, I’m starting to think that it might be a good idea to consider publishing it and continue the story in that realm… if anyone has any hints on how I should contact publishers and all that entails, let me know.
What I have been working on a lot however, is my story(board) portfolio. My friend Leo Matsuda has really been encouraging me to build a better storyboard portfolio, so I decided to take his advice and “go with it,” so to speak. You’ve seen some action here in the form of gag boards in the Hollywood Star FAIL series, but I’ve also been developing another story that has some more dimensional characters. I decided to take the “make a short film” approach and I’ve been writing and rewriting the script, developing the characters and their design, sets, visual development, etc. I may or may not post the whole story here, but I’ll give you a little taste in upcoming posts. To start off, here are the characters:
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May07
To celebrate the Japanese release of “9″ here goes my first ever fanart. I’ve been joking around with my friend Patrick Awa about how someone in Japan needs to make a doujinshi mashup of “9″ and the classic anime series “Cyborg 009″. Well, it’s been a while since the movie came out, and I’ve seen nothing of it, so Japan here it is. YOU’RE WELCOME!
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PS: This isn’t the super secret stuff I talked about in the previous post, but that is still on its way.
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May04
Absurdist stories about the life of a star in Hollywood. In this episode, Hollywood Star finds a place to settle.
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May02
Absurdist stories about the life of a star in Hollywood. In this episode, Hollywood Star attempts to buy liquor.
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