In today’s episode of Review Day Tuesday, I review issue #1 of the new Dark Horse title, Mulan: Revelations.
Here’s my question for you: Continue reading “Review Day Tuesday: Mulan Revelations”
The Women Warriors Project is Done
I knew this day was coming. I tried to delay it but it was inevitable. Continue reading “The Women Warriors Project is Done”
Why the Women Warriors Project Has Been Turbulent
The Women Warriors Project was something I started a little over a year ago.
It began as a blog where I made illustrations featuring warrior women recorded in history, from Queen Padmini to Nzinga Mbandi.
I did this to not only build up a portfolio of artwork, but to give something to others that I didn’t have when I grew up: an illustrated history of women heroes.
Well, I drew up some heroes and put them up on Tumblr… Continue reading “Why the Women Warriors Project Has Been Turbulent”
Updates on Superhero Ladies and Women Warriors
The Superhero Ladies project is coming along nicely! I have 17 ladies already drawn and the month of January isn’t even over yet. Hopefully I can keep up the good work and have lots of awesome superheroines by the end of the month.
There’s a few characters in the project that I’m thinking of branching off into their own stories, or maybe even comics. So who knows?
Another project I’m working on is one I’m reviving from hiatus.
I put it on hiatus for a few reasons.
- At the time, there was a lot of freelance work going on and I couldn’t update it consistently.
- It was hitting an artistic wall, where I felt like every piece I made for the series was getting worse.
- I wanted to experiment more with tools like watercolors and acrylics, and I didn’t have the resources or time to do it at the time.
But I’m bringing it back! With a few changes.
Firstly, there will be a new finished painting every month. Acrylic, watercolor, doesn’t matter. It’ll be a painting.
As progress is made on the paintings, I’ll be posting them on the Women Warriors Project blog. The intention is to make a chronological series of posts, showing a painting from initial sketch to finished piece. Tonight I made a sketch to develop an idea for the first painting, so expect to see it on the blog soon!
Know any cool historical women warriors? Leave their names in the comments below!
Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you tomorrow.
Goals for 2015
It’s not yet New Years, but I wanted to talk about this early. That way I’m not too lost in the flood of New Years’ Goals posts that are sure to flood across the internet.
Sure, I have goals for 2015. There are personal ones like walk everyday, send more cards, that kind of thing.
But this blog post is being made to share the goals for my comics in 2015.
Why am I sharing them?
Because I want you to hold me accountable.
In sharing my goals with you, I hope that you can keep me on the right track, so I don’t lose my way, so I can succeed, and not back out of promises I made to you.
In return, I hope to hear about your New Years resolutions in the comments. So that way, I can help you do the same!
So, for 2015, I have a list. A list of things I wanted to accomplish. These things are…
- Publish more books,
- Update this blog more often,
- Revive the Women Warriors Project,
- Script my Swan Lake story,
- Finish the script for The Legend of Jamie Roberts,
- Finish Johnson & Sir.
- Grow the amount I earn from selling art.
- Update my YouTube channel more often.
Of course, a lot of those goals are not specific. So I broke them down into do-able chunks and came up with…
- Write every day,
- Publish 1 new eBook a month,
- Finish 1 new painting a month,
- Post 4 items on Storenvy every month,
Breaking it down even further, I have goals for every week and even every day! They are…
- Write 1000 words a day,
- Draw 2 Sketchbook pages a day,
- Finish 1 new mini-comic a week,
- Post 1 new item on Storenvy a week,
- Update this blog Monday through Friday
To help me keep track of my daily goals, I borrowed from Karen Kavett and Charlie McDonnell (and Jerry Seinfeld) by printing up copies of the Don’t Break the Chain calendar.
The idea of this calendar is that you have a goal to accomplish everyday. Every day you do the thing, you check off the day on the calendar. Do it everyday and you start a chain of check marks, so don’t break the chain!
One of my big goals is to update this blog Monday through Friday. That will start January 1, 2015, this Thursday.
I actually tied a few goals together for 2015: I intend on reviving the Women Warriors Project by making one new painting every month for it. By finishing 1 new mini-comic every week, I’m making one new item to sell on Storenvy every week. By sketching 2 pages everyday, I’m making content for eBooks I’m publishing every month. When I finish a sketchbook, I’ll make a video and upload it to YouTube.
I like combining goals. It makes accomplishing them more fulfilling.
What are your goals for 2015? Let me know in the comments!
Thank you for reading, and I’ll see you on Thursday.