Back in the saddle again (I hope)

Wow...

It's been a long and testing summer. Without trying to make it sound too much like I'm making up excuses for my sudden disappearance, the summer of 2009 has pretty much been the low point of my 28 years as a human on this planet. Seriously though it could be much worse, but since the beginning of July, I've been hit with a flood of really depressing events. From the death of a close one to a severe injury that keeps me from practicing virtually any sport, it just seems I’m paying the bills for all the good karma I’ve spent. But hey, that means it can't be worse right?

Enough with the complaints and on with the news: I’m currently digging deep in my motivation to get this thing on the road. I’ve fallen way back on my current schedule because of my slacking off but I’ve continued writing and thinking this project still. I also picked up my pencils recently and got back to drawing which is always a good sign.

My estimate is that I’m roughly 20% ready from publishing the first page to the open public. Initially, I set January 2010 as a deadline but this is virtually impossible to meet given the fact that I’ve been practically inactive since May.

I still have a lot to practice and I didn’t yet find a comfort zone in terms of weekly schedule. When I’m comfortable with my rhythm I’ll try to draw a few pages and if I’m happy with the results, I’ll be posting and you’ll be reading ;)

Cheers.

Instant cloud and other stuff...

Wow,
I didn't realize I had to moderate the comments and publish them in order to see them on the blog. Sorry to all of you who gave feedback to my work and thank you very much! I appreciate it!

Also, a cloud! It's actually the very first piece of background I did... What surprises me the most is that it's not that bad. I did followed a quick tutorial to give my ideas on how it could be done though but hey, I ain't doing this for the pretty landscapes. Anyway I'm sure some kind of style is going to grow on me in time... The good news in all this is that it took me like 15 minutes to do this. If you're as amazed as I am you're probably having a seizure as of now.

Behold!



Cheers!

And then there was Blog

Welcome to Bits n Arts,
you have found the small intarwebz turf on which I will drop bits of art, sketches and other fun stuff. You'll mostly see crap about my upcoming web based graphic novel preemptively named Burn Every Village.

This is in fact a test ground for people to bitch about the concept artwork I'll be doing for the project. Who knows, if I have time in the near future you might even be able to see some stuff completely unrelated to the Burn Every Village project. But seriously, don't count on it. Procrastination's my middle name.

Now let me cut the fat and explain straight up how this is going to work:
1. This is likely the longest post you'll see on this blog (unless I feel like ranting?);
2. I'm decent in English but I'm french-Canadian so bear with me please. I'll correct any mistake you guys will point out but I have feelings too and I appreciate kindness;
3. Don't expect to see awesomely polished drawings here as they will all be scanned sketches (99% of the time anyway);
4. Really, I expect everything on here to be flooded with criticism so go nuts. I do hope everyone could stay civilized though so you're invited to bitch, but keep it about the sketches please.

Have fun.
I'll update as frequently as I can.