chapter 1 roughs

Finished all the roughs for Chapter 1. I think I'm just gonna go ahead and ink the first chapter as its own issue so I can print it and test the waters around campus - you know, see how people react to it. An entire 96-page book is kind of a lot for a newbie to handle, I think - I'll start smaller, at 20 pages.

I need to find a new place to chill and work on the comic. Inking is going to be pretty tough, I need a really solid workspace to get anywhere on this - some place with a desk, few distractions, all that stuff.
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thumbs

NOW we're getting somewhere.

I might be able to finish all the roughs this weekend.

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LU

Back at school, figuring out some more specifics. Took my first business class today, an elective on risk management. I actually feel pretty ... adept. Kind of natural and comfortable, even though I have a lot of catching up to do on terminology and stuff. I did some thinking about how I'm going to distribute Hoshen earlier today too, had some epiphanies about how to go about doing a non-profit comic book.
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smithsonian

Went to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History yesterday. With a particular interest in the Gem and Mineral Collection. Very fascinating, allowed me to get a personal look at the mystique of some of the gems that are so central to this story.

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editing

Got to talking with Joe at IHOP last night around 1am. He read the script, wanted to chat about it. Stayed till 3am refining it more. I think I found my new base of operations for late-night work.

Now that's three splendid gentlemen who have been willing to help me perfect this story, the first being Zach and the second being Jesse.

It's great that I'm not really doing this alone. Thanks, guys, for showing interest in this.

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fanart

I just realized, several people have done fanart for Hoshen - thought I'd share them here on the blog.

John by ~neodoodot

Hoshen -- The Fanart by Zach

John by Zach

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scripted pt.4

Aaaaand DONE.

Now I just need to wait to get it back from my proofreaders / quality control team so I can draw the thing.

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scripted pt.3

Today.

Today is the day I finish this script.

It will be a glorious script.

And the internets will look up and shout "Show us!"

...and I'll be like, "Okay."

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scripted pt.2

ALMOST DONE SCRIPTING

It's almost like I'm a real writer, compiling a script like this!

A little worried about the pacing, but I'll see if I need to spruce it up once I get some people to proofread it.

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scripted

ARGH STILL SCRIPTING

I didn't realize I would get this hung up on the writing aspect before really getting into the drawing. I'm only a day behind, but I'll be two behind if this keeps up...

That said, I'm really, really loving this scriptwriting process. I've mixed together a few approaches to writing for comics, along with my own personal style, that really helps me visualize everything without slowing down the process of putting words on paper.

Oh, and Google Docs is a godsend. Thank you Google. U r ma bro.

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here we go

Still trying to decide how to break this up. Should I do one chapter at a time, or try to tackle an entire book at a time?

The way I'm spacing things right now, there are 12 books in the first "arc." Planning to have three arcs that tell the complete story, start to finish (with room for side-stories and spin-offs, of course). Each book has four chapters. I'm shooting for having one book done by the end of the month - shouldn't be hard if I manage my time well.

But I'm feeling a bit indecisive at the moment - focus on one chapter and put it online when it's done, or do the book as one whole project?

Guess I'll let it decide itself - whatever it takes to stay on schedule.

What's frustrating is that I'm taking longer than expected to put the script together. I wrote the story months ago, but in a stream-of-consciousness, unstructured style. I've been working on making a very organized, easy-to-read formatted script, but it's taking all day and I wanted to start drawing today. Curses.

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