Chris Howard's Blog, page 89
July 16, 2012
Swords
Getting all dynamic, about two hours in Photoshop.
Ketchup and Crows
I pulled into work this morning--I park a pretty good distance from the building--and someone over the weekend had tossed out a bunch of ketchup packets from McDonald's. A murder of crows had found the ketchup before I got there. "Murder" is definitely the coolest collective noun for any group of things--way better than herd or flock of crows. (Although a herd of crows sounds like it could be more dangerous to humans, especially if they stampede). The crows were already tearing open the packets to get at the ketchup and I just parked and watched them for a while. They had it down, standing on one of the packet and ripping open the other with their beaks. Amazing. What's funny, is that they didn't move when I drove in. They just watched me--hoping for some fries maybe? They didn't seem too concerned until I rolled down the window and took a few pics of them. Then they each picked up their ketchup packets and walked further down the parking lot.
July 7, 2012
I know chapter 12 is finally complete...
and live on SaltwaterWitch.com. I have storyboarded some of chapter 13 and I will get to drawing and painting it as soon as I can. Readercon is just around the corner and for all the writers and readers at the con there isn't a lot of writing or drawing or reading time--as you'd expect. I just finished up something short that will be published next year--can't say any more about this for now, but the editor loved it. I also have a book to finish, and I'm not very far from the end. Actually I've already written the ending, which is a standard part of my book-writing process. I get about two-thirds to halfway through the story and then I write the ending--as much as I know of it at the time. That gives me a stake in the ground that I will then work toward.
So that's where I am.
July 6, 2012
A variation on the last post
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Seaborn
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June 29, 2012
GoodReads Giveaway complete!
I'm packing up a couple copies of Saltwater Witch, signing them for the GoodReads giveway that just finished (Almost 1200 people registered for the books, which is very cool). I'm including the print below, folded neatly inside the book. Just need to box them up and get them in the mail!
June 24, 2012
June 22, 2012
Making a scroll...
Are we slowly moving away from the codex format for books? Who knows. In the meantime--well, at least this summer--I'm going to be making scrolls! Here's the link to a good view of the entire piece:
http://www.saltwaterwitch.com/switch/SeabornScroll
I'm working on a prototype scroll--and I mean twelve feet of illustration rolled onto two scroll bars that can be rolled out on a tabletop. See the full pic for a snapshot of one section of the illo as well as me sawing one of the bars and rolled out shot from the printers.
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