Projects

Just an update of the projects I'm working on.

I've got a lot of stuff going down, and you might as well all hear about it.

Firstly, the pace seems to be picking up at work. For those who don't know, when I'm not comicking, I do layout for the Whatcom Independent, the one paper in this world that carries one of my comics! Actually, they carry two of my comics, if you count the editorials I draw for them. Anyway, we just hired another ad rep on top of the ad czar who's currently kicking butt. So I'm about to get more hours designing ads. Fun, fun, fun!

But I'm also pushing myself comic wise, so things are gonna get tight. Tight isn't necessarily bad, but it doesn't leave room for much socializing. If you find me down at the Black Drop Coffeehouse in Bellingham drawing, please do say "hi!" but go light on the conversation. I gotta get the following projects done:

1. As of this post I'm on page 41 of the Dragon & the Radical! That's half way done! I had a bit of an enforced break there after my wedding, but I dearly want to get everything done by BellCon2007, because I'm going to be there. BTW, anybody know how to rent a booth for that thing yet? I guess I just gotta email or message Darren...

2. I'm working on plans for stepping up the pacing of Harmless Free Radicals, but I'm not sure which way to jump. I've been telling a story this whole time via that comic, but it's kind of stalled and I'm losing a lot of momentum and enthusiasm for it. Also, it's arcane. But the weekly gag strips are apparently the talk of the town in Bellingham, so maybe I should focus more on those. Lots of feedback is very appreciated. But I don't have to make a decision on this until after The Dragon & the Radical has run its course.

3. I've got a super awesome script in the works to adapt Crash Crandell in th 21st Century! (the famous in Bellingham serial play) into comic format. I want to start that in November if I can.

4. I've got a story knocking around in my head that I also want to release this year as at least a weekly comic if not three days a week. It might go 2 months on, one month off, with Crash Crandell done in between. More on this one as it develops.

5. And I'm trying to produce at least one piece of fine art per week, which you'll get to see on the front page of the Grass Dog Studio site.

6. I intend to better streamline all the flow of links and information between all of my sites, and start to use this blogging settup more than my LiveJournal, maybe switching my LiveJournal over to friends only and later dropping my paid subscription to it. I'm more forgiving of SixApart than some of my friends, but I'd rather rely on myself and my own server than on a company that doesn't quite have my sense of scruples. It's cheaper to do that, too. But what that means is that I need to make subscribing to my RSS feed in other services that more obvious a thing to do.

7. Ooh! And we can't forget "I Can Draw Better Than This!"!!! I haven't forgotten it. It's overdue for a site overhaul, and I'm looking for a pouch in which I can carry and protect my index cards. If anybody has any suggestions for that, I'm all ears there as well.

8. Finally, I have some commission work rolling in. It doesn't pay much, so I need to get it done and out of the way ASAP. But it's nice to have the business. Still not sure I want to continue doing random stuff for other people, so if you want my services I suggest offering more compensation... Hint, hint.

Anyway, so lot's of work! It'll all probably get done a lot slower than I'd like, but the trick is that I've boiled it down to the few things that are really important. And I'm going to do them!

See you 'round the net! Look for more here as time goes on. And, as always, if you like what you read, spread the word.

Posted by Fenmere

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Coming July 31st, 2007 -- The Grand Opening of the Grass Dog Studio Shop!

Possibly available beginning that day will be such items as:

1. All published Harmless Free Radicals books
2. Selected original artwork from all of my comics
3. Super fine artistic prints of my best works
4. Post card collections of my best political comics originally printed in the indy (useful for taunting informing your elected officials)
5. FREE BELLINGHAM BAND CUSTOM POSTER DESIGNS
6. Bellingham Band Postering package (including flyering, handbills, press releases, and free poster design)
7. anything else I can dig up and sell...

T-Shirts, Mugs, Clocks and other CafePress style merch will still be in the works, as I am not yet satisfied with any of those products.

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This is for my own reference, mostly. When these are done, they will appear in the shop.

Here is a list of shirt designs I'm going to create, print and prepare to ship as I get the money and shirts to do them:

1. Fenmere's "Irony is lost..."
2. Spitfire
3. Bone Jackdaw
4. Pyroman goes bowling
5. Miss Masque v.s. the Croissant
6. Cavalier and the Social Vampires
7. Dr. Strange in How to order coffee
8. Some sort of cool new HFR related design

I need one small, one med, one large and one extra large of each shirt. That's 32 shirts and 32 transfer sheets. If I order the shirts from the right place, apparently, that'll come to approximaly $128 (more if I want really good shirts). Maybe I'll do one or two designs each month.

The other thing I need to do is to photograph somebody wearing one, and make sure they are all packaged and ready to ship before I set up the shop for selling them. That way, the first person to order one will get their's almost right away. And the process will be ship and print, ship and print. Also, for every shirt shipped, I'll print and prepare two, with a maximum of five in stock.

I'm not really sure how I'll want to handle large numbers of orders.

I'm going to have to price these so that my time is adequately compensated. I don't see them being much more than $18 a piece. If they're that high, I might even sign them.

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1. Incorporating CuteNews into my websites
2. Improving workflow for Harmless Free Radicals
3. New comic book - Crash Crandell in the 21st Century
4. Publishing all the HFR books
5. Gettin' Married in June

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