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A new beginning

Sun Mar 9, 2008, 6:22 AM
Hey all,
I recently returned from NZ where I went home for a short holiday,
during my travels I thought things through and I've decided that I'm not going to color comics anymore.
It's been a few years now since I set out to make it as a colorist in the comic world, I had a set of goals I wanted to achieve and I have completed them all as of last month when I reached over a thousand pieces of published work, about 800 or those pieces being comic book work all published in the US, the other 200 or so pieces were done for various other projects including an animated music video and a trading card game.
The other goals I had were,
in order from smallest to greatest,

1. Get a pin-up published
2. Get a book published
3. Get a series published
4. Do a Transformers cover
5. Do a Transformers book
6. Get published by Marvel
7. Do a book for Marvel
8. Do a series for Marvel
9. Work on an A class Marvel character
10. Get 1000 pieces published

So now that I've got to where I wanted to I really feel like I need to move on,
sure I could keep working on more books and get a name for myself or whatever in comics, but I honestly can't say thats what I want to do with my life and career.
The next thing I want to do is get into the TV and Film industry, after working on the music video for Kora I really got a feeling like I could do more than I was and now its all I can think about.
My brother :iconknotlikeyou2: and I are putting together a concept art portfolio and we will be putting up images as we go, starting off with more generic stuff like Orcs and things working up to our own concepts,
I will also be making a matte painting portfolio over the next couple of months which I will post here too.

So thanks to everyone that has supported me through my comic career the last few years and I wish all my colorist friends much success with their work.

I am still available to do stuff like pin-ups and things but please no book offers,

God has blessed me greatly by giving me this gift and I feel that he is pointing me in a new direction so I can share it with more people, so with that in mind I am starting anew.


Thanks again to everyone for all your kinda words and crits you have all seriously helped me to get this far and I know you all still have alot more to teach me as we all progress in our artistic growth, cheers!

  • Mood: Longing
  • Listening to: The Fountain - Soundtrack
  • Reading: History of New Zealand
  • Watching: LOST
  • Playing: Gears of War
  • Eating: cookies
  • Drinking: red wine of many kinds

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Sorry to hear you won't be working on comic books anymore :(

But congrats on achieving sooo much. Best of luck on your future plans! :D

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"The day I learn to Fly, I'm never coming down!!!"- Rise Against
indeed!

congrats on achieving your goals man!

I'm still workin on mine at the moment but its so great to see you still movin on and having bigger goals. Its gonna be great, im sure :D
Congrats on hitting the goals, that's awesome


Might I suggest, if your looking to get into the film industry, sending your portfolio down to Weta Workshop..... a mate of mine's brother did just that and now he is the inventor of the "Raygun", aswell as designing what King Kong and many of the giant bugs look like, among other things :)
aye, nice job on the kora vid. just caught it last week, build-up's pretty nifty. gratz on hitting all your goals man, maybe afta uni i'll meetchu in the concept art market

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Send tien your money
sure thing man,
I was actually in wellington the other day for a few nights on holiday, I was gonna hit you up but I didn't have the net on my travels, but next time I'm over I'll get in touch before hand
An amazing accomplishment Kieran, and one you can be duly proud of. Glad to hear you've completed one set of goals and are already striving forward and upwards. All the best for the future.

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City of Heroes Characters!
cheers mate! much appreciated

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