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Happy Monday, all!
So we got our Book Fours in last week.
For those that didn’t follow the Kickstarter program…I had a limited edition of 100 blank covers made.
We had a lot of orders for these. They’re the same book inside. But I would do an original sketch on the cover.
They sold for $50.
Once I got them in. I realized I had to figure out how to draw on these covers. They’re not exactly drawing paper material.
It took me a lot of time to work out the right pencils and markers to use to get the best results on the covers.
Here’s four covers I did over the weekend. Trying different mediums and such.
These were mostly tests. I’ll start on the purchased ones this week. Get all the orders out.
But I’m torn as to what to do about the test books. And remaining couple dozen blank issues.
Should I sell them in my store?
Should I sell them on Ebay?
Any suggestions?
I think they’re fun to do. And I’m enjoying drawing again.
Please let me know your thoughts.
And if you’d like to purchase the regular version…you can do so here…
Thanks all!
Ebay for charity or something like that and the test look great
Looks like Alex just got tongue-tied 😉
When the girls are all against you, there is only one response… Stay silent you fool!
LOL!! Agreeing with Month, you can’t try and bs when Felicity will tell Nastajia anyway xD
Sisters before misters!
Nast proves that love isn’t blind. She knows his flaws but loves him anyway.
Dude, I love your work.
That’s one way to deflate his ego.
You can’t really hold it against Alex though. From what we see, Dreamland does not have a discernible sun transit, it seems to meander, and depending on where and when Alex shows up, it could be difficult to get his bearings in an otherwise directionless forest. And this meandering sun transit also effects moss growth, so it makes that almost impossible to use even if Scott mossed up the trunks more – Alex would have to stand there for an hour to discern the lushest strip in a stretch of barely discernable moss.
It takes skills to be that wrong!
Pride does come before the fall…
Since the covers say “___ of 100” on them, will you number the test books as -1, -2, -3, etc?
SInce we have orders already. Those start from 1.
The test books are 100, 99, 98, etc.
I’m just glad they act like sisters now. 🙂
Well, I say you should try selling the test covered books in your store for more than the regular book, but a little less than the $50 a special request cover would cost (maybe $40 or $45?). If for whatever reason that doesn’t work (and I don’t know why it wouldn’t…I’m already kicking myself for buying the “plain” cover), then shoot for ebay.
The remaining blank covers should be sold in your store as well. I seriously doubt you’ll have extras for too long. If, for some ridiculous reason, you don’t sell them all, keep them for any Cons you attend. I’m sure that fans would love to buy a book with a sketch they watched you produce. 🙂 Now…if I can find a way to attend a Con you go to…. 😛
I wonder if Alex could have asked the sword?
Heh. I love Staj’s expression in the second panel – TOTALLY conveys her disbelief.
For anyone who missed my post in Friday’s comment section, our beloved and fearless Weaver of Dreams (that would be Scott, if you didn’t follow) had a birthday Saturday. Be sure to wish him a happy birthday, especially if you haven’t already done so!
Oh, and go VOTE, too!
I agree.
Oh, he’s SO busted! And leave it to Alex to try and bluff his way through with a witness standing right there. Clueless AND predictable. Good thing Staj is as sharp as she is.
Agreed! It appears that he knew which way to go, but his sense of direction was WAY out of whack! 😛
Oh, Felicity, you saucy wench!
Impressive use of facial expressions and pauses, Scott! Heheheheh… Nast gave him “The Look”. Devastating! 😀
And do NOT neglect “Beyond The Fourth Wall”! http://4thwall.240gl.org/index.php
Indeed. Keep some of ’em as “comicon-goodies” like sketchcards and such. Fans that would buy the book, will -especially on such occasions- happily pay a bit extra to get a scetch on it on the spot, and have a unique piece of memorabilia.. I would….Sadly I am in continental Europe for the forseeable future…not much chance of meeting in person…
By the by, Scott, have You any idea how many Europeans follow Dreamlandchronicles? Would be fun to know.
Scott..ehrm..Don’t want to be a bother, but I am not too sure about Nast’s LED-eyes.. It seems the radiance is cranked-up a bit too high. Isn’t it just easier to add a small light-source (or pseudo-reflection) and change the Alpha-channel to 98% or full white, for total glossyness?..At least, that’s the way I usually do glossy things..Or would that interfere with the transparency that You do so well in eyes. (I have several pages of your large prints, and they show how really, REALLY well You did eyes)
Just my 2c. I am not really good in renders (actually..I suck at them…got as far as the tutorial-ant), but did my share of skins and materials in 3dmax for friends’ projects.
*scratching head* actually..what DO You use for gloss and radiance? extra channel? Materials or alpha-channel? grey-scale Alpha-channeling for gloss and/or transparency can be a bit of hit/miss. Try it in FSX for instance..and see what happens when DXT-ing skins. O_0
On Alex’s “whupping by the lady-folks” Nah..nothing out of the ordinary. I come from a household with many females.. It’s just their way of saying : “We care for You and know Your limitations, so we will prevent trouble for You”. Even if our male-pride gets mangled in the process 😆
BUST-ED!
I like the raised eyebrow in the 5th panel.
And thanks to Tek’s reminder, Scott…
DuhDuhDuhDuhDuhDuh-DuhDah! Today is your birthday! (Well, actually, Saturday was.)
I hope it was happy one! My kids always used to “take me” to the Chuck E. Cheese in Cool Springs for my birthday. Hope yours did something just as fun for you.
But this is Alex we’re talking about. 😛
i would love to have one of those books i really would >_> but money is always my problem 🙁
I actually turned up the reflection on the lens.
I’ll keep tweaking.
Ack. No. We will have no Cool Springs (or any) Chuck E. Cheese for my birthday…ha ha.
I BBQ’d some chicken.
🙂
haha nast knows the truth all to well.
Ah, from the blog post, it sounded like you actually had MORE than one hundred of the blank “__ of 100” editions, and were testing on the extras. Thus I thought the “official” hundred would be positive numbers, and the spares/extras/testers could be negative.
Just for curiosity/posterity, when you’re done illustrating the hundred covers, think we might get a list of which number got which character?
That might be a bit of an undertaking.
Though I’ll see what we can do.
🙂
But would a negative book cancel out a positive book if the two came into contact?
Yes, and according to the laws of quantum theory, our universe would cease to exist in a giant release of energy..like after a hefty Taco&chilli meal…