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Favourites: 2075; Deviations: 79; Watchers: 81
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# Comments
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I hope you are having a terrific birthday today.Β
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Thanks for theΒ Juggernaut VS Lobo Β Fav, your the best!
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Many thank you's for the 
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how did you get into doing comics? i was also interested in getting into it
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Honestly i just decided one day that was what i wanted to do and did it. a better answer on how to "get into the comics industry" Β is simply to "make comics", the more practice, the more mileage, the more experience you have, the better. Submit your work to companies, get rejected, learn from your rejections. Work on storytelling, don't just draw pinups, tell stories with your pictures. when you read comics, look for patterns, learn storytelling techniques. Β draw everyday, even when you don't want to. treat it like a job, don't give up, and when you think you've made it, your work has just begun. Never stop learning or working, and it will happen if you really want it to. 2 great companies that take submissions are "Heavy Metal Magazine" and "2000ad", both have clear submission guidelines, and generally give actual feedback. Β It is a hard road and a hard job, long hours, crappy deadlines sometimes, but if you love it, it's worth it.
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well i dont have too much experience with the framework of comics, but it seems to resonate with the kind of art i do... im not 100% sure of which path i want to take; whether that's going to a ridiculously expensive school for illustration for 4 years to get a bfa, or if i should get into tattooing, or this, but currently i am just sitting on my ass so.. i may as well do something with my art. did you just "know" you wanted to do comics as a job? and thats what made you persistent in it?
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I used to do tattooing, but then i got some really screwed up pain/nerve disorders, not related to the tattooing, and a side effect of the meds i take are tremors in my hands, it used to be real bad, and so i had to stop tattooing because i can't do slow strokes. so for a while i totally avoided art and stuck to writing and music. I made a little money with my music and wrote sword and sorcery type fiction for a while until 2012 when i gained some functionality back in my hands and kind of started drawing again, but essentially I was drawing totally different than i did when i was tattooing.Β I really like telling stories, so comics seemed like the best way to do that with my art. I've always been persistent in anything i do, so it's just been comics and art nonstop since i started.Β
Β You don't need school to do what i do, but any amount of school will help a lot, and if you have the means and opportunity, you should go to an art school. Tattooing is probably the quickest way to making money doing art, if you can find a decent apprenticeship. And no matter what you do, you can always work on comics in the background, which is what most people have to do until they get a job actually in the industry. Β
I guess i did just "know" from the first time i made a comic, that was what i wanted to do. I've always taken things i do seriously and treat them like a job, even when they were just hobbies. Β If you make a comic, and after you finish it, all you can think about is the next story you want to work on, then you'll know it's for you.Β
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ah okay. thanks for the feedback
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Thanks for the "Nick Hatchet" faves as well!
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i'm slowly reading it, so expect some more faves in the days to come.
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Thanks for dropping by again, much appreciated!
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it reminds me of a Clark Ashton Smith story, like something from the Zothique cycle.
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I love Smith! Crap, I should have mentioned him here since he's like the unknown member of the Lovecraft circle. That story "Isle of the Torturers" was awesome. Thanks much
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