I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly (it's Biweekly now, but I kept the name) Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
BWN: Snakes and Uncertainty
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 129[GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going OnI didn't draw anything so I'm just gonna talk about Mudboard MudboardIt's been about 3 months and I think things have evolved. I wrote a lil article about why Mudboard should exist. So remember how I have this grid format with like a "mirror mode." It was cool, but I realized it didn't too anything too unique. Next thing I tried, I built a way to reuse the references (the right panel) I think it's useful, but I think it's too new of a concept. Could work in the future. A lot of people were asking for a way to resize images. And I couldn't figure it out on the grid mode, so found a way to switch between a freeform canvas and grid format. Doing this was a big move, cause there's so many more possibilities now. Most recently I made a thing to let people export their boards, which changed things a lot. Now people can make something with the app. That's crazy I have to work on improving my on-boarding, cause I don't think it's clear exactly how people should use this. But I think I stumbled into something....we'll see if it works out. What I've been thinking aboutI think whether I succeed or fail with Mudboard, I'll have grown a ton. And I've already grown so much! I'm learning a lot about working through uncertainty right now. I don't really know exactly what the future is, but I know generally where to go next, and that's all I can do anyways. If nothing works out I can probably just do some random tech job or draw more comics for people Thank you!Next Newsletter on August 6th! Shop | Previous posts | Main website |
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I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly (it's Biweekly now, but I kept the name) Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 156 [GREETING GOES HERE] It's newsletter no. 156, which means if I had stuck with weekly I'd be doing this for 3 years (it's been almost 4)! What's Going On Really excited to share this! I liked the concept of a rocket broom stick and then ran with it. Concepts First 8 Pages Here's the full script for this chapter if you're curious (feedback welcome). The total should be 16 pages. What I've been thinking about I set a goal of 1 comic page a week so I can...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 155 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Descendant Publishing A few months ago I got work doing interior illustrations for 2 middle grade books, and I really enjoyed working working with them! This first one was called Iffy Eats Monster's for Breakfast Second one was called The Big Hurl and Camp Whurl Overall very fun to draw! And grayscale is SO much faster to do lol Inheritance Magazine Nate asked me to draw graphics for his magazine again. It's a...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 154 [GREETING GOES HERE] I went to St. Louis last week for Realm Makers (a Christian Sci-Fi/Fantasy conference for authors) and had a really great time! What's Going On Day 1: Wednesday When I landed it was pretty humid. I didn't know St. Louis was known for having a lot of homocides. The Uber driver decided not go the recommended Google Maps route because he said there were a lot of drive by shootings (yikers) the hotel/conference is an old train station! I...