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The process of printing your book

Perhaps the most exciting part of making a graphic novel/ comic book is printing it. It can also be the most nerve-racking as you will have to cough up a pretty penny depending on the quality and quantity of your books.

Kings of Nowhere Vol. 1 Variant Cover

As I prepare to launch the Volume 2 kickstarter, I have plans to introduce some new cool things, such as a variant cover to Volume 1.

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KON VOL.2 Front and Back Covers

As the second book comes to a close, I finally get to prepare the covers of the book. I did a ton of research before beginning the covers. At first I wanted to include many characters. Then I looked through covers that really stood out to me. I li...

Anatomy isn't THAT important

Coming from me, that might seem like an oxymoron. However, it's true. It was a mistake many of my peers and I made during our early years of anatomy training in college. We had just learned the bones and muscles and all of us were eager to demonst...

5 Dont's of Digital Art

I've discussed with a few artists on Discord about what I found to be the biggest mistakes I find artists displaying while drawing on a tablet. This applies to users of Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio, and just about any other art software.

Is it too late to get started?

You might be asking yourself this. I know I ask myself this question when it comes to other professions. It might seem ridiculous, but I sometimes wonder if it's too late for me to become a pretty good race-car driver. Nothing pro, obviously, but ...

And a pinch of color.

With some panels, I feel like I just have to add color even though most of the book is entirely black and white. My vision when it comes to colors is to use colors that look good with eachother. Blue and red is always a good bet. As you can see, I...

Ask me anything, yo.

I often spend time thinking about what to share with you beautiful guys n' gals. I think, " What do I wish I knew when I was just a wee giraffe baby who dropped 6 feet onto my head during birth?" Or to lay it out more simply, what do I wish I knew...

200 pages finished!

I've reached a milestone! KON Volume 2 has just reached its 200th page. It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing your pages stack up. Each page is over a day of work. Months of planning, and after years of repeating this cycle, a book is finall...

Place Your Eggs in One Basket (or try to)

There’s a reason you’re here on my Patreon. You like art. Hell, you might even say you love it. You might just like looking at good art, but chances are with you being here that you like to draw as well. You're a creator. You like t...

How to Approach Life Drawing *NSFW ( includes nudity)

Animation college for me, for the most part, was a waste of time. However, there were a few classes that really enhanced my abilities. I'll talk about those classes later, but for this lesson, we'll focus on life drawing. Life drawing class was pe...

Can you become gifted at art?

My girlfriend brought up a discussion about being gifted as an artist that I figure I'd share with you.

Talent is an interesting thing. For example. Kid A is a talented 5 year old who is drawing a tree next to Kid B, another 5 year old who ...

A Tip for Freehanding

I can attest much of my growth on instagram to my freehand drawing ability. With instagram, videos garner a wider audience. I dislike this fact, but it's the case and we gotta figure out how to use it to our advantage. I used to think I was good a...

SSJ4 Hyper God Mode Step by Step

Before I begin any piece, I figure out what I'm going to draw. This is when I prefer pencil and paper.

I had been thinking o...

New Painting Brush!

Hoorah! A new brush for Procreate. This time, not for line-work, but for coloring and painting.  Before I got into digital art, one of my favorite mediums to use was oil pastel. The main thing I enjoyed about it was how opaque it was, but non...

The Concept of Leveling Up

I was scrolling through instagram and I came across a very talented animator's work. His name is adriengromelle. The animation was brief and simple. It was the muscles of the back flexing, and it was showcased with incredible simplicity and someho...

KON Worldbuilding + Game update

As I work on the comic and board game, I thought I might as well share some things with you that I've been sharing with the team at Level52 Studios.

A large aspect of KON is Breath. As we progress through the story, more will be ...

Kings of Nowhere the Game

When I was 8 years old, some kid showed me a Yugioh magic card. It was the first time my immigrant ass saw cards that weren't used to play Go-Fish. Soon enough, the Yugioh craze took over, but I was too young to buy any. So my friend and I would h...

Why you don't like your art + perspective practice

Does this sound familiar? You get inspired by some high level artist, then, you spend hours on something with high hopes, and once it’s finished, you look at it and you just go… meh. You might know what I’m talking about. You gotta ask yours...

New tutorials coming February

Sup y’all. I’m currently working on 2 YouTube videos, each with their own Patreon lessons. The first one is about how to make your art more enjoyable to look at. You know, getting that person scrolling to stop and admire your work for that ext...

Roronoa Zatoichi process

Hey peeps. I'll be sharing my process here. Timelapse are cool but what helps alot is understanding where each step begins and ends so you're not just aimlessly wandering around a drawing waiting for it to finish.

Step 1:...