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GETTING INTO COMICS AND PUBLISHING (revised) by LiamRSharp, journal

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I trained and worked as a government lawyer, due to parental insistence on a "proper job" (ha ha). But throughout my career I stayed involved with producing art and graphics on the sidelines, which was what I really wanted to do all along. In a weird way, though, I'm not sorry I did all the other stuff. Just glad I held to my truth through thick and thin. Now I'm indulging my real passion.

I'm currently working on illustrations for an A4 format hard-cover book to be published in NZ late 2011, about a very ancient burial tree and the history it has seen. A lot of varied subject-matter, since the book traverses 2000 years of NZ history. Author specifically stated she did not want a standard illustration style, or anything 'cartoon-like', as she called it. So I am painting in acrylic on board 15"x20" - 36 of them. (It's a big order!)

UPDATE:
Well, the book is published and getting favorable reviews. I'll be posting the work gradually, now I don't have to keep it under wraps any more. Artwork - design, consultations, painting and all - was completed in 12 months. Whew!

I've just bought a second-hand Wacom Intuos 3. Looking forward to the next steps ...

Favourite Visual Artist
Samuel Palmer, CF Tunnicliffe, Ron Embleton, Frank Frazetta, Roger Dean, Sang Jun Lee, Feng Zhu, Kekai Kotaki
Favourite Movies
Alice in Wonderland (Disney cartoon version), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Star Wars
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
1814 (NZ), Katchafire (NZ), Bob Marley, Eagles
Tools of the Trade
Paint (oils and acrylic), graphite, Photoshop, Fireworks MX, PC, Wacom Intuos 3
Other Interests
walking the high country, gardening, animals, environment, music, singing
Sparky was soon to learn that if a bird is minded to adopt a human for a mother, he faces a number of problems.  How much food does he require and how often?  And what kind of food is best?    A small bird's natural mother knows how to provide him with exactly what he needs.  Her experience is older than the time of man, and she makes no mistakes. A young bird with a human mother needs two things: she must have time and patience, and he needs a cast-iron constitution and a powerful will to survive. Inside the one-room cottage, Sparky found just what he needed : a young woman with a love of animals, on holiday at home with her parents. For
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Down below the big rock in a totara tree the sparrows had built a nest. Sparky was born there one bright evening in early summer, and spent the first days of his life with his brothers and sisters in the warm shelter of dry grass and feathers that his parents had made. All the others were quite happy to settle down and close their eyes after meals. They soon fell asleep, rocked by the gentle movement of the branches. Sparky however, once he was a few days old, began to notice things around him. He watched as his parents came and went, and he saw the changing patterns of the leaves against the blue sky, which seemed ever so far away. He could
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I started writing this book back about 1980, after I lost a young sparrow I'd been rearing.  It was a labor of love, but the story had ended so abruptly that at the time, still grieving, I couldn't see how to finish the writing. I picked it up again in 2006, inspired by the concept that it was over to me to give the book whatever ending I wanted.  The writing got completed (provisionally, anyway), and then the whole thing was sidelined again because I didn't have time to do illustrations right then and there. Now I've illustrated 'Taketakerau The Millennium Tree' http://taketakerau.com/ , I feel ready to take this on, so I'm going to post a
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Happy Birthday :squee:
Thank you ever so much for the fav! You have a lot of great pieces here
Hello, I noticed in your gallery you have some realistic works, and I think you might like this group :iconrealist-lounge: :) Please consider joining us. We have a folder for artists who would like help improving their realism, so you dont need to be a professional.

We are a young and aspiring group, and would love more members! Remember to read our brief rules, and please consider joining us! :D
Thank you for adding 1965 Ford Mustang In Oil to your Favorites Gallery! :wave: :iconthxfavplz: