I'm not completely back on track yet with the Skin Crawling Comics coloring I've been doing for the Serpentine Cure and everything else that's happened since July first. Regrettably this means the Featured Creature is still on hold for awhile longer. However, I didn't want to let August pass without getting at least one creature in the mix. I apologize for the absence of any creepy fiction to go with this piece. Maybe something will come out later. I could certainly see this thing showing up in The Devil's Square.
Also - Rachel has asked that we remind everyone that the Indiegogo is a FIXED funding crowd sourcing, much like Kickstarter. This means that we only get funded if we make our funding goal. Otherwise we have to try again.
Here's a fresh post about Skin Crawling Comics on Deviant Art from Chrsitine Brunson with some excellent preview art and links! Check out the goodness! Also check out the excellent QR Code below that Buried Artist, Chris Thorne created to help everyone get to the Indiegogo page. Scan, share or click!
Until the Indiegogo fundraising deadline I'm going to focus the majority of my posts on Skin Crawling Comics promotion. I know its a little "one note" but there's an army of creators in this project and I'm happily involved so I REALLY want it to succeed! I'll be posting about Skin Crawling as often as possible between now and September 13th with links and news to let you know more about the project.
Here's a more recent sketch, but this one has a digital twist. I developed this image while playing in Photoshop and exploring paintbrush options. I was very pleased with the painterly style that emerged. There will be more of this style coming and with greater color exploration.
Born of darkness,
grown in the deeper shadow,
his eyes were always clear in the glint of twilight.
The light, when it came, was not relief,
but only greater pain
on flesh too frail to bear the illumination.
Hailed as thin skinned,
he retreated to the only safety he'd known.
Everything this week has been abruptly put on hold.
The heavy continuous rains of the past few weeks have driven local yellowjackets, who nest generally in the ground, into the wall outside my studio. From there, the pesky critters found their way into my studio through the molding. I've been moving furniture all week to try and find their entry point while simultaneously avoiding getting stung. A challenging week to say the least. Hopefully, before this time next week I'll be back on track and yellowjacket free.
In her recent post, Crossing the Line, Skin Crawling Comics' Editor-in-chief, Rachel Pandich, talked more on the Hoinsky Book controversy at Kickstarter and the direction of SCC fundraising. That leads me to this weeks big news: the fundraising issue has been resolved and Indiegogo is now the host for fundraising for the Skin Crawling Comics Anthology! WAHOO! Just click here or the Indiegogo logo below to check out the fundraising page. The Indiegogo will run until September 13th, 2013.
Sketches of a panel sequence from my notebook inspired by a young man I met at the time. His immense feelings preceded him. This was to become a layout like some of my other sequential poetry work.