Monthly Archives: January 2017
So I just came from ComicCon yesterday and had a fun time giving away doujinshi, grydscaen graphic novels and A Storm’s Coming manga, as well as rubber bracelets, campaign buttons, trading cards and bookmarks. There was a lot of traffic at the table. I think some of that was because everything was free. I also gave away free ebook downloads for The Alchemist’s Ranger. All in all my first ComicCon experience as a featured author was a positive one. But one…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl, coming to you live and direct from the streets of Haven 15 in the Red Light District. We are here in the park in the center of it all talking to other homeless kids and asking them how they are going to be spending the Cultural New Year’s celebrations. This is a yearly event that takes place about a month after the first of the year. There are cultural events and celebrations all…..
So I have been working on the graphic noiz manga today and I can successfully say that all the lineart is done for the manga. We are onto shading now after we spent an hour photocopying and reducing the 10×14 artwork to be 8.5×11 so it can be scanned. I usually don’t shade my manga but I thought since I had some feedback that I would do it for this story. I am still light on backgrounds but that is…..
Making Characters Consistent Today on our Making Manga series, we will talk about drawing your characters consistently. I know that I sometimes have an issue with that. So here we go. One way to ensure that you know what your characters looks like and can make them look the same across sequential panels is to practice drawing the character as much as you can. I do this a little bit in images but I have to say that sometimes my…..
We are happy to reveal the next cover in the graphic noiz series. graphic noiz: book 2 will be up for pre-order starting 23 January, 2017. Release date for graphic noiz: book 2 is 14 February, 2017. graphic noiz 2 Book Summary: Noiz is a 19 year old illustrator and mangaka straight out of art school who created his own manga, Disaster Code. Scouted at ComicCon where he was showing his art by Keita Shimura, agent to bestselling author Shiro…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl, making waves and coming to you live and direct from the Runners’ tunnels under the Gateway Zone cross leading to the City. The Runners’ tunnels run under the City, the Echelons, and the Zone and are laid out in a maze. They can get you to the middle of Haven 15 in the Echelons near the Red Light District, past Harbin street in the Zone or up into the City under the Broad street subway station…..
What is graphic noiz? graphic noiz is a yaoi novella series about 19 year old skateboarder and amateur manga artist, Noiz who went to ComicCon in New York city as an artist in Artist Alley and was discovered by the literary agent, Keita. Keita is bestselling author Shiro Ijima’s agent and he gets a peek at Noiz’ original manga Disaster Code at the con. After putting Noiz through an art test and stringing him along with words, dinners and few chance encounters…..
Limited Edition grydscaen RPG Trading Card game playtester copy available Want to get your hands on a limited edition copy of the grydscaen RPG Trading Card game before it is released? On 1 February 2017, a copy of the game will be made available on eBay. I will post more detail about it as we get closer to the date. When will the Finished game be available to purchase? The second print run of the game is scheduled for end…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl, making waves and coming to you live and direct from the alleyway behind a cyber café in the Echelons near the Shizuoko ghetto. The fallout is high today and the Newsfeed was warning people to stay off the streets. I have my mask on covering my mouth and nose made from the protective substance from the SenseNet. It will provide some protection from the toxic particles in the air. Luckily I took my…..
We are almost there. Just a quick update. Approved the hardcopy proofs today of the 69 new cards, the box and the RPG rulebook and Tarot guidebook. Yes the box! As you can see in the picture above, the box proof looks pretty rad and it is in corrugated cardboard all folded and glued. I didn’t think they would have done the folding just for the proofs but they did. I guess I really did learn how to make a…..
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