By Rich July 1st, 2009
I recently started a Tumblr blog for posting wordless, art only excerpts (like the one above) from my comic, Nathan Sorry, as a way of promoting it to a new audience. For those of you unfamiliar, Tumblr is a microblog service. Kind of a cross between Wordpress and Twitter. You are encouraged to make short and sweet entries (a photo, a quote, a video, etc.) and, like Twitter, you can follow other users and vice versa. It’s pretty fantastic for artists. If you tag your blog “art” or “artists” then people looking for that sort of thing will probably find you.
I’m also really enjoying it as a source of inspiration. There are a ton of people on there posting cool photos, art, and design-related stuff. Also, one of the more popular Tumblr blogs is EatSleepDraw.com, which is a blog that allows you to submit drawings to be posted (if they accept it) onto the site. I’ve had two posted on there in the past couple of weeks and it’s gotten me some new followers and some new fans of Nathan Sorry.
Tumblr is free and easy to set up. So check out my blog and then explore for yourself.
By the way, a couple of new Nathan Sorry pages have gone up since last I posted about it here. Since I don’t want to deluge this site with entries for each page you should go to NathanSorry.com and subscribe to the RSS feed or sign up for email alerts when new pages go up.
Tags: Comics, nathansorry, promotion
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By Rich June 29th, 2009
Here’s my sketches from our most recent meeting at The Philosopher’s Stone. It was a nice change of scenery from Showmars, providing some different subject matter to draw from. One thing that stayed consistent though is Sketch Charlotte member Michael Ashe pictured in top right.
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By John June 27th, 2009
This is the design for a new desk I’m getting ready to start building. Should be a fairly easy project but I need something better for drawing on.. I’m also building a piece that’ll hold my tablet at a 45 degree angle which will just sit on top of this one.
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By Tom June 26th, 2009
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By John June 25th, 2009
So some of you cats saw this at the Sketch Charlotte meeting a few months back, but here’s a few of the lettered pages and final cover. This puppy’s solicited for a Sept 30 release- order code is Jul09 0736
Written by the talented Bill Spangler, Drawn by me, letters by Digital Caps (I still don’t know that guy’s real name) and published by Bluewater Prod!
C&C welcome!
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By Brandon June 16th, 2009
We have a brand new sketchbook to give out again this year! In addition to my usual partner in crime Mark Godby, we’ve added the Sketch Charlotte’s very own Terence “Teeminus” Hoskins! Give me a heads up before the show and I’ll put one on reserve for you…and like last year…they’re FREE!
This year’s book features 24 pages in b&w with a cardstock cover. We’re leaving them at the Dollar Bin booth for pick up this year. While you’re there stop and talk to Brian, Adam and the guys!
Contributing artists:
Brandon/Big Dog (me) - http://bigdogsstudio.deviantart.com/
Mark G - http://markg72.deviantart.com/
TeeMinus - http://teeminus.deviantart.com/
Here’s an example of the kind of sketches that I’m doing on the back of the sketchbook…this request was for a Solomon Grundy.
There’s still time if you want one of your own! 
[end shamless self promotion]
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By Vy June 12th, 2009
So there was a grand total of four of us at the Philosopher’s Stone this week. I think everyone agreed that they liked the atmosphere there more so than at Showmars. The darker lighting at the P-stone took some getting used to, but once everyone’s eyes adjusted (and it stopped raining), the guys didn’t seem to have a problem knocking out a few sketches.
Heroes Con will be upon us soon. For those of you that I’ve already met, I hope to see you guys there. I’ll be volunteering this year, meaning I’ve given Shelton the license to turn me into a workhorse. Brandon’s already got sketchbooks printed up. This year, they’re featuring him, Mark Godby, and Terence Hoskins. If you want to reserve one (and maybe even request a sketch on the back cover), give him a shout (Facebook, Twitter).
Some photos from the meeting below. Sorry for not having captured a group shot. I was too lazy to get out of my chair and move far enough back to get one.
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By John May 27th, 2009
Fun drawing of one of my favorite movies as a kid and a nice cool down piece from the evening of sequentials. (does that even make sense??)
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By Eraklis May 27th, 2009
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By Joe May 24th, 2009
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