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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
Aqua Utopia|海の底で記憶を紡ぐ
Cosimo Galluzzi
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we're not kids anymore.
Not today Justin

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Kaledo Art

if i look back, i am lost
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One Nice Bug Per Day

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occasionally subtle
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
Three Goblin Art
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I might throw an actual filter on this right before I send it off to the editors but I'm damn proud of this colouring. I also never want to look at this panel again. Or have to draw another building or cityscape again. I'm tirrrrrreddddd. #nofilter #weekend #capetown #southafrica #cartoon #drawing #draw #background #art #illustration #purple #comicbook #ComicConAfrica #comiccon #wip #digitalillustration #photoshop #digitalart #sunset #storyboard #superhero https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CQQoqjiNS/?igshid=1rj36bofrc1ky
An SA Rapper in a jacket styled from the Basotho blanket and a mokorotlo hat on his back. Fashion design is one if the lesser things that comic book artists talk about. Whether drawing from casual trends or trying to reinvent the wheel. The thing that tells you about a design well before they speak is called "character." #basotho #blanket #sotho #sesotho #rapper #igsa #character #characterdesign #characterconcept #myoc #madewithwacom #sketch #color #mzansi #comic #comicbook #animation #cartoon #comiccon https://www.instagram.com/p/B00inj0DBcg/?igshid=697wg0365rl8
I got a little bit carried away with my second sketch and did more than I should've. LOL, was just practicing foreshortening then it turned into a spiderman drawing. #spiderman #art #sketch #purple #farfromhome #avengers #peterparker #foreshortening #illustration #wacom #intuos #hands #superhero #inking #comicbookcover #perspective #comicconafrica (at Johannesburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0c-D8yDMa4/?igshid=ioz0za14lu6z
I did a lil warm up at the break of dawn. Then ended up not drawing again because I have so much admin back logged. All my emails start with "please find attached, sorry for the delays" Here's hoping for more art over the weekend #characterconcept #comicbook #ComicConAfrica #comiccon #ink #houseofx #hickman #sketch #storyboardartist #study #Black #indie (at Johannesburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WF27ADOjf/?igshid=dyigfmw9hp2s
Maximizing your comic revenue!
When you are producing indie content, especially in a medium that is as niche as comic books/visual literature it can often be disheartening to not see the returns you need off the bat. Breaking even (all your costs are offset by all your income, where profit equals zero), while not a massive measure of success it is still one of the goals when you are starting out - even then getting to that break-even is a hurdle in self-published comics.
In the beginning, when you ARE the business it can be hard to separate how much the books/materials are costing you. Do you consider transport to conventions a cost? parking? registration for the table to be able to sell? All of this fall and others fall under the "cost of sales" in your Statement of profit and loss. Of course, the cost of printing the books themselves is what you're really trying to clear off so you can get that oh so sweet profit at the end of the day. But now that you've paid a hefty sum for the books you want to sell, how do you price your books? Do you absorb the entirety of your costs into the profit margin of a single book? do you set the price per batch? Have you considered the market rate? Selling at $15 when everyone in your aisle is set to at most $3 with a higher page count, better quality, and better art?
These are all internal decisions and considerations you have to make for yourself and your livelihood. Research and review based on the people in your market. Costs aside what helps maximizing your income when you are producing indie comics?
Multiple Revenue Streams
Yes, print and sell your book directly to consumers at a convention.
But don't stop there. We live in a generation where we consume content en masse, people want to be able to binge content at a price point that is valuable to them. Like Netflix, find a platform that can host your content using the subscription model. If you're creating content fast enough or if you have a big enough library of comics to sell, you can host them yourself online, though the time that is taken to curate not only the content, the website, and subscribers can become a strain in itself.
Behind the scenes, there was a time where I had "Making the Movie" autotuned and set as a reminder on my TV. There is a massive fascination with how things work. And creative works are no exception. Here instead of stunt doubles and practical effects, you package the idea of how the book came together from inception, to script, to art direction, to colour choices, and even the printing experiences you had. There is someone starting out who is looking to you for guidance. Sell them that insider info, things that you wish you knew going in before you started.
Still behind the scenes, many an artist is sustaining their living via models like Patreon that offer video demonstrations and live drawing of the work that is coming soon. The process of creation is so valuable because it is capturing your experience in the seconds that it's happening. Having a private discord channel to talk directly to fans who have theories and input on the direction of the story is invaluable. As indie creators we don't have a Comic-Con Hall H to interact with fans, this is the place to build and sustain your community.
Other channels to widen your income outside of conventions are pre-orders, early-bird specials, volumizing, Kickstarter team-ups, bookstore partnerships, and more.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on ways to max out income channels.
As I rewrite Razor-Man volume 3, I'm finding Rumbi Hove the detective that appeared from the very first issue has an ever shrinking role the more the story progresses. Instead of hamfisting her into a handful of panels of the Razor-Man books. I'm thinking of just giving her her own series that is closer to the crime, mystery, sci-fi genre. #comic #graphicnovel #crime #drama #mystery #netflix #drama #art #black #manga #zimbabwe #comicconafrica #comiccon (at Harare, Zimbabwe) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz4N0tyjJFL/?igshid=jr0n0etfqkij
I did some artwork for the indie comic book Scorpio. Experimented with some poses and camera angles before I landed on this. Excited for you all to see the final pages. Random shout out to you. Yesss you reading this. Thank you for following my art. Thank you for making it to the end of the week. Keep being an experimental art piece ❤ #comicbook #script #action #scorpio #storyboard #storyboardartist #Portfolio #conceptart #art #sketch #ink #weekend https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1bz09DcDw/?igshid=11qgrm7hjp0gh
Electricity doesn't come back for another couple of hours so decided to try out my art supplies from @fanconcapetowncomiccon and recreate @kuzomari's vampire art. #manga #art #noir #ink #anime #zesa (at Harare, Zimbabwe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzsxPeMDEMY/?igshid=1m33ll21ehvh5
@clydebeech did this impossibly amazing cover art capturing the spirit of what the Captain South Africa comic is all about. In a world of social media, start up companies and instant information where everyone streams your every move. What is a super hero? If you had earth powers would you be a super hero? Or would you take the government tender to build a highway with your abilities? #captainsouthafrica #superhero #capetown #comic #comicbook #myoc #fanart #art #illustration #comicbookcover #comicart #coverart #BlackExcellence #Xhosa #southafrica #mzansi (at Cape Town Waterfront) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNidpqDg8i/?igshid=34w9xpio7eoy
@clydebeech did this impossibly amazing cover art capturing the spirit of what the Captain South Africa comic is all about. In a world of social media, start up companies and instant information where everyone streams your every move. What is a super hero? If you had earth powers would you be a super hero? Or would you take the government tender to build a highway with your abilities? #captainsouthafrica #superhero #capetown #comic #comicbook #myoc #fanart #art #illustration #comicbookcover #comicart #coverart #BlackExcellence #Xhosa #southafrica #mzansi (at Cape Town Waterfront) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNidpqDg8i/?igshid=1cyiek5qwu3xl
Welcome to Cape Town! Captain South Africa PART 1 on sale at @ComicConAfrica #captainsouthafrica #capetown #southafrica #comicbook #africancomics #africancomicbook #manga #myoc #wacomart #photoshop #superhero #indiecomics #art #digitalillustration #digitalart #ComicConAfrica #comiccon #artistsofinstagram #artistalley #blacksuperheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/BywXGGwjbxU/?igshid=1d7wahsmd6ap1
Still need to draft an editorial page and some edits to make the book more uniform overall but I damn happy to be finally putting out this volume. #africancomics #comic #comicbook #oc #myoc #wacomart #wacom #review #ComicConAfrica #african #southafrica #capetown #joburg https://www.instagram.com/p/Byt6LGZjPBy/?igshid=3sryg8sqdfss
I can't believe I'm approaching two months since Misfortunism's book launch. I'm really still in disbelief. But a happy disbelief. I can't wait to push the sequel book Psychophagy to press. I'm less afraid to write now. Mad love to everyone who came out to support it. Link in bio for the book on Amazon! #writersofinstagram #writer #novel #weekend #magic #urbanfantasy #amazon #kindle #fantasy #book #blackauthors #thumbs #lightnovel #ln #netflix https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrJx6tjb93/?igshid=104l8fcy2choc
"Welcome To Dead World" is the name of my entry for the next anthology of Comic up. Hoping to get accepted! A far off African sci-fi and fantasy comic that I'm pouring my heart into even from this first panel. From "Spell Drives", to "Soul Ware", to "never metal". I'm excited. I GODDAMN EXCITED!!! #africancomics #afropunk #afrofuturism #scifi #fantasy #BlackExcellence #mondaymotivation #GOTFINALE #dead #comicbook #comicart #digitalillustration #digitalart #STEM #myoc #conceptart #concept (at Zimbabwe) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqwwzDDz0I/?igshid=1tcnm33c0k7l6
Half of the books that I'm brining down to @fanconcapetowncomiccon am hella excited for this weekend!! #comicbook #comics #manga #artistsofinstagram #art #ncbd #fancon2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwl3c3ah_vL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19ehm46vjo7v1
"Oho, you're approaching me?" A politics #graduate from Good Hope University seeks to fight crime without violence. Get ready for an all new kind of super hero. She is Captain South Africa! #comicbook #southafrica #superhero #fancon2019 #iconcgc #isthatajojoreference https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwcf5ChhSi_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j0sje04dc0bu