Gathering the basic ideas for my comic project was harder than I thought it would be, because I could not decide what I really wanted to do. Yes of course I had a basic direction but it stays just a direction. The route I want to take is still not very clear to me. So I started to use the idea-gathering-techniques I knew:

I think before we start such a large project we should first define for ourselves what we want to do. Of course we can change our goals all the time but it is a good idea to have at least a reference, a description of what we want to achieve and how we want to make it happen. In this article I will try do things differently. It makes no sense for me just to tell you what I want to do. You would not gain anything from it. So I will list all the major question I went through to come to my conclusion and I will comment every one of them. I will look at every question from the perspective of a storyteller.

Painting is a passion of mine. This blog is the story behind the creation ot this particular painting called "Two Bison in Black and White" I made after my trip to the Yellowstone National Park.

Vimmbox is a project of mine which I'm very passionate about. I took thousands of hours to build the website. Now it's ready! It's time to share this project with the world.

Writing a compelling summary of your story is not only important for the pitch to a publisher but also for the writer himself. The summary sets the overall tone of the work and gives a guideline on how to proceed writing. This article explores the importance and benefits of writing a good summary of your story.

The Cassiopeia brigade hires a young pilot. She is ordered to pilot the Cassiopeia 3 on their diplomatic mission across the galaxies. On the missions, she is confronted with various conflicts and the tragic past of the Cassiopeia 3 and its crew.

Landscapes are an important part of not only paintings but of all media in the arts. As an artist I think it is important to learn and to understand the fundamentals of a good landscape painting or photograph. Even if you paint portraits, there is a lot to learn from painting landscapes.

This is one of the main characters of the web-series Cassiopeia3.

Becoming a published comic artist is a dream a lot of people have. You can share your imagination and your craft with others and if you make a living out of it, then you would call it a perfect job. Spending your day creating new adventures in exotic worlds and record your thoughts on paper, you are your own boss with all benefits and problems that comes with it. The best part of it is you need only paper, pencil, an idea and a gargantuan amount of passion and persistence – So as any job, if you want to do them well. Are there any downsides of becoming a publishing comic artist, a creator of drawn stories? Probably there are some, but it is a dream I would like to achieve. I am @TComicMan and in this series I will share how I plan to become to be a published comic artist step by step, week by week.

In my opinion a good comic is all about its characters. It is them who have to go through the difficulties the author gives them. Designing a character is not easy but in this article I share with you how I try to create hopefully good characters.