June 12th, 1900
Oh hey, also, so I’m sure many of you know that next week is Discovery Channel’s annual SHARK WEEK. To celebrate, Acey Thompson is rounding up artists to draw a shark everyday during Shark Week (July 27-August 2). She started a Shark Week Flickr Group, so go join up and post your sharks next week!
June 11th, 1900
Anyone want to guess what this is? No? OK, I’ll tell you. That right there is every single sheet of paper for every single cover for the remainder of The Life & Times of Baby Otto Zeplin. Every single one, from volume two right on through ten. I went to my favorite paper store to buy the coverstock for the current volume, and wouldn’t you know it, the paper’s been discontinued! After some searching, these five lovely purple-wrapped packages were found in a warehouse in Colorado, so I snapped them right up. It’s weird because when you look at it, it doesn’t really look like that much paper, but it’s actually more than I’ll need for the minimum 2,700 covers for the rest of the series. Volume one is getting nearer to selling out its initial run of 300, so I may need that extra paper for an extended edition.
Ahem… June 3rd-5th, 1900
I figure it has been long enough since I posted the first two days of Volume Two that I may as well post them again, along with the new page. Volume Two is nearing completion and I plan on posting at least one page a day until it’s complete. For those of you who need a reminder, or perhaps have just found me in the last six months and need an introduction to this little boy, please start with Volume One.
Also, the Baby Otto theme contest is still going on until August 3rd, about the time that Volume Two will be finished and released. Find out how to participate by following the link in the previous sentence.
It’s good to be back, let’s just leave it at that. It feels right this time.
Been A While, I Know…
I have 18 pages left to ink on The Life & Times of Baby Otto Zeplin: Volume Two. I’m going to wait until I get down to 12 or so before I post any, to make sure you get an uninterrupted stream of Otto heading to the finish line. I’ve been finishing two a day for the last few days and it’s the only project on my plate at the moment.
For those of you that still remember from months ago, the Baby Otto theme contest is still going on, and will be until Volume Two is finished. I’m going to create a page here soon with a running list of theme ideas, so watch out. As a reminder: four of the ten eventual volumes of Baby Otto will be “themed.” That is, there is some sort of running event, idea, character, something, throughout the entire 25-day volume. This current volume is themed, and I have ideas for two more, but I’m still open to ideas for the fourth. The submitter of the chosen theme will win a free copy of each volume as it gets released. More soon…