Skal, Chapter 1 has begun :D

I'm doing a lot of inking and sketching which will be scanned and put on the blog as soon as they're ready, but for now, here's the intro quote to chapter one:



Here's the official site for Skal: www.SkalSaga.com

Shisha pipe. Sketch.

Going to be painted.

Skal comes ONLINE!

Ladies and Gents!
I made a decision a while back to bring Skal to the online world as well as print. It was a tough one, but one particular talk by Neil Gaiman really won me over and finally made me decide that it was a really good idea.



Take the time if you can to listen to this 4 minute talk by Neil Gaiman on why it is beneficial for both the creator and the audience to put your work up on the internet for all to see.


So, I've spent a little bit of time making a site for Skal where I've now published the Prologue, free to read. And I will be putting up my Chapter One pages as and when they are finished. So instead of having to wait for me to finish 57 pages and print it, you can actually follow the story online as I paint it. It won't be to the same deadlines as a regular webcomic, like 'Updated every Monday - Wednesday - Friday' kind of thing, but instead it will be updated as soon as I'm done with each page in my own time. Don't want to scrimp on quality because of stress :)

I'll also be posting process pictures on this blog (there are some sketches in an older blog post), so if you're curious, you can see a page being made from start to finish :D


The site itself still needs finetuning. There's a lot of little bits that I have to work on. Like making the comic navigation prettier and also displaying the print option much more clearly on the side while you read the comic, so you're always aware that you -can- buy this book in print if you like it and want to support me.

ANYWHOOO. Enough ramblage! Here is the site!


www.skalsaga.com

Yay!

Skal: Mushirah sketch.

A doodle made while finetuning the script.



Also expect a lil announcement regarding this story soon. :)

More first sketches of Skal, Chapter 1.

Let Skal Chapter 1 Begin!

I'm one week late on my schedule because of last minute tweaks needing to be done on another project, but I've finally started drawing out the pages for Chapter 1 of Skal. :D So expect to see more sketches and stuffs on the blog from now on!




I've been ITCHING to do this for SO LONG!




Yay!

Skal: Prologue Special Edition has SOLD OUT!

Thank you all for the support! I sold out of my first special edition print run of Skal: Prologue a couple of days ago and have been planning the second regular print run ever since.

*sniffles* bye bye last copies~



I'll be attending quite a few UK comic cons this year, so that means I'll print another batch of Skal relatively soon in preparation.

If you'd like to pre-order a copy, toddle on over to my shop: JenJen's comic shop!

Reason for silence: Thoughtbubble prep and sending off Skal!

Heya peeps!
Been a bit quiet on the blog-front recently. But here's one of the reasons:

I'm gonna be at this year's Thoughtbubble Convention in Leeds! I'll be sharing a table with my partner in comic-crime, Corey Brotherson. We'll have sweets and my little lucky bird, so be sure to come say hi!

Oh. And I'll be selling this:



Blurry photo. :D I was up late last night signing the new prints.


VERY excited about Thoughtbubble as I've never been there before and I've heard such good things about it! I've also never been so far up north in the UK (yes, I need to do more travelling...)


Now, another reason for my blog silence is this:





This is just a little blurry selection of the doodles I've been doing for the people buying my first special edition of Skal Prologue!

After some issues with the boarded envelopes (as explained in my previous blog entry), I finally managed to send off all of my pre-ordered copies! I've still got some left, so if you fancy a copy, just click the link above. :)

Skal prologue has arrived!

I am just stupidly excited right now! Sorry for all the spammy updates on the blog today. A lot coming together at the same time.

My mockup copy of Skal Prologue arrived through the post!







If you fancy a copy, follow this link: Skal Prologue Pre-Order

The difficult page:

I'm still not 100% happy with how this page turned out because of the perspective, but at least I tried. I put it off until the very end :P

Another snippet of the credits page of Skal:

the monastery.

Skal Prologue: Sneak peek at unfinished pages.

Here are two more unfinished and unlettered pages for Skal:

Skal: Now taking Pre-Orders for the special edition!

I have now officially started taking pre-orders for the first special edition print run of Skal: Prologue.



For more info on how to get your own, Click here!

Skal: Back cover progress.

Skal: Cover progress.

The Skal Prologue is being prepped for the printers...!

I have a few pages left to do, like the credits page and the final double page. But after that, it's lil tweaks, some lettering and then zooooom off to the printers!

However! I’m currently deciding how many copies to print on my first special edition run, so I need to check how much interest there is from you lovely people! If you fancy having a hard copy of the Skal Prologue that’s numbered, signed and comes with a lil doodle for you inside it, please let me know! (And if you want that lil doodle to be of your pretty face, just send me a photo of yourself. ... That didn't sound TOO creepy did it? :D) Here's my e-mail: jennie.gyllblad(AT)gmail.com

Because I’m kind of testing the waters here (I’ve never seriously printed my own comic before), I would love to hear any suggestions you may have as to what you expect from a first special edition run and whether my approach to the goodies and pricing is reasonable. I can't imagine the final copy costing more than £10 (Including the postage), but will keep on checking out the printer-quotes I'm getting.

Here's the progress on the potential cover.




A messed up lady may soon be coming to a postbox near you 8D

Skal character doodle.

Skal remake: Page safety scan.

Woop. Blue is a bit too intense here :P but it's just a safety scan.

Entangled Mushirah, linework.

Skal prologue page.

First scan!




And this is what it used to look like: