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Inkbook #2:
No progress since the last update, still stuck on nine pieces. I’ll try to squeeze in some once I’m further ahead with comics work.
Moon Jade Angel #2:
This one’s being set back a bit. Why? Because I have decided to separate the comics content basing it on a simple equation. People who want my comics in print will probably be unwilling to pay 6$ for a book that has 10-20 pages of comics, whereas people who buy these for the art pages alone won’t really care if the comics are gone. So the current amount of finished art is probably below 10 pages.
Coilstar Illustrated #1:
So far it’s a working title but it’ll probably stick. 52 pages of comics and nothing but comics, full color and priced 5.99$. Got at this point 34 pages ready and two more half-ready (a short comic that needs some edits). It’ll also reprint the 14 pages of comics from MJA #1 (which is part of those 24 pages) and contain every short color comic that I did up until this day. Well, every existing one that is. I can’t reprint work from my childhood or the 90s for a simple reason, those pages don’t exist anymore. Hoping to have this one finished for June.
Robyn Hood:
No change since the last update, except I’m pretty certain it’ll end up in Coilstar Illustrated #2 (if it’s finished in time for that).
“nanowrimo novel”:
Still in proofreading. Maybe I can have it out by the time next nano happens? Hopefully.
Amen City Chronicles:
Not really moving forward as I’m trying to build a large buffer for Carnivore Carnival first.
Carnivore Carnival:
Currently have a buffer of 12 pages (pages 3-14 of The Herb) and I’m trying to find the next story to work on.
Script Frenzy:
It appears this project is off, sadly. Unfortunately it’s too late to start this or the planned “Thumbnail Crazy” variant for I was way too busy working on The Herb.
other projects:
I’ve been toying with the idea of an improvised b&w heroic fantasy/action comic, but I have no idea whether I’ll start working on it soon or not. Also, other projects are bumping around my brain, making it difficult to focus on a single thing. We’ll see what comes out of this.
Inkbook #2:
There are nine new pieces ready. I haven’t decided whether I’ll do the book in the same fashion (that is 40 new and 10 old pages) or whether I’ll fill the book to the brim with new drawings. I’d love to go with the latter, so that would mean 43 pieces to go.
Moon Jade Angel #2:
Tricky math here. I have 5 pages of comics ready and also five pages of art. Also, a b&w 2-page comic that I want to run on the inside covers. There’s a couple more pieces that resurfaced after I assembled book 1, and one or two that simply didn’t make the cut, plus a four page section on my really old drawings and digital doodles (I was unhappy with the written part so I cut these pages out entirely). I’m thinking about taking a bunch of b&w drawings that simply don’t have what it takes to make it into Inkbook and applying some good colors on top of them. That could take few more pages I guess. So I don’t really know how many pages I have at all, haha. But 10+ is a good guess at this point.
Robyn Hood:
I’m still not sure on whether to draw this one now or not. I could do it and just get it out of the way but it doesn’t feel right so close to my grandma’s death. We’ll see… I’m thinking of rewriting it a little and either expanding it to 40+ pages, adding a second story to fill up a full 48-52 page book, or compressing and streamlining this one a bit to get it below 24 pages. Depending on the choice, it’ll either become a larger oneshot, or a long tale inside of one of Moon Jade Angel issues.
The “nanowrimo novel”:
Still hasn’t returned from proofreading, although work is progressing on it. Slowly, but surely forward. Hoping to have more news on that one soon.
Amen City Chronicles:
I’ve redesigned the structure and will aim for 250 page volumes (or closely thereabout), and a 5-7 days a week updating webcomic. Depending on whether I can achieve a tempo of 3 pages a day or have to stick to drawing one page a day (depends on day jobs and such) I’ll be either looking at roughly simultaneous publishing online and on paper OR the webcomic going at its own speed with the printed volumes coming out every 3-6 months, so faster than online.
How’s the story? I have v1 partially rewritten and expanded to contain majority of v2 + a bunch of new scenes that did not go into Din Krakatau, but it needs a finalized script. Also, I have the opening sequence and the following 50-70 pages of v2 written down. Beyond that all I have is loose ideas and plotlines, nothing set in concrete.
Carnivore Carnival:
I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of my ideas that could be adapted into short comics. In short, I don’t know what to focus on next. I’ve been slowly chipping away on several scripts though. The plan for the webcomic is to continue as it is and then put the stories either into Moon Jade Angel, or as standalone oneshots (if they’re long enough for that). I will try drawing them in the “sketchbook method” I wrote on about in this post. Got a bunch of cheap notebooks bought specifically for that.
So this concludes the update session. There are other things in work, neither of which will see the light of day this year probably, so it’s too early to write about them.
Carnivore Carnival updates with the second (and last) page of Until Death Do Us Part. This concludes the short stories printed in Moon Jade Angel #1.
The next tale, The Town at the End of the World, shall be 3 pages long and will start on Monday.
After receiving comments on Penciljack forums, I decided to modify the drawing a little. Here’s the new version with the modified hands and other minor tweaks.
About the process a little: The red lines were the original sketch, done all digitally (which I rarely do). They were actually black and then turned light grey, but I changed that for this image. Then came the black outline and finally the purple/violet lines to mark the black areas. The next step was to fill these with black and apply color.
 You can also see the difference between the original sketch and the redrawn arm here quite well.
I’ve been pondering on making this the cover for Moon Jade Angel #2, but I think that might be too different from the first one. I don’t know, just a thought.
Ah, finally some new art to post! The result of today’s “digital doodling” session. The original sketch ended up interesting enough so I expanded it into a full piece. Might go into Moon Jade Angel #2.
All right. As I’m writing this, both first two stories for Carnivore Carnival have finished their online serialization.
Planet Adam:
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6
I’m still quite satisfied with this story. It came out pretty well as I have put a lot of energy into making it, more than basically any other of the tales you’ll see coming after it (with the exception of the Conception and Definition, but there I pretty much blew my wad on page 3, which took a full four days to finish) .
The interesting thing is that this one was written and drawn with an anthology book in mind. It was meant to hold 8 6-page tales from various Drunkduck creators, most of which had a larger “fanbase” than I did so I expected it to be a good exposure for my work. Thus the extra work. The sad fate of the book (pretty much no one managed to finish their stories other than me and one other guy who was in the “spare” lineup in case someone dropped out) kind of took away a lot of energy from me. Oh well…
Conception and Definition:
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6
Interesting how these things turn out. This was originally meant to be 12 pages long and lead into a slightly different conclusion. See that pink train on the third page passing in the background? The salesman was meant to “sell” the same package, but also force you to choose male or female body. “Little Idea” was meant to choose the female package, but ended up getting lost in the “labyrinth of possibilities” on the way to the train station, where it would by mistake board the blue train (for boys) instead of the pink one. The last page was meant to mirror the second one, where the “starry umbilical cord” was meant to serve as the tunnel for the train.
In the end I have opted for a shorter, different version, one that reflects my outlook these days a little closer. Also, I have lost all the notes for hte original, except for the tiny set of page thumbnails, which allowed me to recreate at least this much of the tale that you see above.
Sadly, either the topic or the change in art style (this was made few years earlier) seems to have scared away a large chunk of my readership, making Carnivore Carnival drop from a spot in top 600 to pretty much out of top 1000. Oh well. I’ll get back up somehow.
Both tales listed above (and the following Until Death Do Us Part) are printed in Moon Jade Angel #1. The future tales (The Town at the End of the World and Making History) shall be printed in Moon Jade Angel #2, once I have enough material for that one (got about 10 pages so far, so 42 to go).
Well, things sure aren’t going the way I planned them. So first, an announcement:
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be offline for a yet unspecified lenght of time. The reason behind it is simple: the electrical installation in our flat needs to be torn out entirely and replaced (or at least parts of it need to be), thus I’ll be without any electricity for at least a couple of days. Perhaps weeks. Hopefully below a month.
Well, what does that mean for Carnivore Carnival? There are still four pages of Conception and Definition in the buffer. After that, there’s a 2-page story Until Death Do Us Part, followed by a 3-pager, The Town at the End of the World. That means the webcomic will update without any interruptions (any possible drunkduck server related problems aside) until the end of March. Within that month I’ll try to get some heavy pencilling done, so that I can unveil some NEW stuff once I’m back online.
SO KEEP ON READING!
Today’s an update day again and page 2 of Conception and Definition is up under Carnivore Carnival!
For those just joining us, Carnivore Carnival is a webcomic consisting out of oneshots and short comics of various length. No connecting themes, other than they’re all in color and done solely by me.
The second Carnivore Carnival story has started. It’s somewhat different from the first one and also half of it was drawn over two years ago, but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too.
Page six of Carnivore Carnival is up! This concludes Planet Adam, the first short story, so if you held off with the reading it might be a good time to start. If you don’t want 6th page spoilers, that story starts here.
Monday, second story will start, Conception and Definition. As a reminder, both stories are already available in print in the Moon Jade Angel #1 sketchbook/artbook/short comic collection.
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Coming Soon an untitled heroic fantasy novel
Robyn Hood
a "Mystical Action Fantasy" 32-page oneshot comic
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