hey its christmas. get offline......
JOB HUNTING
also struggling to find a job, pretty sick of doing the same crappy stuff, like coffee, and gift shops. looking for something more in my area of interest. trying to get my book finished so i can start looking for publishers. anyway. snow sucks. another parking ban tonight. yay.
its been a crazy year, just about from one end of the spectrum to the other in terms of good and awful. its been up and down... but after december, its a new year, and who knows what will happen. i have hopes obviously, but things dont really, if ever, go the way you would hope...at first they do.. but then things change.... while i wish that they never would change, there is one thing ive noticed... i always look back on everything and realize it wasnt really that big of a deal. again, who knows.... now that ive been completly vague and cryptic, haha. anyway. im gonna go watch some cartoons and wrap some gifts, and then hopefully get some drawing done.
"whose gonna drive you home?"
back to work.
well, the voting is done over at threadless, leaving me with a measly 1.68 out of 5, i think people must juust buzz right through the designs hitting 1 repeatedlly or something. those buttmunches. i havent exactly lost though i dont know yet, i think they will email me either way. i was goign through some of the winners, and some of them had 2.00 out of 5, so who knows. anyway thanks for voting if you did. maybe next time. looks like i should go get a job now. but first, shishkabubs and a movie, ill be sleeping on the couch again tonight.
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so i was just looking around my house and had some things you should check out .
#1- BLANKETS by craig thompson, a 600 page graphic novel, about first loves, religion and growing up. winner of many awards. highly recomended. also check out his first book while youre at it, GOODBYE CHUNKY RICE.
#2- PULP HOPE. have you heard of Paul Pope? well you should have, his stuff is great, i first got into him on BATMAN YEAR 100, a book he did for DC a while back. he has a really grungy style with crazy colors and very loose brush strokes, awesome. PULP HOPE is a big big book compiling his art work and some over the top "philosphy" that he feels he has the ability to spew.... but hey, i bought it.
#3- PROCESS RECESS, another artist compilation book this time by james jean. amazing paintings, mostly digital, but some crazy stuff. most known for his cover work on FABLES. right now hes doing alot of artwork for the my chemical romance comic, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. really great stuff. not my chemical romance....
#4- listen to JIMMY EAT WORLD. its all good.
thats it. not that you should read what i read. but just incase youre looking for ideas... see ya!
http://www.threadless.com/submission/141421/reverie
tell your friends!
now.
finishing basically means tightening up the art thats allready there, in my case, erasing the word baloons ive included on the page so people can read it while i had been working on it, and filling in the black space. its really turning a somewhat rough draft into the final art i will scan, digitally ink, letter with dialogue, and then format for printing. its a long process...but it will look good. i have alot to do. take a look at this photo.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1699117&id=567270385&ref=mf
thats my whole book, and all those post it notes sticking out of it are the pages that need some serious work. and the pages without the post its, they need to be finished off too. its really just going in to every page and making sure its ready....so thats what im doing today. ALL DAY.
after i make my coffee.
December 25, 2007
just uploaded a new drawing i did a week or so ago. its for my brother for christmas, did it in pencil and fiiiiirrrreeeee, haha. the car goes out hot, and comes back cold.JOB HUNTING
also struggling to find a job, pretty sick of doing the same crappy stuff, like coffee, and gift shops. looking for something more in my area of interest. trying to get my book finished so i can start looking for publishers. anyway. snow sucks. another parking ban tonight. yay.
December 20, 2007
...new happening right now. there was a snowstorm, and my car, which was allready a piece of shit, is now a piece of shit covered in about an inch and a half of ice. the fixing of pages on my book seems like it will never be over, im going to have to realize that no matter what i will always look back at some and wish id done it differently. im sick of talking about it, ahah, i want it done, so people can read it!its been a crazy year, just about from one end of the spectrum to the other in terms of good and awful. its been up and down... but after december, its a new year, and who knows what will happen. i have hopes obviously, but things dont really, if ever, go the way you would hope...at first they do.. but then things change.... while i wish that they never would change, there is one thing ive noticed... i always look back on everything and realize it wasnt really that big of a deal. again, who knows.... now that ive been completly vague and cryptic, haha. anyway. im gonna go watch some cartoons and wrap some gifts, and then hopefully get some drawing done.
"whose gonna drive you home?"
December 17, 2007
so i talked earlier about a time schedule for completing my book by the end of march, which included finishing off my post it noted pages all by december 15. well that is not going to happen, im very much behind, haha. damn. christmas gifting and stress has really just swallowed up all my time. i havent worked on it in a week or so, which is alot of pages. i should be able to start back up again soon, and hopefully do pretty well now that ive rested from it. i still would really like to get it done by the end of march so that i can submit for the xeric grant, and then possiblly premiere at a following comic convention and meet some publishers. wish me luck.December 13, 2007
its a secret right now, because its for someone for christmas, but its one of the best things ive drawn. ill post it up in a couple of days when its fiiiinished... that is all.December 09, 2007
and if i can continue at the average pace im fixing up pages now on my book nathan the caveman, i should be ready to start scanning by the end of december. then its digital inking, and lettering, and then formating to be printed. im gonna do a short run of 10 books that i will send out to publishers. i think from www.lulu.com they have a pretty sweet thing going, where i initially print through them and then people can order straight from their site and they handle the printing and shipping, pretty cool. hopefully its all said and ready to go for the end of march, because i plan to apply for the xeric grant, www.xeric.com . a no strings attached self publishing grant that is looked very highly upon and will prolly help me get under a publisher if that doesnt happen to begin with. who knows. done by march seems a little crazy, but thats what im going for.back to work.
December 03, 2007
had a wonderful day.well, the voting is done over at threadless, leaving me with a measly 1.68 out of 5, i think people must juust buzz right through the designs hitting 1 repeatedlly or something. those buttmunches. i havent exactly lost though i dont know yet, i think they will email me either way. i was goign through some of the winners, and some of them had 2.00 out of 5, so who knows. anyway thanks for voting if you did. maybe next time. looks like i should go get a job now. but first, shishkabubs and a movie, ill be sleeping on the couch again tonight.
December 02, 2007
please help me out, and go over to threadless and vote for my shirt if you havent allready. if so, tell your friends that may not have... if it wins i can go a little bit longer without working! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ thanks!http://www.threadless.com/submission/141421/reverie
http://www.threadless.com/submission/141421/reverie
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November 30, 2007
have you been here before? oh, well the menu has changed.
i dont know.so i was just looking around my house and had some things you should check out .
#1- BLANKETS by craig thompson, a 600 page graphic novel, about first loves, religion and growing up. winner of many awards. highly recomended. also check out his first book while youre at it, GOODBYE CHUNKY RICE.
#2- PULP HOPE. have you heard of Paul Pope? well you should have, his stuff is great, i first got into him on BATMAN YEAR 100, a book he did for DC a while back. he has a really grungy style with crazy colors and very loose brush strokes, awesome. PULP HOPE is a big big book compiling his art work and some over the top "philosphy" that he feels he has the ability to spew.... but hey, i bought it.
#3- PROCESS RECESS, another artist compilation book this time by james jean. amazing paintings, mostly digital, but some crazy stuff. most known for his cover work on FABLES. right now hes doing alot of artwork for the my chemical romance comic, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. really great stuff. not my chemical romance....
#4- listen to JIMMY EAT WORLD. its all good.
thats it. not that you should read what i read. but just incase youre looking for ideas... see ya!
November 29, 2007
to vote for my tshirt design over at threadless.com! please help me out by giving me a 5! it only takes a second, thank you.http://www.threadless.com/submission/141421/reverie
tell your friends!
November 29, 2007
today was a pretty good day. worked on finishing pages all day. i think i did about 8 when i finally called it a night. i was getting lazy and what i was drawing was not up to par with what i was wanting. i got a good expensive burger from sebago, and bought/watched big trouble in little china. a good follow up to last nights escape from LA. kurt russell is the shit. i dont care what anyone says. go rent tango and cash.now.
November 28, 2007
so im making coffee. well not yet. im laying down being lazy right now. but right after i write this im making some coffee. (caribou coffee, daybreak blend) then im going to sit at my desk ALL day and see how many pages in my 276 page graphic novel, NATHAN THE CAVEMAN, i can finish off.finishing basically means tightening up the art thats allready there, in my case, erasing the word baloons ive included on the page so people can read it while i had been working on it, and filling in the black space. its really turning a somewhat rough draft into the final art i will scan, digitally ink, letter with dialogue, and then format for printing. its a long process...but it will look good. i have alot to do. take a look at this photo.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1699117&id=567270385&ref=mf
thats my whole book, and all those post it notes sticking out of it are the pages that need some serious work. and the pages without the post its, they need to be finished off too. its really just going in to every page and making sure its ready....so thats what im doing today. ALL DAY.
after i make my coffee.
November 28, 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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