We're very, very excited to welcome Joel “MOjo” Moen to the Steel Rising team as our new inker. This is the end of a very long search with some very tough decisions to make. A huge amount of talent came flooding through my inbox over the last weeks, and there were any number of people that I would have loved to work with. But Joel really blew us away with a combination of talent, professionalism, and the right attitude. You can see some samples of his very awesome work here: http://www.comicspace.com/mojo/comics.php?action=gallery&comic_id=9871
Looking forward to great things, keep your eyes open for some more Steel Rising updates soon (cause there’s going to be some big ones).
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
STEEL RISING TANTALIZING TIDBIT!
It's been a while, so I figure I'll start posting some again. Here it is.
The adult Rayna in the early part of the story is heavily influenced by Lindsay Lohan--she's a self-destructive, alcoholic bitch.
I'm not a fan of her at all, but I do think she would be a good choice to play Rayna in a Steel Rising movie. (and Ron Perlman must be Deke!)
The adult Rayna in the early part of the story is heavily influenced by Lindsay Lohan--she's a self-destructive, alcoholic bitch.
I'm not a fan of her at all, but I do think she would be a good choice to play Rayna in a Steel Rising movie. (and Ron Perlman must be Deke!)
latest news
So, I guess I have two pieces of news to share right now.
The first is probably the better news so I'll start with that. The #0 issue script is done. After a short break (of about, oh, 3-4 months) I finally finished up those last 4 pages that had me stuck. And I mean really done. I spent some time this afternoon going back through it, fine tuning some of the dialogue, and even requesting a few changes in the art that was already completed. AND...I'm now finishing up page 4 of issue #1 (and hoping to get into page 5 tonight as well).
The other news is good news and bad news rolled into one. We're in the process of searching for a new inker (and hopefully will have one very soon, just waiting on some responses to my last batch of emails). So yes, that means our former inker is no longer with us. It was a very tough decision, and one that none of us enjoyed making, but I realize I'm going to have to do things I don't like when it's in the best interest of the success of this book.
And one other thing to mention (so you know who to blame later). I'm attempting to learn how to letter. "Comic Book Lettering the Comicraft Way" is sitting on the desk next to me right now (outstanding book, buy a copy!) and I've been digging through every tutorial I can find online. Well, it's more like finding them and bookmarking them so I can go back and read them later after I get more of this script done, but I'm making an attempt to do this and hopefully will have a decent grasp on it by the time Brad T is done with all of the #0 issue pencils.
So that's the news for now.
The first is probably the better news so I'll start with that. The #0 issue script is done. After a short break (of about, oh, 3-4 months) I finally finished up those last 4 pages that had me stuck. And I mean really done. I spent some time this afternoon going back through it, fine tuning some of the dialogue, and even requesting a few changes in the art that was already completed. AND...I'm now finishing up page 4 of issue #1 (and hoping to get into page 5 tonight as well).
The other news is good news and bad news rolled into one. We're in the process of searching for a new inker (and hopefully will have one very soon, just waiting on some responses to my last batch of emails). So yes, that means our former inker is no longer with us. It was a very tough decision, and one that none of us enjoyed making, but I realize I'm going to have to do things I don't like when it's in the best interest of the success of this book.
And one other thing to mention (so you know who to blame later). I'm attempting to learn how to letter. "Comic Book Lettering the Comicraft Way" is sitting on the desk next to me right now (outstanding book, buy a copy!) and I've been digging through every tutorial I can find online. Well, it's more like finding them and bookmarking them so I can go back and read them later after I get more of this script done, but I'm making an attempt to do this and hopefully will have a decent grasp on it by the time Brad T is done with all of the #0 issue pencils.
So that's the news for now.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
First 3 pencils
I know we already have the finished first 3 pages posted up here, but unfortunately due to some coming changes in the creative team those finished pages are no longer the finished pages. So here are the original pencils for those three, so our new inker candidates can see what they're getting in to.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
yes, we're still alive
As you may have noticed, Steel Rising kind of went away for a while. There are many reasons for this and I'm going to explain a few of them.
The first and probably biggest is that I (Brad HP) started a new job just before the begining of Small Press Idol round 3. I was away from home in training for 11 weeks and didn't have a whole lot of free time, and pretty often didn't have a great internet connection (especially in the crap-hole hotel where I spent 4 weeks in DC).
The next big reason is the disappointment and frustration of not advancing past round 3 of Idol. It was pretty crushing. The entire team put in a lot of time and hard work, and it seemed like nothing we did could get our voting numbers up to advance us into the final round. Then there was the numbers scandal (where it appeared that other projects may have had inflated votes from fake accounts) and all of this piled up and just made me want to put this whole project down and step away for a while.
So I did.
I've tried to come back to it and work on it a few times over the last few months, and seemed to find myself with a Steel Rising specific writers block. I stared at the script pages for hours and couldn't add more than a few words at a time to them. I wanted to work on it but part of me must not have wanted to work on it because I couldn't work on it.
But then I discovered that I couldn't really get work done on anything else either, because I felt like I needed to get back and finish up that SR script first. Then I was really stuck. So I said screw it. I started catching up TV, started playing more video games, reading more.
And then the magic happened, and all of these other things started inspiring new story ideas and made me want to write again.
So I did.
But it wasn't Steel Rising, it was something completely different and new. And even though I'm very excited about working on that one, it doesn't have a whole lot more to do with this story except that it started me writing again and by starting writing again I started looking for ways to get this new project the exposure that it needs.
And through that I started talking to some very talented people who have some very awesome ideas. And this talking led to my renewed desire to start working on Steel Rising again, and some very good plans to get the book the exposure it needs.
I don't have much else I can say about it right now except that it is coming back. There is a plan and it is a good one. Like I said, these are some very talented guys I've been talking to. It's going to take a while because there are some SR issues I need to work through before we put these other plans in motion.
But Steel Rising is still alive. More info coming soon.
The first and probably biggest is that I (Brad HP) started a new job just before the begining of Small Press Idol round 3. I was away from home in training for 11 weeks and didn't have a whole lot of free time, and pretty often didn't have a great internet connection (especially in the crap-hole hotel where I spent 4 weeks in DC).
The next big reason is the disappointment and frustration of not advancing past round 3 of Idol. It was pretty crushing. The entire team put in a lot of time and hard work, and it seemed like nothing we did could get our voting numbers up to advance us into the final round. Then there was the numbers scandal (where it appeared that other projects may have had inflated votes from fake accounts) and all of this piled up and just made me want to put this whole project down and step away for a while.
So I did.
I've tried to come back to it and work on it a few times over the last few months, and seemed to find myself with a Steel Rising specific writers block. I stared at the script pages for hours and couldn't add more than a few words at a time to them. I wanted to work on it but part of me must not have wanted to work on it because I couldn't work on it.
But then I discovered that I couldn't really get work done on anything else either, because I felt like I needed to get back and finish up that SR script first. Then I was really stuck. So I said screw it. I started catching up TV, started playing more video games, reading more.
And then the magic happened, and all of these other things started inspiring new story ideas and made me want to write again.
So I did.
But it wasn't Steel Rising, it was something completely different and new. And even though I'm very excited about working on that one, it doesn't have a whole lot more to do with this story except that it started me writing again and by starting writing again I started looking for ways to get this new project the exposure that it needs.
And through that I started talking to some very talented people who have some very awesome ideas. And this talking led to my renewed desire to start working on Steel Rising again, and some very good plans to get the book the exposure it needs.
I don't have much else I can say about it right now except that it is coming back. There is a plan and it is a good one. Like I said, these are some very talented guys I've been talking to. It's going to take a while because there are some SR issues I need to work through before we put these other plans in motion.
But Steel Rising is still alive. More info coming soon.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
TANTALIZING TIDBIT'S part 2
Now here are the TIDBIT's from our Round 3 thread.
#1 Fire magic is the most commonly used form of magic and one of the first that most Mages learn. It's very emotion based and easily accessible, and can be greatly amplified by extreme anger or rage.
#2 Want an inside peek into the creation of Steel Rising? Take a look at the first 3 pages of the script here.
This is very different that any other script I have ever written, mainly because this is the first time I knew exactly who would be doing the art. I changed my writing style quite a bit to mesh better with Brad T's strengths and style.
This is probably one of the thinnest comic scripts I've ever written, partly because so much of it was discussed among the creative team before I started committing it into proper script format. I had already given them a full page plot point breakdown of the #0 issue and another 4 page breakdown of all the major plot points for an entire series (probably about 60-80 issues worth of story). I also put a lot of trust in Brad T's creativity and tried to give him as much freedom as I could to do his own thing while still following the story I laid out.
I'm still amazed at how close some of these pages came out looking almost exactly how I pictured them while writing.
#3 The Mage Enforcement Agency (MEA) was originally developed as a special task force of the FBI under the guidance of J. Edgar Hoover. It eventually branched off into it's own separate agency and is currently run under the Department of Homeland Security.
#4 Dad's dialogue in Page Two Panel Eight is an important clue to some questions that will come up in the next few pages, and also to another major event that takes place shortly after the #0 issue story.
That's all of them for now, I'll update with the next batch at the end of the week.
#1 Fire magic is the most commonly used form of magic and one of the first that most Mages learn. It's very emotion based and easily accessible, and can be greatly amplified by extreme anger or rage.
#2 Want an inside peek into the creation of Steel Rising? Take a look at the first 3 pages of the script here.
This is very different that any other script I have ever written, mainly because this is the first time I knew exactly who would be doing the art. I changed my writing style quite a bit to mesh better with Brad T's strengths and style.
This is probably one of the thinnest comic scripts I've ever written, partly because so much of it was discussed among the creative team before I started committing it into proper script format. I had already given them a full page plot point breakdown of the #0 issue and another 4 page breakdown of all the major plot points for an entire series (probably about 60-80 issues worth of story). I also put a lot of trust in Brad T's creativity and tried to give him as much freedom as I could to do his own thing while still following the story I laid out.
I'm still amazed at how close some of these pages came out looking almost exactly how I pictured them while writing.
#3 The Mage Enforcement Agency (MEA) was originally developed as a special task force of the FBI under the guidance of J. Edgar Hoover. It eventually branched off into it's own separate agency and is currently run under the Department of Homeland Security.
#4 Dad's dialogue in Page Two Panel Eight is an important clue to some questions that will come up in the next few pages, and also to another major event that takes place shortly after the #0 issue story.
That's all of them for now, I'll update with the next batch at the end of the week.
I'm back...for a few days
Hello everyone!
As you can see I've completely neglected this blog for quite a while. I'm not exactly sure where I lost it, but it was somewhere between getting the script finished for Steel Rising, promoting the hell out if through Round 2, and starting a new job.
I'm currently at the beginning (2 weeks done, 9 more to go) of a very long and intense training program for that new job that has me far away from home and living in hotels. I was able to get home his weekend for the long holiday weekend (the only time this will happen) so here I am trying to update.
The first thing I'm going to do is collect all of the STEEL RISING TANTALIZING TIDBIT's that I posted in the Dimestore forum during Round 2 and started again for Round 3. Then I'll post the first 3 completed pages of STEEL RISING #0 that are up for voting right now, and the 3 pages of my original script that go with it.
Look for it soon.
As you can see I've completely neglected this blog for quite a while. I'm not exactly sure where I lost it, but it was somewhere between getting the script finished for Steel Rising, promoting the hell out if through Round 2, and starting a new job.
I'm currently at the beginning (2 weeks done, 9 more to go) of a very long and intense training program for that new job that has me far away from home and living in hotels. I was able to get home his weekend for the long holiday weekend (the only time this will happen) so here I am trying to update.
The first thing I'm going to do is collect all of the STEEL RISING TANTALIZING TIDBIT's that I posted in the Dimestore forum during Round 2 and started again for Round 3. Then I'll post the first 3 completed pages of STEEL RISING #0 that are up for voting right now, and the 3 pages of my original script that go with it.
Look for it soon.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tomorrow is the day
My amazingly talented colorist has promised to have the last pieces of completed art for Round 2 in my inbox by midnight.
If everything goes right we'll be up for the judges tomorrow morning and then open to the public vote shortly after they're done with us.
Until then, here's a pretty new banner to look at. You might find this one out on the internet somewhere, its's one I created as a trial run for Project Wonderful.
If everything goes right we'll be up for the judges tomorrow morning and then open to the public vote shortly after they're done with us.
Until then, here's a pretty new banner to look at. You might find this one out on the internet somewhere, its's one I created as a trial run for Project Wonderful.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Round 2 update 4/4/09
Haven't posted in a while, partly because there hasn't been much news to post and partly because we've been working hard getting ready for Round 2.
Small Press Idol Round 2 began on April 1 and so far 3 projects have posted: Faction, The Machine, and Hometown Heroes (formerly Clean Slate).
As of now we're expecting to have Steel Rising make an appearance around April 10. The assembly line is cranking and all of Brad T's pencils are moving on to Joe for inks and then Mike for color. Brad has 2 character action poses left, and they may even be done as I write this.
Now, why the delay? Why didn't we have these ready to go for day 1 to start getting the most votes possible as soon as we can?
One word--QUALITY.
I've been through the entries from the last 2 years of the contest (and there was some really great stuff), and I'm confident to say that our entry is going to blow away anything that's been seen before.
That may make me sound like a cocky jerk, but I truly believe in the skill of this creative team, and every one of us has given their absolute best and beyond.
So, April 10 is the day to watch for. Or maybe a day or two later, depending on how long it takes to send everything out.
Whatever day it is I'll be sure to post (over and over, here and on Facebook and Twitter) and let you know where and how you can see it.
Small Press Idol Round 2 began on April 1 and so far 3 projects have posted: Faction, The Machine, and Hometown Heroes (formerly Clean Slate).
As of now we're expecting to have Steel Rising make an appearance around April 10. The assembly line is cranking and all of Brad T's pencils are moving on to Joe for inks and then Mike for color. Brad has 2 character action poses left, and they may even be done as I write this.
Now, why the delay? Why didn't we have these ready to go for day 1 to start getting the most votes possible as soon as we can?
One word--QUALITY.
I've been through the entries from the last 2 years of the contest (and there was some really great stuff), and I'm confident to say that our entry is going to blow away anything that's been seen before.
That may make me sound like a cocky jerk, but I truly believe in the skill of this creative team, and every one of us has given their absolute best and beyond.
So, April 10 is the day to watch for. Or maybe a day or two later, depending on how long it takes to send everything out.
Whatever day it is I'll be sure to post (over and over, here and on Facebook and Twitter) and let you know where and how you can see it.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
a little bit about me
Every writer needs to have a cool little bio ready to go if they ever happen to get their work out there, right?
Well, maybe not. But I put one together anyway. I asked the rest of the creative team to write something about themselves too, but I haven't gotten anything from them. They are quite busy getting all that art and stuff done for Round 2, so I'll forgive them.
Brad Huffman-Parent has been writing for a long time. It started with very, very bad comics in Jr High and blossomed with his love of screenwriting in his early college years.
Due to extremely bad luck with computers, he has lost almost everything that was written between 1994-2006, including numerous short screenplays, one completed feature, and 2 features in progress. After a short break he renewed his love of writing in late 2007 and since then has completed 10 new short screenplays and begun 2 features.
His short screenplay “Losing Teeth” placed 2nd in an international screenwriting competition and “Because I Love You” received Honorable Mention in another.
“Losing Teeth” was recently optioned by an award winning director and is scheduled to begin production in late 2009. Another short screenplay “Giving Life” has been picked up by another director and is also set for production later this year. And finally, the short sequential story “Till Death…”, illustrated by Matthew K Grundy, has been accepted for publication in the anthology “Blister” from Tin Star Studios.
He is currently devoting every bit of free time to “Steel Rising”, his entry for the 2009 Small Press Idol competition.
Well, maybe not. But I put one together anyway. I asked the rest of the creative team to write something about themselves too, but I haven't gotten anything from them. They are quite busy getting all that art and stuff done for Round 2, so I'll forgive them.
Brad Huffman-Parent has been writing for a long time. It started with very, very bad comics in Jr High and blossomed with his love of screenwriting in his early college years.
Due to extremely bad luck with computers, he has lost almost everything that was written between 1994-2006, including numerous short screenplays, one completed feature, and 2 features in progress. After a short break he renewed his love of writing in late 2007 and since then has completed 10 new short screenplays and begun 2 features.
His short screenplay “Losing Teeth” placed 2nd in an international screenwriting competition and “Because I Love You” received Honorable Mention in another.
“Losing Teeth” was recently optioned by an award winning director and is scheduled to begin production in late 2009. Another short screenplay “Giving Life” has been picked up by another director and is also set for production later this year. And finally, the short sequential story “Till Death…”, illustrated by Matthew K Grundy, has been accepted for publication in the anthology “Blister” from Tin Star Studios.
He is currently devoting every bit of free time to “Steel Rising”, his entry for the 2009 Small Press Idol competition.
Monday, March 23, 2009
All links in one convenient location
You may have already found us through one of these links, but here they are again so you can find all of them from here.
First off, here's our official Facebook fan page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Steel-Rising/53524008534
Become a fan, add me as a friend. Tell your friends to become fans and add me as a friend. I'm nice, really, I am.
Next up, Twitter. http://twitter.com/BradHP
This is my personal account, but it's mainly used to connect with other creators and do some promoting for Steel Rising.
And there's also some new Twitter fun coming up once Round 2 of Idol goes live. But I can't tell you much about it until Round 2 starts due to the contest rules.
Well, okay, I can give the basics! All of our main characters will be getting their own Twitter and Facebook accounts (I think. That may be a violation of Twitter and FB rules, I need to look into that some more.) and I'm working out an alternate/side story that will play out for the characters on those pages.
Gotta love this age of the internet, where comics aren't just contained to the printed page anymore. And on that track, the creative team has recently been discussing adapting Steel Rising into a Role Playing Game as well, but that won't be until after the book is well under way. (and credit for that idea goes to our very talented inker Joe Armour)
Okay, back to the links...
And it's the last one? Thought I had more than that.
My deviantArt gallery: http://zeroice013.deviantart.com/
Check out some of the short screenplays I've written over the last year, and a few much older samples of my comic writing.
And that's it. Now it's time to grab that whip and go motivate the art guys to get everything finished up for Round 2 so we can blow you away with it's awesomeness.
First off, here's our official Facebook fan page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Steel-Rising/53524008534
Become a fan, add me as a friend. Tell your friends to become fans and add me as a friend. I'm nice, really, I am.
Next up, Twitter. http://twitter.com/BradHP
This is my personal account, but it's mainly used to connect with other creators and do some promoting for Steel Rising.
And there's also some new Twitter fun coming up once Round 2 of Idol goes live. But I can't tell you much about it until Round 2 starts due to the contest rules.
Well, okay, I can give the basics! All of our main characters will be getting their own Twitter and Facebook accounts (I think. That may be a violation of Twitter and FB rules, I need to look into that some more.) and I'm working out an alternate/side story that will play out for the characters on those pages.
Gotta love this age of the internet, where comics aren't just contained to the printed page anymore. And on that track, the creative team has recently been discussing adapting Steel Rising into a Role Playing Game as well, but that won't be until after the book is well under way. (and credit for that idea goes to our very talented inker Joe Armour)
Okay, back to the links...
And it's the last one? Thought I had more than that.
My deviantArt gallery: http://zeroice013.deviantart.com/
Check out some of the short screenplays I've written over the last year, and a few much older samples of my comic writing.
And that's it. Now it's time to grab that whip and go motivate the art guys to get everything finished up for Round 2 so we can blow you away with it's awesomeness.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Round 2 coming along nicely
Well, Round 1 is quickly coming to a close on March 20.
Not that we have to worry, since we sailed through with 3 very enthusiastic "Yes" votes! (Hey, I'm proud of our hard work, let me brag a bit.)
Submission of materials for Round 2 starts on April 1 and goes to April 19. Don't know when in there we'll send our stuff, but everything is going great right now so we'll definitely make it somewhere in there. No missed deadlines for us!
Round 2 requires turn-around poses (front, side, 3/4 view) of each main character, and also 3 action poses for each. We have all of our turn-arounds completed, and 2 action poses for one character and one for another. And Brad Thingvold might have more done that I just haven't seen yet. I have to say that these first 3 action poses have completely blown away any expectations that I had. I was impressed with Brad T's art from the start (or else I wouldn't have wanted to work with him) but he just took things to a whole other level.
The turn-arounds are off to the inking phase, but I haven't seen any of those inks yet (hint, hint if you're reading this Joe!).
And something that I'm really excited about, not just because I'm the one doing them but because I'm surprised at how good they look, are the character bios.
I always wanted to do something more with the bios than just a plain old word doc, and I think I found something that's really going to impress and stand out from the competition. Unless the competition had the same thought as me. I hope not.
Basically this old writer dug deep and found some artistic ability hidden down inside. Okay, maybe not much artistic ability, and maybe it's just that I'm good with computers and found my way around Digital Imaging Suite easily, but I like to think there's an artist in there somewhere.
But the point is, our Round 2 materials are going to blow you away. Keep your eyes open and I'll be sure to post when they're up for judging.
Remember, Round 2 is the fans chance to come and vote for us. We need you to win this thing!
Not that we have to worry, since we sailed through with 3 very enthusiastic "Yes" votes! (Hey, I'm proud of our hard work, let me brag a bit.)
Submission of materials for Round 2 starts on April 1 and goes to April 19. Don't know when in there we'll send our stuff, but everything is going great right now so we'll definitely make it somewhere in there. No missed deadlines for us!
Round 2 requires turn-around poses (front, side, 3/4 view) of each main character, and also 3 action poses for each. We have all of our turn-arounds completed, and 2 action poses for one character and one for another. And Brad Thingvold might have more done that I just haven't seen yet. I have to say that these first 3 action poses have completely blown away any expectations that I had. I was impressed with Brad T's art from the start (or else I wouldn't have wanted to work with him) but he just took things to a whole other level.
The turn-arounds are off to the inking phase, but I haven't seen any of those inks yet (hint, hint if you're reading this Joe!).
And something that I'm really excited about, not just because I'm the one doing them but because I'm surprised at how good they look, are the character bios.
I always wanted to do something more with the bios than just a plain old word doc, and I think I found something that's really going to impress and stand out from the competition. Unless the competition had the same thought as me. I hope not.
Basically this old writer dug deep and found some artistic ability hidden down inside. Okay, maybe not much artistic ability, and maybe it's just that I'm good with computers and found my way around Digital Imaging Suite easily, but I like to think there's an artist in there somewhere.
But the point is, our Round 2 materials are going to blow you away. Keep your eyes open and I'll be sure to post when they're up for judging.
Remember, Round 2 is the fans chance to come and vote for us. We need you to win this thing!
Friday, March 13, 2009
...interupt our regular program for a personal announcement...
I have some updates for Steel Rising that I've been needing to put up this week, but real life came along and got in the way.
But in a good way!
I'm happy to announce the arrival of Adeline Elizabeth, who joined the family at 3:00AM on Tuesday 3/10/09.
And now those real Steel Rising updates will be coming some time this weekend, or whenever I'm not completely exhausted.
But in a good way!
I'm happy to announce the arrival of Adeline Elizabeth, who joined the family at 3:00AM on Tuesday 3/10/09.
And now those real Steel Rising updates will be coming some time this weekend, or whenever I'm not completely exhausted.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Round 2 update
Two more character turn-arounds done. One more to go,and then Brad T might go back and redo the first one.
Mike went ahead and threw some rough colors on two of them so far just for practice and they look great. Joe is working on the inks then Mike will go ahead with the real coloring and that should look even better!
So, one more turn-around and then it's time for the action poses. These are the ones I'm really excited about because I have some ideas that I hope will make these stand out beyond the average.
It's killing me not being able to share any more right now, but it's less than a month until Round 2 opens up for submissions. I'll update here as soon our stuff is up to view.
Mike went ahead and threw some rough colors on two of them so far just for practice and they look great. Joe is working on the inks then Mike will go ahead with the real coloring and that should look even better!
So, one more turn-around and then it's time for the action poses. These are the ones I'm really excited about because I have some ideas that I hope will make these stand out beyond the average.
It's killing me not being able to share any more right now, but it's less than a month until Round 2 opens up for submissions. I'll update here as soon our stuff is up to view.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Cover layouts
Here are the first cover layouts Brad T put together before he started working on the final version you that was eventually submitted for Round 1 of the contest.
This is the first one, but we both felt it needed something a bit more dynamic.
So it evolved into this, with the cool "worms eye" view you see on the finished cover.
And, just for fun here's a work in progress version, and the first completed cover art that I got to see. I think all this waiting is the hardest part of being the writer. Those artists guys have all the fun.
This is the first one, but we both felt it needed something a bit more dynamic.
So it evolved into this, with the cool "worms eye" view you see on the finished cover.
And, just for fun here's a work in progress version, and the first completed cover art that I got to see. I think all this waiting is the hardest part of being the writer. Those artists guys have all the fun.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Round 2 progress
Not a lot I can actually share due to the contest rules, but our material for Round 2 is coming quicker than I expected.
This round requires a 360 degree view of each main character (we have 5 main characters) and also three action poses for each.
The first two 360 poses are done and headed off to the inking phase.
There's still a lot of work to do, but considering these aren't due until April 1, I think we're off to a great start.
This round requires a 360 degree view of each main character (we have 5 main characters) and also three action poses for each.
The first two 360 poses are done and headed off to the inking phase.
There's still a lot of work to do, but considering these aren't due until April 1, I think we're off to a great start.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Round 1...
We submitted our Round 1 entry on Wednesday 2/18.
What a day.
The first judge left his comments and vote within an hour of the project going up. And it was good! Here's a little excerpt:
"There's real meat and potatoes here, folks. And I suspect we have one that other contenders should really be worried about if it makes it to future rounds.
Do I have confidence in this project?
Yes-- Unquestionably. "
Nice way to start the day. But, then I had to head off to do some work for the real job and got to spend the next few hours wondering how the other two judges would vote. That was not fun. This project means a lot to me, and it was torture to have to wait to find out how it was going to go.
Luckily I came home to find that another judge had made his decision. Another Yes!
"so far, i think this project is the front runner!
of course we have quite a few still to see.
keep up the high quality of work gang.
my vote
absolutly
YES"
That was enough right there, 2 out of 3, unless the third judge absolutely hated us. But the third judge was another "Yes", although not as enthusiastic as the rest.
And we're moving on to Round 2...
What a day.
The first judge left his comments and vote within an hour of the project going up. And it was good! Here's a little excerpt:
"There's real meat and potatoes here, folks. And I suspect we have one that other contenders should really be worried about if it makes it to future rounds.
Do I have confidence in this project?
Yes-- Unquestionably. "
Nice way to start the day. But, then I had to head off to do some work for the real job and got to spend the next few hours wondering how the other two judges would vote. That was not fun. This project means a lot to me, and it was torture to have to wait to find out how it was going to go.
Luckily I came home to find that another judge had made his decision. Another Yes!
"so far, i think this project is the front runner!
of course we have quite a few still to see.
keep up the high quality of work gang.
my vote
absolutly
YES"
That was enough right there, 2 out of 3, unless the third judge absolutely hated us. But the third judge was another "Yes", although not as enthusiastic as the rest.
And we're moving on to Round 2...
Welcome...
..to the the home of the project currently called Steel Rising. I say "currently" because that title is going to change, but I'll talk about that later.
Steel Rising is an entry for the 2009 Small Press Idol competition. For those that don't know what SPI is, the easiest way to describe it is as American Idol for the independent comics world.
The creative team consists of:
Brad Huffman-Parent (me): creator/writer
Brad Thingvold: pencils
Joe Armour: inks
Michael Summers: colors
So, there's the basics. What's next? Well, quite a bit. I'll break things down round by round throughout the contest(the contest consists of 4 rounds, and I'll explain that in more detail later, too) and keep you all updated on the status of things as they come.
Steel Rising is an entry for the 2009 Small Press Idol competition. For those that don't know what SPI is, the easiest way to describe it is as American Idol for the independent comics world.
The creative team consists of:
Brad Huffman-Parent (me): creator/writer
Brad Thingvold: pencils
Joe Armour: inks
Michael Summers: colors
So, there's the basics. What's next? Well, quite a bit. I'll break things down round by round throughout the contest(the contest consists of 4 rounds, and I'll explain that in more detail later, too) and keep you all updated on the status of things as they come.
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