This is my first journal entry and I'd thought I'd start off by saying, I know the stuff I've submitted is not that great. I'm 24 now and for the last 5 years or so I've been focusing on writing in an attempt to get some stories together to self-publish before I try and put out some pitch books. I'm working with a local artist who's stuff is MUCH better than mine, but due to both of us working full time and there being 4 12ish pages to the anthology we hope to have out in a few months, I thought I'd pick up a pencil to try and help him out.
Imagine my surprise when I sat down and found out I sucked now. What used to come with ease and in no time now took me forever and at 3/4 the quality. So, I've been working. Trying to draw for at least a few hours a day while still fine-tuning the scripts to our shorts, working on 4 different pitch books, and one graphic novel and 2 ongoing series for a company starting out of New Jersey (hopefully this summer) all the while working 2 paying jobs to pay my bills, and feed my comic and cigarette habits.
So the point of me being here is hopefully the community; your tips, help, critiques, support or whatever. Living in Arkansas for the past 15 years has made me pretty thick skinned, so there's absolutely nothing you could say that would personally offend me and it's also made me appreciative of site like deviantart. It's nice to see others working on something I hope to one day make a living in.
If anyone would like to see some scripts to the book that will hopefully be coming out soon, let me know. I promise the writing is much better than my art is now.