music to write to

Fantastic song to write to.

Ran out of plays on last.fm and lala, so I broke down and bought it. On repeat till I get this script nailed.

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Now playing: Bossanova - Blue Bossanova
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almost there...

24 hours until the comic officially starts. So pumped. Dusting off the script and prepping it for roughs on the 1st.

"Truth of course must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves." — GK Chesterton

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Now playing: Jars Of Clay - Don't Stop
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in the zone

Trying to write, but I can't help but draw while the drawing's good.

Feeling a lot more attached to the characters now that I've started really developing their "looks". Little nuances, little details, things that give personality just by looking at them. :3

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Now playing: Anberlin - Adelaide
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monster

This will help.

Thanks Ben!

Name Change

A name change is in order.

Why? Several reasons... the biggest being that there are a few too many things out there that it could be confused with.

The Twelve - William Gladstone
It may be new-age tomfoolery, but it deals with "prophecies" and twelve individuals. He got it published first.

The Twelve - Marvel Comics
A bunch of unknown characters dug out of the annals of Marvel's past, probably to compete with Watchmen. Doesn't have any paranormal or supernatural themes, but it's the first thing that comes up in Google... followed by Gladstone's book. And the twelve disciples, which is kind of what I'm going for, but not right next to another comic book.

All in all, it's just too intimidating for a nobody like me to have to compete with established names like these, even if they're not very well respected in the industry. So, name change.

The comic is now called Hoshen.

A special thanks to John Crawford for helping me pick the name. I probably would've come up with something really corny if I didn't have someone who was familiar with the universe I've built up suggest something so simple.

That said, the name "The Twelve" isn't complete gone from this series. It'll pop up every so often.

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Now playing: Dieselboy - Hostile
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The Twelve: The Movie: The Poster

I took a week off of writing to get this Graphic Design project in. I've been printing off 24"x36" posters for all the models featured... maybe I could sell this in an online store once the comic kicks off.

I really would love to make a movie of this story some day, but for now, it's just for yuks. Awesome yuks.

what

This isn't easy. I mean, it's easy in a sense, but it's a struggle. I'm starting to really get into unfamiliar territory with some of these characters. I've done the four basic stories I had in mind since I rebooted this project in the spring, and now I need to start working with stuff that I haven't had in my head since day 1.

Just writing for the sake of writing, really. I've been carrying on for the last four weeks without really sharing much of what I've been working on. For each chapter, there's a person or two who I can bounce ideas off of, and pick their brains for ideas about things to add, but for the most part, I'm keeping this under wraps. Which is unusual for me... usually I love to just share everything that I'm doing, to tell people about the things that I love and labor over.

I really just need to have something to show for it.

I have so much in store, so much story contained in this project, so many huge things bursting at the seams ... and I would just love to tell someone. But there are some things that I haven't told a soul, and it's driving me nuts thinking about the moment that I unveil the thoughts that have fermented in my head for so many years.