Ah, this week is Christmas, I’m still working hard on the book but I will be taking the day off to celebrate and unwind a bit. I’m really in the last steps now, and I know this book is taking me way longer than I said it would, but I am really working on it all the time.
I hope everyone who has been reading my series is having a wonderful Holiday Season.
Last week got a lot of work done on Volume 2. I’ve only got one more chapter to ink, and two more chapters to screentone. I’ve already started to edit a bit. Seriously guys, if you see typos let me know! I look back at some of the older pages and some mistakes are straight out embarrassing. I plan on finishing all my inking this week and getting the majority of the final touches done. The chapter art should take me a day or so. I think I’ll move the release date to January since it’s going to be too late to release in time for Christmas, and that way I can have a little time off before the new year. The book is really pulling together now since I’m so close to finishing. I was hoping to have more of a break between books 2 and 3, but I’m really going to work towards getting book 3 done before Denver Comic Con next year. I know I’ve been a bit dodgy with updates on Queen of Games and Midnight Menagerie of late, but even without the break I’ll be able to manage everything.
This weekend was really productive. All the pages of Sorcerer’s Apprentice v.2 got drawn and had their borders inked, so my goal now is to ink, scan, and tone everything by the end of the week. I might not get 100% out of the way, but I should get the vast majority of it taken care of. The book will get done in December. I can say that with certainty. Whether it’ll get done by Christmas, that still remains in the air. But for anyone who is interested in buying SA for Christmas, the first volume is still available.
Also something cool, I now have a Youtube Channel! Right now there’s only one video but I plan a lot more about art, tutorials, behind the scenes stuff and just general randomness! Subscribe today!
Just one more chapter to go. Most of the book is in some stage of being worked on, but only 15-18 pages are left to be drawn. I had to take the weekend off because I’ve just been working too hard, but I’m in the final push right now. Drawing and inking always takes the longest, so once that is 100% out of the way the rest of the book will be finished relatively quickly. So as long as I get those pages, everything is still okay.
Not much new to report except that I’m crawling out of my hidey hole long enough to tell people, yes, I am still working on Sorcerer’s Apprentice v.2. I’ve got about 30 pages in various states of completion with another 30 pages left to draw. I might have to move the deadline into December, but it won’t be too deep into the month. Maybe the second week in at the most. In the meantime, just enjoy the regular updates that show up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
