No post this week. I've been busy. I'll see you next week.

For the second month in a row unexpected expenses sucked up what little I managed to squirrel away. But, I’m not letting it get me down. This month I will buy some ink for my printer, and let my art flow. Also, I’ll be picking up a couple of comics. The character art is what I want to see, and what I want to practice with. Time was I could do a lot with my art, but that was twenty years ago. I could have set trends with my art. Now I can’t seem to get my faces and hands right. You see, manga does have a simple style that’s conducive to speed and accuracy. Mainly speed. These artist get a lot done in a short amount of time. I can do that too, but I need practice. Lots of practice. Also, I’ll want to start plotting my story. While I practice I can map the story from issue to issue. See you next week.

No pictures. The comic concept is proving to be a little more difficult than I thought, but I’m learning a lot. I need to drop by the library and check out a few books, and then seriously look at manga style of character art. See you next week.

Been doing a lot of doodles, thinking about a comic concept that would appeal to a wide audience. Me, I want something profound. A concept that explores more than the human condition. I think I have something in mind that would do that. I want to appeal to both young and old, with a story that boggles even my mind, so my characters are going to be ten years old, trying to survive. In my other blog I talk about the big idea behind a story, one that, without being said, permeates every character’s action and reaction. That’s when I layer in levels of sophistication. Details that take the story up to a new tier of reality. I’m firmly anchoring that philosophy within my mind. I have to come up with character sketches, detailing physical features that define who is who. Names and such have to be provided, too. The world itself, where they live, will also have to be explored until the reality of it is complete. I become them for as long as it takes to draw and tell each story segment. It should be fun, with elements of real danger and possible death. I don’t feel the need to hold back on taking the entire concept to it limits, and then some.

I need ink for my printer, and managed to reach 12,000 words on my new novel. I’m not yet done with chapter three, but I’m coming close. It reads good. I canned more tomatoes, and made grape jelly yesterday. I can’t wait until all the outside work is done for the season, and I can concentrate on my two projects. And next week I will have some pictures. See you next week.