A Change of Plans, in Color!

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Jun 282018
 

I haven’t updated the site a lot, so I am going to be trying to do that in the next week or two. The good news is that the short story ‘A Change of Plans‘ has color now, thanks to Dr Fizz colorist Rodrigo Charles. And in even better news…the short has also been submitted to Heavy Metal Magazine!

I took the advice of Sissonne writer Lee Newman and went ahead wit the submission. It’s one of those don’t call us, we’ll call and it may be years sort of submission processes, but still, it’s pretty cool. The only other plan for the short right now is to include it along with another 7 page story and a 12 page story in an anthology about robots and androids. I still need to give it a title.

Being as the story is so short, I cannot really tell you much about the story, other than it was my first attempt to script all by my lonesome. So, here is a page or two from ‘A Change of Plans‘:

A Change of Plans, a Short Sci-Fi Story

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Feb 272018
 

Over the last year I have outsourced almost all of the ideas I have had to writers. Sure, I was involved with some more than others, for some it was just a concept, others a bit more with the plotting and such.

Along the way I decided to put to paper a little something I had imagined. I knew it would only be a few pages long, so I scripted it out all by my lonesome.

My first script. It’s a little sci-fi story about a robot that lands on an alien planet to start a colony of humans. But things don’t always go as planned….

I shared the script with Sissonne writer Lee Newman, who encouraged me to get it made and submitted to an anthology or maybe, even….dare I say it…Heavy Metal Magazine? Actually, he was right, it is a perfect fit for them, story wise. 

So, I kept a look out for the right artist for the project, I had a specific look in mind. Well, a bit over a week ago I saw Rick Bastos post some sample that were just the look I needed. So, long story short we both looked at the script, agreed to change it from 6 pages to 7, and I now have a completed 7 page short story thanks to Rick. 

Here is a sample of the great artwork Rick delivered on this:

So now it’s on to coloring and then letters, of course. I am thinking of a muted, matte palette for this. Like a wash, or watercolors. We’ll see. Updates to come!