Der-shing Helmer

Mare Kickstarter tommorow!

Hi guys~

It's been very quiet from me lately because I've been 1) sick 2) away at a convention 3) dying from work, but now I can finally show off some of it... my second book Kickstarter is launchin...

MI514-518 pencils vs inks (and gutters)

It's going to be daily updates for a while, starting soon. Batch art is probably the fastest way to do pages, but I don't really like doing it unless I have to (right now, I do). Anyways, here's some ...

MI Stuff- Thumbnail previews 514-518

Just a little progress update~ I love these pages even though they look like chickenscratch here XD

Nobody wants to hear about how busy the people they're supporting are, so I'll avoid that~ BUT I'v...

Post-convention writeup: Library Cons

Hi guys,

Thought I'd just do a post-convention write-up of my experiences so far at library conventions. This info is most vital for small press comic artists. 

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Last year I did ...

MI Stuff and Penninsula Library Comic Art Fest

There's one moment in every page, where you look at what you've done and have an overwhelming feeling of "this will never in a million years look the way I want it, I should just quit comics now." I a...

MI Stuff- Net builders

Net builders: All these guys do all day is build and reinforce nets right below the ceiling to keep loose rocks from falling. That's it. It's a boring life. 

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I hadn't really thought a...

Anthology editing- dashboard

Right now, a lot of my time per week is devoted to editing the Alloy Anthology, a comic anthology project I'...

MI Stuff- Sifter

A generally gentle animal that exists only to mine for various substances, which it carries in a flexible stomach. A central beak and a spade-like claw breaks through softer rock or hardened clays, an...

MI Stuff- MI509-513 thumbs

I've got a bad migraine sort of thing going on right now which is throwing me off my game/ making it hard to stare at my screen as much as I need, so my apologies for update hiccup :[ 509 is nearly do...

MI Stuff- from Thumbs to Dones

Here's that strip of boring scribbles I posted last week next to the inks and finals for last week's pages! Pretty neat huh?

For the anthology I'm working on right now, we're transitioning our artis...

MI Stuff/ general stuff - working ass off

Hi guys,

Well, I did it, I finished writing MI this weekend. Many tears were shed awkwardly by myself to myself, several pages of various notebooks scribbled all over and re-written and re-scribbled...

Going Indie Tutorial

Whew

Okay, this tutorial is about knowing when you're ready to go indie- in the context of this tutorial, that means not working a stable, full-time job, but making a living from your art in another...

Happy New Year~

Another year done, another full circle completed. 

The cover of the final chapter of Mare Internum will be live on the site at midnight PST, but since it's midnight EST I thought I'd upload the...

MI Stuff- off to see the wizard

you've got some nerve, kid

TM Stuff- sketches

Been trying to find my vibe while solidifying this next Meek chapter... The dastardly duo

General news and what's to come~

Hi guys!

First, a little preview of Chapter 6 of The Meek. Outstanding will begin next year, after the conclusion of Mare Internum in Q1 of 2018.

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It's a coupon~

Hello hello,

Thank you very much for keeping me alive this year! Since it's black cyber small business whatever weekend, here's a little coupon of thanks: 20% off any non-commission items in...