The new year's already rolling along and on the LSL front things are still in a kind of cruise control. With the world opening back up more consistently now my attention has turned to salvaging and stabilizing everything else that make making this content possible. In short, it's time to stop and smell the roses and let the built up LSL content release on autopilot for a little while. It'd be tempting to bury myself in the work but the beauty of stopping to smell the roses it

It's been a productive year, there's a bunch of content now scheduled well into next year. Time to take a little break. Enjoy the holidays and if you get a chance take some time to check out the rest of the site... the content is building up. See you next year. Stay tuned, thanks for following along Don't forget to Subscribe #lsl #learningstufflane #digitalcomic #comics #conceptart

Not a huge amount to report this month. Australia's lockdowns ended so been spending quality time out of the house and putting energy into post-lockdown plans. With distractions that means this month was mostly tinkering and tidying. Below's a handful of things I tinkered with in my spare time... CARDS & COMBAT - CARDS!!!: a bit of time went to reviewing the cards for the board game - see more here. With over 300 cards and counting I needed a way to easily update graphics and

Over the last few months I had time to look at Learning Stuff Lane as a Brand, I always had this nagging thought that I could smash through the comic and at the end not find an audience. So lately time has been devoted into building one. Audience growth is always slow going at the start and due to the pandemic there hasn't been a way to head to conventions and the like, but once I have a backlog of content online I'm sure folks will find their way to the lane. COMIC UPDATE -

Lots of news and updates!!! COMIC UPDATE - SCENE PREP: Almost time to start the art for Issue #1, with the characters and locations is great shape I spent time preparing default scene workspaces. These are Photoshop files dedicated to specific locations, with posable characters at the ready... When roughing out the panel composition these workspaces will make the process alot more efficient. An example of a workspace for locations within the 'Emergency Station' are below... -

Lockdowns are still ongoing in Australia, likely for a while longer. I took some time this month to relocate. While there aren't any big things to add to this blog I've made alot of progress in removing speedbumps that will slow the production process of all the future comic issues. COMIC UPDATE - ADMIN: Coming closer to the Production Stage has raised a bunch of busywork that needs doing to make sure everything is ready for later in the year. This incudes brand art, updating

With the corona situation in Australia the next month is going to be a mixed bag. On the up side there'll be alot more time to get things done. COMIC UPDATE - FINAL DRAFT: This month the first issue production script will be locked in. Stay tuned for updates as things kick off on the storyboarding side of things. MR CHUCKLES ADVENTURES - OVER 30 EPISODES READY FOR REVIEW: This has been a great exercise in organically building out a concept to meet it's natural potential. With

Almost halfway through the year, there's alot more to do but alot less than there was 6 months ago. COMIC UPDATE - STORY STUFF: More time needed on scripts, nothing's gone wrong, I just want to keep things low pressure - while still on track. - DESIGN: The work on the 'Mr Chuckles Books' (further below) has done what I hoped it would - test my design process for final art and helped me gauge expectation on my - pages per day. Beyond that I took time to work on a few design em

It's already May? The last month flew by, with events in Australia making a comeback and a few other life changes there've been alot of distractions. But that's no excuse, so here's the latest... COMIC UPDATE - STORY TIME: I find that a little bit of time between drafts helps give some perspective and distance from the work. With fresh eyes the wonky bits become more obvious and the tough fixes become less of a challenge. With the year already getting away on us this month wi

It's been a 'prep month' of sorts. I'm keen to get the comics out but something in the back of my mind keeps telling me that locking off and releasing the first issue will be one of those 'work until we get it right' kind of situation. That said, there's definitely no plan to procrastinate. So the idea I'm running with is to create some repeatable, simple to execute, content that's more substantial than the current design and art posts. This lead to the books I vaguely posted

As always thanks for following along. We're now on track to passing 1000 page likes on Facebook, an encouraging milestone for sure. I really appreciate the gathering interest. COMIC UPDATE - Coming 2021 (-2022): I've had time to look at timelines and I want to avoid creating uncertainty in the delivery date. I'm confident that the 6 issue series will be ready by year's end, but being new to digital self-publishing there are factors to consider. For example, just finishing the

A huge thanks to everyone who's found their way to the lane over the last couple of months. What was an ad-hoc project update will now be curated as an ongoing blog. These updates will be short summaries of progress in the ongoing development of this little indie project. Recent updates include: COMIC UPDATE 4 of the 6 issues are now drafted and in a second stage of revision. The remaining 2 issues are close to first draft. It won't be long till I start boarding and creating