Page 12 is up on smackjeeves

I have added page 12 to my smackjeeves site. http://thefrozenprophets.smackjeeves.com/ (you can see it here).

I have decided to digitally ink the rest of Chapter 1 simply because it is quicker and easier. Right now I want to get the last 8 pages finished up. They are all sketched out and ready to go, hopefully I will be adding 1 to 2 pages per day until the chapter is complete.

Chapter 2 is roughed out and Chapter 3 is about half done. After I get the first 5 chapters done, I will be offering a 5 chapter volume book on my blog here. I hope you all enjoy what you see so far.

Oh, and also, I have decided to quit being so lazy and take my shading a little more serious, it is more time consuming, but I hope to have the art a little more defined (facial expressions, detail, character stiffness).

This is my first actual attempt at a manga/comic so it isn't going to be the greatest, but I am noticing a small improvement with each page, and I will continue working to better the end result. Have a good one.

So taking a break today and messing around

I took a little break today from the story and decided to mess around coloring in photoshop. I started out with a sketch that I was very unhappy with, scanned it in, digitally inked it, and then colored, I am pretty pleased with the end result.

First is the pencil, then the ink, underneath is the colored finished product.

Here is the finished product. I don't think it looks to shabby.

Here's the pictures.

Went from this...to this...

This is the page after inking... if you notice all the little spots, I accidently blew on my pen nib while holding it over my paper...I felt like an idiot, shortly before that a huge blob of ink dropped next to his moth as well. But I recovered and saved it :P

And here is the finished product. Chundee is casting a spell, getting ready to initiate the fight with Malvicious. I'm pretty excited to get the next 9 pages finished, it's gonna be nothin but action and some character discovery the rest of the chapter.

So here is my latest page, it's one of my favorites so far, now I'm excited to get the action started, the fight is underway!

Don't forget to check the full comic out so far at  http://thefrozenprophets.smackjeeves.com/ Please become a fan!  Hope you all enjoy.

If you want to read the manga

I have placed all of my finished pages onto a webcomic hosting site, it will be updated as I finish up the first chapter, I am guessing with my schedule 1 to 2 pages per week. Click the link below to view everything I have done so far.


http://thefrozenprophets.smackjeeves.com/

How to do this...

So I am starting to debate with myself whether to self publish only, or maybe I should try this out as a "web-cominc" first to see how it's recieved. I'm thinking I will offer the first chapter online here on my blog for people to see, and if they want more, I will set it so you can purchase a copy of whichever chapter you want.

Yes...I think that is the road I will go down... Any advice, info, comments, personal experiences, are welcome.