Hey, guys! Long time, no blog, eh?
Well, this is really just an update of sorts. A kind of "What's Ray Not Doing Now" peak at my creative ongoings of late. I've got several things in the mix; a few I've been working on a while and one or two I've recently started.
We'll start with Neomyn. Greg did the first 8 pages of the revised script for Zuda, as I'd stated before and I've colored and lettered the first two pages and posted them in the last two blogs. I'd started working on the colors for the remaining pages when I had an idea. A dear friend of mine--Ruth Collins--is an art major and teacher and a damn fine artist herself. That said, I recently sent a feeler offer to acquire her services as colorist for the comic. She's a damn sight better than I am with photoshop and it would take a massive load off of my shoulders (all I'd have to do is lay the flats for each page for her, cutting my workload on the colors by more than half). She has tentively agreed and I am working on sending her the files. More on that in a few days, methinks.
On another note, Greg (my penciler) has submitted his own comic--Slam McCrackin--over at Zuda so if you've got an account, you should go vote for him this month. It's a nice lil' homage to crime noir done with an interestingly odd twist. I'll just say this...the main character is a hardboiled egg (get it??).
Moving on.
As most of you know, I've redone the Dead Seasons page so that it's easier to get to the different chapters and avoid reading it out of order. For those who are caught up, I'm working on the next part and should have it finished by the end of the month (I look at it like a text-based comic story, anyway, so monthly releases shouldn't be too surprising). My goal with this story is to make each part feel like it's own story. There's a beginning, a middle, and an end. Sure, the end is a cliffhanger and makes you want to know more. But, I want each part to have action and decent pacing in it. Again, this is working on the comic issue theory of releasing each one with at least a month between. This way you know that when you read each part you're going to get more than just character backgrounds and filler. There will be zombies in every chapter if I can help it.
Now, for something new. About a month or two ago, I had an idea to do a 3-part sci-fi story. Each "chapter" would be a self-contained short story that ties into the one before it. Each with a new character and time but each one closely linked to the others so that, as a whole, they make one story spanning the life of a family. The story is called Legacy and will have, like I said, three parts: Recon, Invasion, Counterstrike. Each "chapter" will have its own main character--who is one part of a family--and will take place 5-10 years after the previous story.
My goal here is to tell three seperate sci-fi stories, allowing me to write three entirely different types of characters and motivations while utilizing the same over-arching plot. I'm actually really excited about it and have already set up a page for it: LegacyStory.blogspot.com Look for more to come soon!
Then, of course, there's Rearview Mirror. This is a short horror film I'm writing with the hopes of filming in the near future. I'll go further into detail when I have the first draft of the script done. The premise is to film a horror movie mostly from inside a car, utilizing one shot throughout most of the film. It's about a man who has lost control of his own sanity and done something that he regrets. He begs forgiveness from his victim, who rides in the backseat, silently watching him through the rearview mirror. When she finally speaks, the truth--and consequences--of what he's done is revealed to both the driver and the audience.
Other than all that, I have a few ideas for new Only a Geek strips but have, heretofore, been too lazy to draw them. A problem I hope to rectify soon.
Hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving!
Later!
