just uploaded the new version of page 12. its one of my favorites. since the back to the future drawing i did ive found it a little more fun to draw complex technical objects like cars. you get lost while youre drawing them, and if you put the time in they end up coming out really well. this has turned into one of my favorite pages. its only the second page you actually see nathan and his dog dude.
so thats what digital inking looks like as well. hopefully now you can see the difference between that and regular pencils. i got the idea from leinil francis yu's art on new avengers, and shortly after emailed him and he responded within minutes, haha. telling me the best ways to acomplish it, ive now adopted the digital inking technique as one of my favorites, the pages are coming out wonderfully. im mostly struggling with the right way to letter them. but that step is quite a ways off.... ok. thanks for stopping by, hope you like the sneak peak. thanks.-ben
ive been busy busy, on the phone with the canadian printing company QUEBECOR trying to get a lower and lower price. they basically monopolize the comic book worlds printing needs. so far nothing lower than www.lulu.com we shall see.
been listening to alot of thrice, foo fighters, call her alaska, and the receiving end of sirens.
be on the look out for a video preview of NATHAN THE CAVEMAN pretty soon. its a very exciting time.
ive allready got ideas for my next project. but ill save that for another blog. another blog, another big day.
www.youtube.com/bishart
tomorrow is most likely my last day at my gift shop job, then ive really really got to find something. excited to eb abck at my desk, and be able to get abck to work on my book, NATHAN THE CAVEMAN. had a good time in nh, saw alot of people, missed my turtle barillo, but now im home, and the heat is turned up, and im gonna watch planes trains and automobiles.
get to the choppah
so thats what digital inking looks like as well. hopefully now you can see the difference between that and regular pencils. i got the idea from leinil francis yu's art on new avengers, and shortly after emailed him and he responded within minutes, haha. telling me the best ways to acomplish it, ive now adopted the digital inking technique as one of my favorites, the pages are coming out wonderfully. im mostly struggling with the right way to letter them. but that step is quite a ways off.... ok. thanks for stopping by, hope you like the sneak peak. thanks.-ben
January 17, 2008
its literally red hot. ive scanned 8 chapters, around 212 pages. have you ever scanned that many pages? neither had i. let me tell you its the funnest thing ive ever done, except for of course that time when i slammed my hand in a car door. that was more fun. BUT, only a few more chapters to go.ive been busy busy, on the phone with the canadian printing company QUEBECOR trying to get a lower and lower price. they basically monopolize the comic book worlds printing needs. so far nothing lower than www.lulu.com we shall see.
been listening to alot of thrice, foo fighters, call her alaska, and the receiving end of sirens.
be on the look out for a video preview of NATHAN THE CAVEMAN pretty soon. its a very exciting time.
January 16, 2008
yesterday was the biggest day the website has had. still small. but 28 hits. i was happy. prolly due to some of my friends trying to help me get DONATIONS (see below blog) and traffic from my you tube video, www.youtube.com/bishart . today is a big day because im finnally done all the pencil to paper drawing on my book, its the big scan, 276 pages at 300 dpi. then its digital inkning time, which is me, in a more comfortable chair, rocking out on my wacom tablet in photoshop. im sure ill get tired of it within a couple days, but for now, it will be a nice change of pace. cant wait to have a finished book in my hands and to read it once through and finnally for good, put it down.ive allready got ideas for my next project. but ill save that for another blog. another blog, another big day.
January 15, 2008
so heres the deal, you may have noticed the little orange button top left of this page. it says donate. yes that one. so the book, the one ive always been talking about, always working on, since....2004, NATHAN THE CAVEMAN, is almost ready to head to the printers and be spread around the world , but before the world there is new york comic con, and before that can happen, it needs to be printed, which costs quite a bit. anything you can help me with would be awesome, i swear its all safe and goes straight to my paypal account. heres the breakdown, the printer costs me about 10 dollars a book, the more books i can print for ny comic con the more i can get in front of the right people, like publishers and editors, and hopefully get someone else to publish it and mass distribute it from that point on. wow, that would be perfect. the donations are not anonymous so dont worry, i promise i wont forget your good deed, maybe a sketch will be headed your way??? maybe. only one way to find out. thanks for listening, wish me luck in NY.January 14, 2008
i put up a new image, its the cover of my book, NATHAN the caveman, just the pencils for now, you have to buy the book to see the real thing. anyway, check out the process, i filmed it and put it on you tube!www.youtube.com/bishart
January 13, 2008
are being worked on. hopefully. the plan is to have a comment msg board type of thing so people can tell me what they think or just say hi. but its taking some time. anyway. while that is being worked on you should email me at ben.bishart@hotmail.com and let me know what your favorite drawings are, or just to say hi, or to offer me a job. yeah. that would be good. have a great day!January 13, 2008
we learned earths languages from the world wide web
im selling about half my transformers on ebay. and a bunch of other random toys. its time, to make, some money. im alsoo in the process of finishing up the actual penciling stages of my book. and looking forward to applying in timefor the xeric grant in march and then getting a table at this years NY COMIC CON to sell and promote when its actually finished. i am really tired and sore from working nights at this merchandising thing. anyway, im off. keep checking in. i know you are.January 09, 2008
is the hardest part about being an artist, and the hardest part about being an artist, is the time. its the most time consuming thing ever, and its not like i can so a job and work at the same time. UNLESS it was my job, which is why im working as little as possible to get this book done and find a publisher. not much actual drawing left to be done, only about 3 more pages, then its just clean up work, and scan time. ill be renting a table at the NY COMIC CON this year in april, and selling my book for the three day convention, which will be an amazing experience, and a good oppurtunity to look for a publisher. im excited. since 2004 ive been working on this thing. its 2008 and im almost there. tonight and tommrow night i will be working from 8pm to 6 am at home depot, haha...paying the bills.January 07, 2008
to make up for lost time here on my book, NATHAN THE CAVEMAN. in the process of basically redoing all my early pages on it. the past two days ive spent about 16-17 hours each day just drawing and drinking coffee. the outcome is good. 22 pages in 2 days. thats crazy. i have about 20 something more that need some drawing fixed up, then its small stuff, scanning, dig. inking, lettering, and then printing. getting closer, cant wait to have a fully finished copy in my hands, my hurting, red shaky hands....January 03, 2008
bought the first season of HEROES with a gift card i had yesterday. this show is crazy. im glad i got it. i only wish there were more than 14 episodes. im only on disc three, but im trying to spread it out as long as possible. if youve never seen the show i suggest you check it out, it does have a pretty heavy story though and youd be best to follow it from begining to end. Tim Sales the artist who provided the work throughout the show for a painter named isaac who can paint the future, and the work is amazing. he definatly has his own unique style, and HEROES must be the assignment of a lifetime. you can check out more tim sale work in books like, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS, BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN, CATWOMAN WHEN IN ROME, and HULK GRAY. im gonna go watch another episode, work on my morning coffee buzz and prowl craigslist to look for a job, thanks for stopping in. the websites getting a decent amount of hits so far from 18 different united states, canada, and ireland. so thats awesome. -benDecember 30, 2007
back in portland maine.tomorrow is most likely my last day at my gift shop job, then ive really really got to find something. excited to eb abck at my desk, and be able to get abck to work on my book, NATHAN THE CAVEMAN. had a good time in nh, saw alot of people, missed my turtle barillo, but now im home, and the heat is turned up, and im gonna watch planes trains and automobiles.
December 28, 2007
still holding it down in henniker nh
saw aliens VS predator last night. it was emotional. as you would imagine, a real tear jerker, has some seriously intense story threads of, were enemys now we will work together later to fight a common foe and then the government will just blow the shit out of our whole town and the foreign chic from predator shows up at the end for some crazy conspiracy theory BS. it was awesome. it was awesome. some crazy deaths and fighting. definatly worth the time, maybe not the money, but i laughed. buy it used on dvd someday for 97 cents. until next time.get to the choppah
December 26, 2007
Ben Bishop is BISHART. He is 24 and living in
Portland, ME. He recently self-published his graphic novel, Nathan the Caveman.
He drinks endless cups of black coffee out of a darth vader mug. He draws comics, designs toys, and illustrates for freelance and commision.
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