Hello everyone and welcome to a long overdue Blog entry.
I know things have kinda been going fast around here and not too many updates have been made. I was going to rush the DUST book through to get it on the shelves but the more I get done the more I find out that I still have a ways to go before I actually get a product that I can be proud of.
The best part about doing this for myself is that I have my own timeline and deadlines to follow. My deadlines as of late have been unrealistic and damaging to my final product. This is not the boat I wanna be rowing Empire.
I believe I can do alot better of a job if I take my time and be honest with you all and myself.
I have been receiving alot of help lately from people who have been in this business for years. I've been reading referenced literature, studying things I never thought of studying and have begun to keep a folder of reference pictures/drawings to stop me from drawing from memory.
I have been at this for a year now and some of my work I love and some of it I just can not rally behind quite yet. I am far from giving up, so please do not take this wrong, I only want to do whats best for my Art, my characters and my stories.
This is a tough business to just moonlight into and the prospects of me doing a bunch of monthly titles may be out of my reach at the moment.
I am reverting to my original plan of putting my stories into a full graphic novel, yes it will take longer to complete but there is no reason for these stories to be rushed out and put up on the shelves. Yes it would be awesome to see my name in print again but if it's there I want to be completely satisfied with the job I've done.
I get to caught up in worrying about things that I shouldn't, and more importantly forgetting who I really am. I found that through this whole learning experience I was acting out of character, not being myself. It is extremely important as an artist and a writer to keep ones individuality or else you fall into "AUTO-PILOT" mode and everything tastes and looks the same, this is not what I want for my stories and characters, I want them to be as real and relatable as possible, and if it takes 100 years to get that then that’s what I'm gonna take.
When I started drawing comics, a whole year and a half ago I had improper influences and it affected the way I viewed myself, the business and the entire process that one follows. I am slowly learning, day by day that the skewed view that one person had is not the only way to "get 'r' done". Alot goes into making these stories and alot can come from it if done well.
I am going to share with you all what I've learned and welcome you all on the journey that lies ahead. I have brushed aside the things and feelings that were hurting inside me for a while now and now that I can see clear, maybe clearer then I have in the past year or so, I plan to make this Empire a place to learn, share and create.
I plan to offer my services as an artist and writer to some of my good friends I have made along the way, doing whatever it may take to get my name out there. I plan to do it honestly and honorably and I can not wait for this new/old me to take the reigns and bring these dreams and more to paper.
I hope you are all ready!
ANDREW
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