Monday, October 17, 2022

Crash

This week as I plugged along with my comic ideas, it all came crashing down. I have been fleshing out 20 full issues of the comic book “My Walk”. This is huge, a total of 652 pages. Each document was 32 pages each (36 with front, back and inside covers). I was working back and forth, little by little, on issues 1, 10, 12, 15 and an issue titled “Ashcan”. This is how I work. I get an idea here and there randomly and plunk it in where needed. I love to jump around while working on projects. That way I am moving forward, working towards completion instead of having a desk full of “to do” notes. I was working in Corel Draw. I love the program for its design and layout features. So the other day I opened issue 1 in Corel Draw and instead of my 36 pages of text and layouts, a single blank page stared back at me. Don’t panic, I thought. I opened Issue 2 that I just started the day before, with the same results. Issue 10, same, and I panicked. Just for a second. I am now rebuilding on my Mac with the program Comic Life and trying to remember every detail I had in my comics. I feel God working through all of this. I am actually enjoying the results of the new program, and how much better it is looking. I have two Macs with Comic Life on them, three external hard drives, a thumb drive and the cloud. I am working on archiving and preserving my work. I am developing a new work flow that set me back just a little. I am very grateful that this happened now at the beginning, and not later on in the process. God is good.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Birth, Music & Storyboards

The Birth





The Music






The Storyboards








 

“My Walk” by John Bursell © 3 Otters Enterprises- Christ, Comics & Community. 

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

"My Walk" Issue 1 Roughs

 





Monday, September 26, 2022

"My Walk" Issue 15 Draw 100 Somethings: Jesus

 











Sunday, August 22, 2021

Master Studies

 Master studies to practice and learn how to break down comic book pages. I used a black Sharpie so that I couldn’t get any detail and just focused on the blocky graphic elements of the story. These are quick tracings I did to generate steam, get my muscle memory in tune and to move foreword into a creative habit of drawing daily. I do not own the copyrights.

How loathsome Issue #2 (Ted Naifeh and Tristan Crane, NBM Publishing 2003)




Hellboy, Seed of Destruction (Mike Mignola and John Byrne, Dark Horse 1994)



Hell and Back, A Sin City love story #9 (Frank Miller, Dark Horse/ Maverick 2000)


The Complete Peanuts 1979 to 1980 (Charles Schulz, Fantagraphics Books 2011)


Yukon Ho! A Calvin and Hobbes Collection (Bill Watterson, Andrews and McMeel 1992)


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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

What inspires you now?

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What inspires you now? Instead of posting my ideas and plans for my current projects, I thought I would take a moment to mention the creative works that are driving, influencing and inspiring my comic book.




101 Questions by Kingstone Comics

The Chosen Series

TobyMac “The Elements”

Crowder “Milk & Honey”

Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack

The Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge

The Shack by Wm. Paul Young

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The Manga Bible by Siku

The Picture Bible by David Cook

RefToons Collection I by Paul Cox

for King and Country “Burn the Ships”

Rhett Walker Band “Come To The River”

Do You Believe? From Pure Flix

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Making Comics by Scott McCloud

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper

The Complete Peanuts 1965 to 1966 by Charles Schulz

The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics by Freddie Williams II

The Bible the Epic Miniseries

5 Inspiring Films from the Kendrick Brothers DVD set (War Room, Fireproof, Courageous, Facing the Giants and Flywheel)




7 of my favorite art videos that you have to see to boost your creativity.

 #1 THE GAME CHANGER!!!





#2 PRACTICE!!!




#3 THE GAME CHANGER, THE NEXT LEVEL!!!




#4 ART PARENTS




#5 ART PARENTS FROM THE JACK ASS!!!





#6 SHAPES IN PAINTING!!!





#7 COLOR MADE SIMPLE!!!


Friday, February 12, 2021

Looking Back

 Sometimes it's good to evaluate where you are at, where you came from and where you are going. Is there growth and wisdom at 50 years old. Not as much as I would like. The good Lord will guide me.



Gather around the You Tube campfire, and listen to this tale.

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