Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 3/6/22
Hey everyone! I hope you had a great week!
There is quite a bit to talk about!
Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 1
As I mentioned previously, I purchased ISBN numbers, barcodes and a copyright for the series. This week, I updated the art files to include this barcode, number and copyright so that the books will have everything they need in order to sell properly.
Also, the hardcopy proof shipped on Tuesday...and then arrived on Thursday, much faster than I originally was told! I reviewed proof and I think we are ready to move forward. I'm hoping to get the updated files to the printer this week, and then start the printing process.
I also received the enamel pins for the Kickstarter rewards! They look great, and I can't wait to get them into people's hands. In addition, I submitted the items needed for Kickstarter backers so hopefully we'll be getting the shirts, hats, prints and posters back soon!
Chapter 2
No updates for coloring, but we did receive pages 17 and 18 this week! Soon, we'll be getting into pages that feature Kickstarter backers!
Chapter 3
As of 3AM this morning, I finished the rough draft! It turns out that while my layout looked like the book would be 86 pages long, the draft came in at an even 90. In the end, it may end up being shorter or longer, but its hard to tell until the editor starts to sink her teeth into it. I'm excited to move on to the next phase with the book!
Those are all the updates I have for you this week! Thank you again for all your continued support. I can't wait to get these stories into your hands. Take care, and have a great week!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 2/27/22
Hey Everyone! Hope you had a great week! I have a lot of updates for you, some good, and some are a little disappointing.
First off, for Chapter 1, I got an update on the hardcopy proof. I was supposed to receive it at least a week ago, however, when I reached out to the printer, they said that due to delays with the Chinese New Year, the proof hadn't been created yet, let alone shipped yet. Unfortunately, I don't have an update in terms of when I will receive it, but they said they would hopefully have an answer this week. In addition, I found out while researching the best ways to market and sell a book via self publishing, that I need an ISBN #, Barcode, and Copyright mark. If the book had already printed, this wouldn't be something I would be able to remedy, so in a way, it was a little fortuitous. I did buy all that stuff, so hopefully moving forward, that won't be an issue again.
For Chapter 2, there aren't a lot of updates. We haven't received anymore color pages, but we did receive up to page 16 this week.
For Chapter 3, I am still working on the rough draft of the script. I reached page 72, with about 20ish pages left to go!
Those are all the updates I have for you at this time, thank you again for all your continued support and interest. I can't wait to get this story in your hands! Thanks, take care, and have a great week!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 2/20/22
Hey Everyone!
Hope you had a great week!
There are quite a few updates this week across Chapters 2 and 3!
Unfortunately, I don't have much of an update on Chapter 1. I'm still waiting on the physical proof to arrive so then I can either approve or disapprove. If I approve, then the printing process will begin!
Chapter 2
Our artist just submitted page 13 today. After my art editor reviews, it will then be finalized! I also received the final files for pages 7-12, which I sent over to the colorist!
Chapter 3
I finished up to page 67 of the first draft. If the outline is an indication, there's about 20 pages left to script! I am hoping to finish up by the next update!
That's all I have for you today. Thanks so much for your support! Take care and have a great day!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 2/13/22
Hey everybody! Happy Super Bowl Sunday! I hope everyone had a great week.
I have a few updates for you!
Chapter 1:
I don't have much of an update on the first book as I am still waiting for the physical proof to either approve or disapprove. I should receive it this week. Fingers crossed!
Chapter 2:
As far as art goes, we received the layout and final for Page 11. For color, we received the final version of Page 6. I don't have the final files yet for the pages, so I haven't gotten it to the letterer just yet.
Chapter 3:
I have completed the draft for pages up to and including Page 36. Almost half way done with the rough draft for the script!
Those are all the updates I have for you at this time. I hope everyone has a great week! Thanks again for all of your support!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 2/6/22
Hey everyone!
I hope everyone had a great week!
There are more updates to share this week across all the books!
Chapter 1:
I approved the electronic proof for the book with the printer. I also chose 8 pages that will be sent to me for a physical proof. In two weeks from 1/31/22 I should receive the physical proof, at which point I'll request changes to be made, or I will give my final approval. If I give my approval, then the book will go into full printing production!
Chapter 2:
We just received a finished tenth page from the artist. Each week we receive a few pages, and I'm sure that'll continue this week. We also received our 5th completed page from our colorist. I have been in contact with two artists about completing the next covers for the book. I'm excited to see what they come up with, but I probably won't have much more info until later in the year.
Chapter 3:
It was a busy week at work and I didn't get as much time to work on the rough draft of the script. I plan to complete more pages tonight, but I'll have more of an update next week.
Thanks everyone for your continued support! I'm excited to get each of these projects out to you!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 1/31/22
Hey everyone! I hope you've had yourself a heck of a week and a weekend!
I have lots of updates for Chapters 1-3 of Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey!
Chapter 1:
I have continued to have some back and forth with the printer in terms of trying to get the files perfect in order to have them printed. Most recently we were working on getting the foil and UV covers complete. I am waiting to hear word if there is anything else that needs to be changed. If not, then it's finally time to print! Hooray!
Chapter 2:
Pages 1-6 have been completed by my artist, Sal Donaire. We also just received the layout for page 7! The finished pages have been sent to the colorist. Ezequiel has completed pages 1-3 in color and they look amazing!
Chapter 3:
I didn't make quite as much progress as I was hoping. However, I have 22 pages of completed script for the first rough draft. I have another 8-9 pages that have panels laid out. Once I complete the captions for those remaining pages, I will still have about 50+ pages to go before I'm done writing the draft of the script. This is still looking to be the longest book in the series so far!
Thank you again to everyone for your support and interest thus far! Take care, and have a great week!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 1/23/22
Hey everyone! Hope you had a great week!
Lots of stuff going on this week in all 3 phases of Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey.
For Chapter 1, I received updated templates from the printer so we can rectify the printing issues moving forward on other books. I also took the template and put every page into the new format to solve our current issues. I sent the files back to the printer and I should receive a digital proof by the end of the day Monday to find out if the book is ready to print!
Chapter 2 continues to progress! The first three pages of the book are completely drawn. I just received the final files, which are going to the colorist for the next step! Today I received a finished pencil version of Page 4 as well. I have also received rough outlines for pages 5 and 6.
I began writing the script for Chapter 3 this week. I have 11 pages complete for the rough draft. My hope this week, is to get about 10 pages done a day so that by the next update, the rough draft will be finished. We'll see how that goes, this book will be about 30% longer than the first two clocking in around 86ish pages.
I'm excited to get these stories out to you! I hope everyone has a great week!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 1/16/22
Hey everyone!
There are lots of updates to go over. Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 1 is still having some production struggles due to us having the incorrect template at the very beginning of the project. The first template was for standard issue comics, but the book is too long for that, so it should be in a graphic novel (more like a book) template. I am trying to fix those pages in order to print. On the bright side, I got the correct template so we don't have the same issues moving forward.
Speaking of moving forward, Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 2 is underway! Currently we have the first three pages nearly complete from the artist. Once those are finalized, they'll be heading to the colorist!
Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 3 is in the process of being written. My editor gave me a big thumbs up that I can move from the outline to the actual script, so that should be getting underway this week.
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 12/4/21
Hey everyone! If you celebrated Thanksgiving I hope it was a good one! Sorry for the delay in an update, I have been struggling to get over an illness for the past few weeks.
As for Lycan updates...
Chapter 1 - So as I previously said, the files were sent to the printer, however, the cover files were not in the format that the printer needed so they spit those back. This would normally be an easy fix, but the format in which they want the covers uses a program that no one on my art team has access to. I recently got the printer to give them to me in a (hopefully) more workable format, so we should be getting those files back either at the end of this weekend or the end of next week.
The spitting back of files was a blessing in disguise! So, the concept art at the back of the book was not originally formatted the same way as the comic pages, when changing the format it stretched the images which reduced the image quality. In having a little more time, I reworked the images to put them in the right format, but also filling in the then created blank space. I tried to keep that space looking as similar as possible to the rest of the background. Also, one of my Kickstarter backers noticed 1 duplicate dialogue box, so I had the letterer fix that. All in all, the book is in a better place than it would have been if it had printed successfully!
Chapter 2 - As I mentioned before, the character pages are all penciled. I have given them to the colorist to be colored. Right now, the book isn't really moving too quickly, which was to be expected because everyone is in holiday mode as well as working their other projects simultaneously. We should see an upswing in production starting in January, which was the estimate given to me by the artist a couple months ago.
Chapter 3 - The rough draft of the outline is done! It's looking like this will be a little longer than the previous entries! As it currently stands (and is subject to change) the book is looking to be about 84 comic pages, and then with extras will probably get pretty close to 100! I'm excited to tell this particular story as it starts delving into religion a little bit, and touches on one of the first mythological figures: Gilgamesh! I am sending the contract to the writing editor today, so once that's squared away, she can start analyzing the outline. Once that's done, its on to the draft of the actual script!
Those are all the updates I have for you at this time! Thanks everyone for your support!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 11/11/21
Hey everyone! I hope you have been having a great week thus far!
I have lots of updates to give on the Lycan series!
For Chapter 1, the PDF of the book was sent out to all the appropriate backers! I also received a quote for printing and plan to send the book to the printer before the end of the week in order to get that process started!
For Chapter 2, the entire team from the first book has been re-signed for this book as well! Also, Sal, our artist, has finished up the character sketches for the book and will soon begin production on the book itself!
Chapter 3?!? So, I haven't officially started putting pen to paper yet, but I plan to begin outlining the next book within the next couple of weeks, more updates to follow!
That's all for now, thank you again for all the support! Take care, and have a great weekend!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 10/6/21
Hey everyone! Sorry it's been so long since a post. I got side tracked with working on the Kickstarter for Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey and it sort of fell by the wayside.
Speaking of Kickstarters, have you heard that Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey was fully funded and ended up hitting not one, not two, but three stretch goals?!? I could not be happier with the outpouring of support that I received for the project. I cannot wait to get it into people's hands!
For Chapter 1, the book is complete, but I cannot send it to the printer yet until I receive all the Kickstarter survey's so I can ensure everyone gets the reward tiers they should. Also, I am going to be adding all the character sketches to the back of the book, so I'm sending that to the letterer as well, so he can fancy that up a bit.
For Chapter 2, the script is done, and we just resigned our amazing artist Sal Donaire! While he is busy with other projects and will not be able to work on the 2nd book in earnest until December or January, he will be starting on character design sketches soon! Gabo, my art editor, has also agreed to return for Chapter 2! I'm incredibly lucky to have the team that I do and to be able to keep them around!
Those are all the updates I have for you now. I do plan to try to post these weekly again going forward! Thank you again for all the support!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 9/25/21
Hey everyone! Sorry for the radio silence as of late. I have been traveling a lot while also doing the Kickstarter thing. I'm hoping when I get back, and the Kickstarter ends, to sit down and crank out some content! I have plenty to talk about and share! Keep those peepers peeled! Pretty soon, the art team will also get back to work, this time on Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 2!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 8/4/21
Hey Everyone! Hope you're having a great week! Again, sorry for the radio silence. It seems when you're crazy busy trying to prepare for a Kickstarter campaign, it is easy to lose track of time!
Lots and lots to update you on though! First off, the Kickstarter is set to kick off on 9/3/21. Head to hiveheadstudios.com to sign up for a reminder, or on the day of the launch and for its duration, that link will take you to the Kickstarter itself! If you're heading to Dragoncon and you plan to back the project, come and find me! Show me your proof of backing and I'll give you a free sticker!
First up we have the art! Our artist has completed 26/30 pages in the 2nd part of our book! We also have the final sketch in for page 27. There was a lot of great discussion back and forth on how best to illustrate that page and I think we nailed it!
Our colorist submitted up to page 8/30 of the 2nd part of the book. The coloring is always awe inspiring to me and I can't get enough. Can never give enough kudos to this art team!
Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 2 has just finished its second draft! The editor and I are cleaning up some last few comments and then we will give it one more detailed look for any things we may have missed the previous times around.
Galvosaur, our art editor, has taken on some design duties for the Kickstarter! He even designed the stickers and marketing materials I'll be taking with me to Dragoncon! Cloverkin will be designing some of our Kickstarter items. Emily Swan will be designing others! I can't go into detail about them all just yet, but I can't wait to share them! My suit is currently being altered, at which point I plan to memorize the script for the Kickstarter video, record it, edit it, and post it! So much work, so little time!
As I ramp up to Dragoncon and the Kickstarter, I'm racking my brain trying to figure out if there's any detail I missed. In addition, I'm trying to figure out podcasts, magazines, or websites that might be interested in promoting the book.
Thank you everyone for your support on this project so far, it means the world to me! Thanks, take care, and have a great week!
Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey Updates 3/13/22
Hello everyone!
I hope you had a good week! It has certainly been a very interesting one for me!
Let's get to the updates!
Chapter 1:
Three major updates. First off, the printing company Print Ninja offered me 5% extra books to my order in exchange for allowing them to use my book as a success story! I was flattered, plus any free books are always a bonus!
Orders have been put in for the remainder of the Kickstarter rewards for backers of the book!
The book has been sent to the printer! After a little bit more of back and forth with trying to get the files just right, I hit approve and the book will officially start printing! I should have the book around 6 weeks from this past Friday! Can't wait to get it in your hands!
Chapter 2:
Page 19 was finished by the artist, and this page just so happens to also be a Kickstarter reward for one of the backers for Lycan: Solomon's Odyssey Chapter 1!
The colorist completed Page 7 and it looks fantastic!
Chapter 3:
No real updates beyond what was said last week, but I'll let you know as we continue to refine and finalize the script!
Those are all the updates I have at this time, I'm very excited by everything that is going on. Thank you again to everyone for your interest and support. Take care, and have a great week!