THE SIMPSONS NEWS

This is my last week of hiatus but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to be in the studio this week. I was asked to come in this Friday for a meeting. We’re going to be using a new program to do boards this season and the meeting is going to help us get up to speed on it. I’m curious to see what the program can do. So far we’ve been using Toon Boom’s Storyboard Pro. It’s a decent program, and it works for what it is, but we’ve had issues with the compatibility of the program and Toon Boom’s Pencil Check.

Not only that, but the board artists have been asked to do Quicktime movies of their boards in order to pitch their Acts in a easier way.  This has lead to trying to find a program that does this even easier than Storyboard Pro.  Even though, I think, Storyboard Pro does a pretty good job of doing this.

I’ll give you my two cents of what I think of the program next week. Especially since I’m going to be using one of the two program on my personal project.

BUSINESS/BOOKS

Just a bit of an update on the books I’ve been reading this week when it comes to money management and business:

INVESTING ONLINE FOR DUMMIES:

I haven’t read further than Chapter two, but I like it so far. Hand holds you into the investing thing and it’s very informative about what goes into the process.

LINCENSING ART 101 3rd edition:

Good little book that gives you an overview on the art licensing world and what to expect.  I’m reading this so that I can see about taking advantage of any webcomic or cartoon I put on the web. I also want to see if there’s a way to make a little money on the side with random personal art.

CREATIVE, INC.: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO RUNNING A SUCCESFUL FREELANCE BUSINESS:

Got this on my Kindle App.  I started reading this at the doctor’s office on Tuesday while I was in the waiting area.  At first I thought I had made a mistake getting the book.  After all, I’ve done the freelance thing. I LIVED it.

Well, turns out there’s more to it that I hadn’t done, that, if I had, I would have probably been more successful.  It really should just take out the word “freelance” from the title.  It’s a really good book on how to start a creative business. I didn’t run my freelance career like a business when I did it. I should have.  I think know, if I ever work on my own again, I’ll do what this book advices. Very informative, even for people who are working on their own now. It might give you ideas for things you hadn’t thought to do. I recommend it.

On top of that, I’ve also been thinking about selling a few things on ebay. Mostly stuff we don’t use around the house, but I’m also think of putting up a drawing or two.  Mostly to continue to make some side money in order to pay off as much debt as we could.  I’ll think about this some more. In the meantime, I’ve got to research a bit on how it’s done.

ART

Page 9 is done! One HALF page left to go! So excited. I’m gonna get done soon! Hurry for sticking to it:

MY WEB COMIC

I’ve been taking advantage of my time off to work on my webcomic. It’s all outlined out. I just need to fix up a detail here and there and it should be ready to script out.  I’m taking a much more streamlined approach to the writing than I did with my cartoon above.  I just want to get it done as fast I as can.

That said, there’s quite a few characters and stuff to design.  It’s what’s taking up most of the time.  I’ve very excited about it though.
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