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In the coming weeks, I’m planning to head down to the Southern USA with some art supplies to do on-site sketching and painting. I haven’t decided on where I will go. I’m leaning towards Richmond, Virginia – the capital of Old Dominion. However, I’m also debating going back to Huntsville, Alabama, back to the state of Texas, or visiting for the first time the state of Tennessee.

Why am I doing this? I feel that doing some traveling and capturing what I see in the form of watercolor sketches, pen drawing, and pencil drawings can really help me grow as an artist. It will help my skills, I’ll learn some more practical application of color, and I’ll get reference to use in my artwork as well as my comics.

The main inspiration for my trip was one taken by my favorite artist Paul Klee (1879-1940) along with August Macke (1887-1914) and Louis Moilliet (1880-1962). In 1914, these three artists went to the North African country of Tunisia. The country was very influential on their artwork and they produced many studies there that helped shape their own styles.

There’ll be more information as details develop on my planned trip. Plus you’ll see my sketches posted here to my blog.

I do the work I do to be in control. The world is constantly changing and seeks to impose its will on me. By listening to my own self and my instincts, I regain my control. My intuition helps me express myself and make sense of a chaotic world.

I draw upon my subconscious and trust my intuition. If instinct tells me I’m doing good, I keep at it. If instinct feels wrong, I stop and try to make order out of chaos. I summon my feelings, my imagination, my experiences, and my heart. I trust my own judgement.

In the sequential art I create, I want to make what I want rather than listen to what others want. My own desires for acceptance and for times long gone are reflected in my work.

Now I have some other things to tell you. I have big plans for 2013. One of the first releases for that year will be…my very first E-book. Yes, I will put out an e-book next year through Lulu. What will this e-book be about? It will be about how to make comics. Drawing upon the information from this blog as well as the insights I’ve gained through working on Sunnyville Stories, I will put out an e-book about writing, pencilling, inking, and generating ideas for comics. Watch for more details as they emerge.

Also through Lulu, I will be putting out an art book through them. It will be a coffee table art book in hardcover and will be sold EXCLUSIVELY through Lulu. But wait: there’s more. The Sunnyville Stories coffee table art book will contain a total of twenty pen-and-ink drawings that will not be available ANYWHERE ELSE!

There’ll be continuous updates here on the blog so be sure to watch for more details.

Good god, his comic...

http://sunnyvillestories.com/

I've never seen anyone so obsessed with telling the reader how they produce their badly-rendered work.

My favorite part is that he placed huge watermarks on some of the sample comics, so no one can steal his work and make money off of it.

What we are witnessing here is the most optimistic man in the history of our species.

I can't tell if his three favourite painters being expressionists makes sense or if it hilariously off.

At least it's got a nice title.

Seeing this makes me feel better about my own skills with the brush.

If he excels at anything, it's that he has not had his soul crushed and is not in constant self loathing like 90% of creative people.

Jesus Christ! I'm dying over here from laughter.

glad you caught that!