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October 6, 2012
Greetings from Michigan!
Our new home state!
It’s been a few weeks since we arrived in Ann Arbor, MI and I can’t believe we actually spent nearly a month on the road! We drove all the way from California passing by several states N and I have never been before. It’s humbling to travel such a distance and realize the slice of world we knew in California is just one tiny part of the country.
But that’s what travel does, right? It expands your world. I’ve mentioned this before in my Midwest trip posts. Travel removes...
July 27, 2012
The Importance of Rest
Hi guys, this originally started as another resource post on Anime Expo but then I realized I’m out of time! The movers are coming this afternoon and forcibly taking the computer away from me. Since I don’t have a laptop or even a smart phone, blogging will be on hiatus in the next month or so.
I really, really wanted to have something go up during my move but unfortunately, I seem to have run myself ragged. The past few months have been a non-stop ride through publishing Polterguys Vol. 1 an...
July 21, 2012
Polterguys Vol. 1 is now on Amazon
Polterguys Vol 1 on Amazon
Polterguys is now available to purchase throughAmazonas well as my personal Storenvy shop. (Yeyyy!) Please note that I won’t be handling/shipping books purchased through Amazon so they won’t be signed/sketched if you buy from there.
I shipped out my first batch of Kickstarter books the other day and have been hard at work signing/sketching even more. You can see a bunch of my favorite doodles here on tumblr. (I wish I could say I was consistently funny on every one bu...
July 19, 2012
Resources: Character Design
These are a few links I’ve compiled on character design. More to come as I find them!
Skullgirls: Big Shapes vs Small Details
Aaron Diaz – Figures: They Speak for Themselves
Aging CharactersCedarseed’s Guide to Aging Characters
Model Sheets 101 via Character Design Notes blog
Part 1
Part 2
Disney Model Sheet References
Clothes —-
Using Costume to Tell a Story
Clothes and Folds via Character Design Notes
Shoomlah’s Historical Costume Resources
OldRags Tumblr
July 14, 2012
Polterguys Kickstarter Wrap-up + Goodreads Giveaway
It’s over and what a month it’s been.
I wish I had more time to write up how much this campaign means to me, N and our project. I really do. But right now, I confess we are running into a more pressing deadline – getting all our possessions boxed up for the movers to evaluate and provide us quotes. As you may be aware, I’m moving to Michigan and the timing is just insane.
I’ll be doing my best to provide updates on other things besides Kickstarter but the truth is 80% of my time is dedicated to...
July 10, 2012
The Problem with How To Draw Manga Books
Back when I lived in the Philippines, I remember discovering my first How to Draw Manga books. They were tucked in the arts section of my local bookstore next to the books on painting and architecture. I recall getting quite excited because I just discovered chinese-translated manga and wanted to learn how to make my own comics.
But even then, I knew they wouldn’t be able to help me completely. I didn’t like the house “style” they employed and preferred to use my own. I felt no need to learn h...
July 7, 2012
Polterguys Feedback!
Polterguys books ready to go
With the webcomic version of Volume One officially over. I’d like to pick your brains on how the whole thing went. Seriously, I’m no expert at this and I’d like to know if there’s anything I could do better next time.
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Webcomic: How was the update schedule? How were you keeping yourself updated (Deviantart? Tumblr? Twitter? Facebook?) I’ve been told towards the e...
July 6, 2012
Polterguys Joins Few Manga-Inspired Comics to Ever Win Xeric
JULY 5, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, Calif. – The Xeric Foundation announced Thursday the winners of its final round of grants, and Polterguys is among those chosen to receive the maximum $5,000 aid for self-publishers. Polterguys becomes one of the rare manga-inspired graphic novels to win the award throughout the Foundation’s almost 20-year history.
Polterguys Vol. 1 is a story about Bree Redfield, a smart but socially awkward college girl who ends up moving into a house haunted by...
July 3, 2012
Anime Expo 2012 Recap
Anime Expo 2012
It’s been awhile since I last tabled at Anime Expo. Two years to be precise. I tabled here for the first time in 2010 and the Artist Alley felt like a quarter of the size it was back then. To be honest, I sort of dove in a little unprepared because of all the work involved with Kickstarter and getting the books in leading up to AX. I had my books, a few signs here and really not much else. I went nuclear minimal on this.
Overall, it was definitely an awesome convention! You can...
June 30, 2012
Final Update: Polterguys CH6 15-28 are up!
Click to read the last set of updates!
That’s it, guys. Hope you enjoyed! I’m so very grateful you all have made the experience of launching my first book very meaningful for me. Thank you for reading, sharing and appreciating all this hard work. I hope to bring you Vol. 2 as soon as possible with better resources and some experience in my corner. I hope to see you all again for when that happens!
Here’s a wonderful review of Polterguys from Examiner.com’s Jaysen Headley. (author of The Class )...
