Today I was curious to learn how to sell merchandise for my comic books, now that my very first comic is finally published. I’m hoping this will help make more people interested in checking out the stories.
I now have a shop on Etsy.com. I currently use a website called printful.com that is able to turn designs into products on demand. So far, I only have two things up for sale, but there will surely be more to come!! ❤
I am so lucky and blessed to have people online make actual FAN ART of my stuff!! ❤ What an honor!! 😀
To celebrate the release of Space Grind: House Havoc, I would like to share some fan art that people have made of Space Grind so far ❤ I will credit the artists and share where you can see their other art!
Fan Art #1
Made by Catherine Farrar on Instagram: @drawgon_art_studio
This LOVELY drawing of RPL was a little surprise made by the talented artist Catherine. She is my online artist friend 🙂 She surprised me one day with this AWESOME DRAWING of my character! This character even has a cameo appearance in the recently released SG comic book! ❤ We discussed having her contribute artwork of my characters in our Instagram DMs, but I discarded the idea. I offered to pay her for any artwork she would contribute before I changed my mind. I honestly did not expect her to make this fantastic drawing on the house! WOW!! ❤ Thank you, Catherine 🙂
A drawing I made of RSL and RPL in a dancing competition.
Fan Art #2
You can find this artist’s work on Instagram: @dynocation
It delightfully shocked me when a stranger on Instagram sent me this fan art in my Instagram DMs. Not only is cool to just receive any drawing of my characters — this is drawn in such a unique art style! How stylish!! The artist and I quickly became artist friends 😀 Thank you, Dynocation 🙂
This is the drawing that Dynocation is referring to. Under the original Instagram post is a caption that talks about the origins of litle Radmu.
Fan Art #3
This drawing was actually made years ago, back in the early days of working on Space Grind. It was a relatively new idea of mine at the time. Back when I was an active user on the DeviantArt website, a user that I didn’t know yet contacted me and asked to do an art trade. I accepted the invitation and requested that she drew the character Neuro. I am in love with the result! ❤ Thank you, Mewogal 🙂
This fan art was made by my old friend Kaeli. We met on DeviantArt 🙂 One day, we were chatting through Discord and were drawing together. She made this cool drawing of Neuro 😀 She is such a talented gal! Thank you, Kaeli 🙂
Although no longer active on DeviantArt, you can still see some of her creations here: https://www.deviantart.com/rrproaniA drawing of Neuro holding a mop in the newly released Space Grind comic 🙂
Fan Art #5
There is nowhere online where you can see her art. Maybe she’ll make an art account somewhere in the future, but I’m not sure lol
And last (but certainly not least) is art made by my little sister ❤ She made this in 2020 I believe. It’s so flattering to have your sibling make their own drawing of YOUR characters! How wonderful ❤ ❤ ❤ Thank you, Sarah 🙂
And That’s It!
Thanks again to all that made these drawings! 😀 Be sure to show them some love and check out their content. Peace out, y’all!
They’re all finally here! 😀 All four versions of Space Grind: House Havoc are available for purchase! This is such a blessing and a dream come true for me!! ❤ I am so excited to hear what all my readers think!
Towards the end of October, the comic book got completed! ❤ It hasn’t been published quite yet, but it is currently in review. I submitted it a few days ago, but then read an email (3 days later..) saying I had to resize the book (UGH!!..)
Anyway, I believe it will be available on Amazon this week! I will write another blog post when that happens. Here’s the list of things that got accomplished in October 2021:
Ordered business cards (10-6-2021)
Finished page 5 of Exposition comic (10-7-2021)
Made an ad for the next comic
Had a brainstorming session for next comic book (10-13-2021)
Fixed a typo (10-13-2021)
Finished page 3 of “Razor’s Edge” (10-13-2021)
Finished page 3 of “Exposition Time!” (10-21-2021)
Finished page 4 of “Exposition Time!” (10-22-2021)
Finished page 2 of “Exposition Time!” (10-22-2021)
Finished page 4 of “Razor’s Edge” (10-25-2021)
Finished page 5 of “Razor’s Edge” LAST PAGE (10-25-2021)
Finished the first draft of the “manuscript” (explain misunderstanding) (10-27-2021)
Added page numbers to all the pages! (10-29-2021) (there are 66 pages)
Made two drawings for two unexpected extra pages for comic (10-29-2021)
Obtained the official ISBN number for the book (10-29-2021)
Finished putting together ALL interior pages into a PDF document (10-29-2021)
Submitted comic book to Amazon for review and publication (10-29-2021)
I’m SO excited to see this book on the Amazon marketplace! 😀 ❤ I hope you guys enjoy the read!
A panel showing what the WepCo factory looks like.
The book is so close to being done that I can almost taste it!! 😀 However, I’ve been very disorganized with getting it all the way done. To keep myself accountable, I decided to give myself a deadline for the release of the comic book 😁 This idea made me realize that I can announce the release date!!
An image I made to announce the upcoming release of Space Grind: House HavocMy list of deadlines to get the comic done in a timely, organized manner.
I hope you’re excited and looking forward to November 15th. Wish me luck! ❤️
Hi, everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these. Progress was slow this Summer for a lot of reasons (many of them of which are private), so this report will be for what happened overall this Summer. I didn’t date what things got accomplished this time around, so I have to go based off my memory. Here’s what got done:
Finished the first page of the last comic
Finished the script for the last comic
Got the second preview comic book printed! The quality is FANTASTIC!
Created a Tik Tok account for AZD
Created a Twitter account for AZD
Ordered my very first set of business cards
I know I mentioned that a lot got in the way of progress this Summer, so I will list reasons that I am able to publicly disclose:
Job Hunting – going to interviews, filling out applications, reaching out to people, etc.
Adjusting to my full-time hours at McDonalds (got hired August 23rd)
Got sick a few times
I feel bad about the lack of progress, but I have a good feeling that things will change for the better. ESPECIALLY that I am now employed again 😀
Have a great day!
A small sneak peek of what got accomplished this Summer. Poor pink dude 😦
Today, I made my very first Tik Tok video. After seeing for myself how easy and fun it is to make a Tik Tok video, I decided that I would create an account for the comic books! ❤️ The name of the account is @alexzendraw and will have the logo as the profile pic
Thought you guys would like to see little glimpses of the comic book panels without any spoilers. Here they are:
What’s happening???Dimwit’s eyes went from Korean-sized to POWERPUFF GIRL in this panel!!Random orange alien next to RPL the robotRSL & DimwitWhy is she yelling?Parody of The Simpsons. Get the joke? Haha! No?What’s a story about COVID-19 without a toilet paper gag?Two alien saucers from a panel. More details than usual lolDangggg Trax is TALL
Hope you enjoyed these little sneak peeks 🙂 Enjoy your day!
