I’ve been lagging on my posts, I admit it. Good reason though, I am absolutely obsessed. With women? No. Money? No. Climate change? No. Chinese finger cuffs? Well, what color? Honestly, regardless of what they are making in Hong Kong at this moment my obsession is with my graphic novel […]
Author: Patrick
Setbacks
We all have setbacks. I just had one last week thanks to a minor surgery that kept me from working for five days. Now five days is not much, but in that small space of time I turned down three background acting gigs and two storyboard jobs. We’re talking anywhere […]
Comic Con Has Lost Some Fun
Since 1999 I have attended every SD Comic-Con and for the first time I was unable to bring a guest, specifically my nephew, but more broadly his friends which have become mine as well. Now I did talk to some people and did go one day with a friend, but the […]
First Look
A rough of my layout of text and design for my new graphic novel, soon to be a major motion picture… Okay, I guy can dream can’t he?
My Buddy Art
Today I am working form my friend Art… which is different from doing art for work, however both involve art, but only one involves Art. In other words I’m doing art for Art’s sake. Not that I couldn’t do art alone or be alone with Art for that matter. In […]
Graphic Novel Design
With the second rewrite done, I am now able to move on to the design phase.
Achieving Success
I have achieved many things in my life. When I was twenty I made a list of ten things I wanted to accomplish. Several years ago I found that list, and other than travel to space, I had achieved every single one of them. I have at times, made lots […]
The Secret World of Freelancing: Part 2
Today one of my monitors died. It was my fault. There is not denying that. But in my defense, please let me share what caused my actions that ended the long life my hand me down mac monitor. I work with two computers. Even though my desktop workstation has a two […]
The Secret World of Freelancing: Part 1
I would venture to guess that even if one never freelanced one would automatically know that sometimes paychecks can be few and far between. But what might come to a surprise is that certain relationships can develop out this situation. For instance my phone answering machine has several phone calling […]
The State of Things
Sounds like a political blog I know, but noooooo, we are not going there. Well, maybe a little I guess. My new graphic novel takes place at the end of the civil war, and since war is politics by other means I guess I have, “Gone There.” This cute little […]