Today we continue July’s Featured Comic Series with Jackie Rose by Josh Ulrich (Twitter, Behance).
First I talked about my love for the whole graphic novel, and next I talked about Josh’s great storytelling. Today, I want to talk about Josh’s coloring and style.
One thing that keeps me coming back to all of Josh’s works is the way he’s able to make a digital comic look like a hi-res glossy print. I feel like the quality of the coloring, the lighting and shadows all come together to just give his pieces a very classy look. And that’s just the digital work! I can’t wait to see my copy of the printed book!
Discovering has been one of the best things to happen to my artwork. I stare at his pages, trying to understand how he’s accomplished such great work. Honestly, I’m not too proud to admit that if I had the money, I would just hire him to do all my coloring for everything I did. It’s just amazing. I like it.
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Interview: Part 3
Q. What’s your favorite movie, and why?
If I had to boil it down, I would say Jurassic Park. Not because it’s perfectly written and doesn’t have it’s flaws, but because when I was 8 years old it captured my imagination and built in me a sense of awe and wonder that I had never experienced. I consider it the Star Wars of my generation and I still look at it as an inspiration for creating something fantastic and believable.
Q. What’s the one thing you would say to a person wanting to make comics too?
Be patient. This is one of the hardest art careers, with one of the biggest learning curves, and no guarantee of financial success. Find a day job that you like, and that gives you time to work on your comics, because you’re going to need it for many years. That being said, enjoy every minute of it. You get to create whole worlds and tell stories, this job is a lot of fun. Don’t spend your days wishing you were at a higher level, enjoy every step along the journey.
Kickstarter Update
UPDATE: Wooo! Successfully funded! Congratulations to Josh Ulrich and to all of you who’ve backed this awesome book!
As of this writing, the Jackie Rose Kickstarter is a few hundred dollars from being fully funded! I’m so excited about this book, and I can’t wait to see it. If you aren’t sure of what Kickstarter is, it’s a crowd-funding platform where artists present and idea for a project, and people like you help to fund it into the real world! Not only that, but by putting your money towards a project, it’s not just charity, you get rewards for doing so! It’s awesome and helped me get What I Remember About Dinosaurs printed and funded!
If you haven’t pledged some money to make Jackie Rose a reality yet, get on it! Let’s do this!
I can’t wait to read this to my daughter in a year or two! It’s going to be awesome!
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