Pre-order your copy here: http://www.clockworkwatch.com/
Thursday, 29 March 2012
The Arrival: Lettered Previews!
Here are some of the first pages of The Arrival!
Pre-order your copy here: http://www.clockworkwatch.com/
Pre-order your copy here: http://www.clockworkwatch.com/
Monday, 19 March 2012
Clockwork Watch: The Arrival cover!
I've been itching to show this ever since it was completed a few days ago, and here it is!
The cover for The Arrival, a Steampunk story set in Victorian inspired London. This is the first book of three, which shows early Steampunk. How it all began...
It follows the Ranbir family, and especially little Janav. :D
You can pre-order the first comic which is all prepped and will go to print very soon, by going here: www.clockworkwatch.com
It's all in full colour and has been hand painted by yours truly.
The cover for The Arrival, a Steampunk story set in Victorian inspired London. This is the first book of three, which shows early Steampunk. How it all began...
It follows the Ranbir family, and especially little Janav. :D
You can pre-order the first comic which is all prepped and will go to print very soon, by going here: www.clockworkwatch.com
It's all in full colour and has been hand painted by yours truly.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
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!
I've been ITCHING to do this for SO LONG!
Yay!
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Jen is open for commissions again!
Good day to you! *blows dust off the blog*
I have just finished two major book deadlines (more about that later!) and am now taking on illustration commissions as I update my schedule.
In this blog post I thought I'd explain a little bit about what it's like for writers to ask me for help with some designs and paintings.
I've been asked to do things like covers, character portraits, full character designs and scenes from their story.
One example is the lovely Katy O'Dowd who first needed some help to visualize her characters for a book, so she sent me a short description and allowed me to do the rest.
A character design like this helped her during her writing process. Since she explains it all better herself, I decided to just ask her a few questions!
What made you want to commission an illustrator?
"I write to pictures, whatever I can find, usually off the internet or something I pick up on my travels - postcards, and so on. But sometimes there is just nothing out there to suit, so that's what made me seek out an illustrator."
Had you commissioned one before me, or was this your first time?
It was my first time, I popped my writer/illustrator cherry with Jen! I liked it so much I did it again - twice! (so far)
In what ways can you imagine an illustrator being able to help you out as a writer?
It's very inspirational having an image to look at when you write, and when an illustrator has done it to your own specifications it is exceptionally helpful. For example, having a picture of your character the exact way you imagine them can really help when writing them in different situations.
Cover for The Lady Astronomer, written by Katy O'Dowd and coming out in May.
Many thanks to Katy for allowing me to blog the pictures! If you're curious about her, please check out:
Her site: www.katyodowd.com
Her twitter - Click meee!
Her facebook - Click me!
And her other book which is out now:
The Scarlet Ribbon
(It's also in Waterstones and other bookshops!)
If you'd like to have a chat with me, just send me an email: jennie.gyllblad[AT]gmail.com
Or check out my site: www.jenniegyllblad.com
I have just finished two major book deadlines (more about that later!) and am now taking on illustration commissions as I update my schedule.
In this blog post I thought I'd explain a little bit about what it's like for writers to ask me for help with some designs and paintings.
I've been asked to do things like covers, character portraits, full character designs and scenes from their story.
One example is the lovely Katy O'Dowd who first needed some help to visualize her characters for a book, so she sent me a short description and allowed me to do the rest.
A character design like this helped her during her writing process. Since she explains it all better herself, I decided to just ask her a few questions!
What made you want to commission an illustrator?
"I write to pictures, whatever I can find, usually off the internet or something I pick up on my travels - postcards, and so on. But sometimes there is just nothing out there to suit, so that's what made me seek out an illustrator."
Had you commissioned one before me, or was this your first time?
It was my first time, I popped my writer/illustrator cherry with Jen! I liked it so much I did it again - twice! (so far)
In what ways can you imagine an illustrator being able to help you out as a writer?
It's very inspirational having an image to look at when you write, and when an illustrator has done it to your own specifications it is exceptionally helpful. For example, having a picture of your character the exact way you imagine them can really help when writing them in different situations.
Cover for The Lady Astronomer, written by Katy O'Dowd and coming out in May.
Many thanks to Katy for allowing me to blog the pictures! If you're curious about her, please check out:
Her site: www.katyodowd.com
Her twitter - Click meee!
Her facebook - Click me!
And her other book which is out now:
The Scarlet Ribbon
(It's also in Waterstones and other bookshops!)
If you'd like to have a chat with me, just send me an email: jennie.gyllblad[AT]gmail.com
Or check out my site: www.jenniegyllblad.com
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
And Bayou Arcana is DONE!
Woop woop!
I've just finished my work on Corey's 'Irons in the Fire' story for the anthology Bayou Arcana!
Here's a sneaky peek:
You can pre-order the book from Markosia's homepage here: Pre-Order Bayou Arcana!
I've just finished my work on Corey's 'Irons in the Fire' story for the anthology Bayou Arcana!
Here's a sneaky peek:
You can pre-order the book from Markosia's homepage here: Pre-Order Bayou Arcana!
Sunday, 26 February 2012
My schedule for 2012 so far!
I've decided to make a public calendar to show my comic projects, my convention appearances and other events like exhibitions!
More will be added as I get the proper dates for them, but here's the first version:
More will be added as I get the proper dates for them, but here's the first version:
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Bayou Arcana deadline week!
As mentioned before, I've got two major deadlines for comic projects this month, Bayou Arcana being one of them. Here are some scans of pages. None of them are completely done, but some are more finished than others. ... If that makes sense. Err. Anyway, ART ATTACK:
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Busy busy beeee~
Hello lovelies!
As you may have noticed, my blog's been a little bit quieter than usual. This is because I've got two major deadlines looming and none of them are of work that I can quickly show on my blog.
Howeverrr! Here's some of the webcomics I've done for my Jenspiration comic http://www.jenspiration.co.uk/
I promise some propparrrrh art is coming! Clockwork Watch and Bayou Arcana are almost done!
As you may have noticed, my blog's been a little bit quieter than usual. This is because I've got two major deadlines looming and none of them are of work that I can quickly show on my blog.
Howeverrr! Here's some of the webcomics I've done for my Jenspiration comic http://www.jenspiration.co.uk/
I promise some propparrrrh art is coming! Clockwork Watch and Bayou Arcana are almost done!
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Jenspiration, the webcomic is up!
Jenspiration! The Diary of a Doodlaholic
After a lot of delays, I've managed to get my webcomic online! I still need to sort out comicpress for it and give it it's own URL, but I just couldn't keep it offline while I was doing that stuff, so it's UP, in... HTML...!
See it a bit as a preview. Once it all works like a proper webcomic, I hope to be able to update it at least 3 times a week. Need to create a bit of a buffer :D
After a lot of delays, I've managed to get my webcomic online! I still need to sort out comicpress for it and give it it's own URL, but I just couldn't keep it offline while I was doing that stuff, so it's UP, in... HTML...!
See it a bit as a preview. Once it all works like a proper webcomic, I hope to be able to update it at least 3 times a week. Need to create a bit of a buffer :D
A taste of things to come~
So sorry for the lack of posts and sneakies regarding my work on Clockwork Watch, but we're keeping a lot of it off the grid until it's close to publishing day :)
I can however show you this lil taster! Still in progress of course and all that:
I can however show you this lil taster! Still in progress of course and all that:
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