Okay, as promised, above is the most up to date illustration of Our Hero and the unknown lad. I love this picture so much I was contemplating on whether or not to turn it into the cover of the book, even though I have already finished the cover art and am somewhat happy with it. LOLThe inspiration for this drawing actually came from watching a comic book artist drawing on YouTube. This image looks nothing like the image, of Batman, the artist was drawing but it still inspired me. (You artist out there know what I mean...)
This is actually the picture I would love to see on the cover of a magazine, advertising my book. How cool would that be? Of course I need to finish the damn book illustrations and get published first.
Actually, I am so dedicated to this book that I will self publish, if I can't find a publisher. This is saying a lot, because I actually finished a six hundred page novel that I refuse to self publish. The reason being is that I believe that it would be way easier for me to sale people on the idea of a children's book than a novel. I think that the art, especially if I do the colors right, will sale the book.
Speaking of colors. I am still trying to think about how I would like to color this bad boy. I have some colored pens and I was thinking about coloring using them. Of course I am much better with prima colors. Still, I really want to learn how to do the colors using a computer; after all, that is why I bought this freaking lab top. I am truly not using it to it's full potential.
E.W. Forge
PUBLISH THE DAMN NOVEL, TOO!
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I've helped several self-publishing authors since the early 90s. It's WAY easier and cheaper today than it was in the early 90s, as you can simply create a PDF that can be purchased online with SSL/e-commerce codes. Furthermore, "on-demand" publishing like CafePress and Lulu keeps your costs for physical copies next to nothing, as you only have to print as many books as there is actual demand, 5 or 5000.
The circumference of your success is determine by the diameter of your thinking ...
Wow, that last line was pretty profound. I think I'll published a book of my own quotes (LOL)
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ReplyDeleteThanks Grandbond, for stopping by. Of course, Mark D Aster is my biggest fan. I'm not sure children's books require a foreward, but I might need to ask Mark to think about doing the foreward if I ever get this thing done. Any yes, Mark, yes you do need to publish a book of your own quotes.
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