My comic FRANTIC LIVE turns 6 years old today!

It's been 6 years since I started posting it online after preparing the entirety of volume 1 for print. Much has changed in these years, and most notably, I haven't been able to update the comic much. It was my first long comic project, and there is no underestimating the amount of work that goes into something like this - especially when you're working in full color.

Eventually, I had to put comic work on the backburner when COVID happened and I lost conventions as a means of income (and tbh, they were not a great one to begin with!)

I think everyone here knows how much I love Mitch and want to tell his story. Volume 1 was made with a strict deadline and intended for print with what limited funds I had, so I had to keep the page count low, compressing plot elements that could've used more love. This has been bothering me for years!

Because of this, I'm pleased to announce that FRANTIC LIVE will be REMASTERED, with Scribbleryn's help to re-do and polish the plot. This is a complete reboot which will be mostly self-hosted so we don't have to censor or tone down any part of it.

Some elements will change, some will stay. It will be the same old Mitch, band, Sam, Gerry... with a host of new characters to support. We will be working on this over the spring and summer and will share more tidbits soon!

Keep an eye on https://franticlivecomic.com (or read the old comic! It'll stay online, as well)

I've spent the past month doing a gouache course in my free time.

I know this is super different from my usual work - with the exception of that Azur I painted before I started the course - but I wanted to share it nontheless! Especially since your support helped me finance this venture - from the materials to the cost of the course itself.

Right now, gouache paintings are something I do purely for myself to get practice with the medium. I love its versatily and the way the colors look and feel.

Getting that practice with painting and color mixing always helps me in all other areas of my art, too!

Pic 1: Followed a tutorial by Sarah Burns Studio and painted her provided reference photo. First page of my Canson mixed media toned paper sketchbook. Pic 2: Painted from a reference photo of Justin Donaldson's gouache course. Pic 3: Painted from a photo I took last year. Pic 4: A master study for the last week of Justin's course, original painting by Anders Zorn Pic 5: A spontaneous portrait of Azur on kraft paper.