Monthly Archives: January 2016

Coloring Book Progress – Wooly Starrus

Posted on January 29, 2016 by supermalmoworld

A breather. Easier to draw, clean up, and color.

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Coloring Book Progress – First two complete!

Posted on January 28, 2016 by supermalmoworld

Interestingly enough, the top one didn’t require the same tedious magic erasing that the bottom one did. I only needed adjustment layers. I’ll have to figure out why the picture came out so much better on that one, despite trying … Continue reading →

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Coloring Book Progress – 1/28/15

Posted on January 28, 2016 by supermalmoworld

With my coloring book project underway, I’m learning that drawing is the easy part. Since the pages are too large for the scanner, I have to take photos and clean them up in photoshop. It’s tedious as hell and makes … Continue reading →

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Musings about Dialogue

Posted on January 26, 2016 by supermalmoworld

This week on Things I Learned On The Fly: how to use dialogue tags and punctuation to regulate the tone and pacing of dialogue First, let’s start with something simple. Two lines of dialogue between a therapist and patient, perhaps. … Continue reading →

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Beginning work on a coloring book

Posted on January 22, 2016 by supermalmoworld

I often get the question: when am I going to publish an Ilion book? Well, the thing is…I already have. Just not in print. The Ilion project as it stands is best suited for web publishing, which is exactly what … Continue reading →

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My Drafting Process

Posted on January 20, 2016 by supermalmoworld

When I write I have a tendency to agonize over wording to the extent that it slows me down. This is great for polishing a near-finished product but terrible for drafting. It’s probably the number one reason I haven’t written … Continue reading →

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Update Log – 1/10/16

Posted on January 10, 2016 by supermalmoworld

I got business cards! They’re from Moo and are really nice quality, if a bit pricey. I also ordered stickers, should get here soon. Art New spiraform mobile fruit fan art by sceynis-yis! Ilion Three new Polyxena firebear pics in … Continue reading →

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Update Log – 1/5/16

Posted on January 5, 2016 by supermalmoworld

It’s amazing what four days off can do! Not much to say here, just getting back into the rhythm of writing and arting. Travelogue New content in Odyssey II under “Debugging” “Taxa Notes – Blue Footed Thrax” in Odyssey I … Continue reading →