1. Earn more on existing projects (via ads or merch).
2. Increase the audience of my projects (this helps #1).
3. Cut back on the number of projects I am doing.
4. Sell myself for assorted services, such as coloring, podcast production, or site creation.

Now I know I’ve mentioned dropping The Webcomic Beacon as a project a couple of times. For now I’ve decided to cut at least one Sunday a month, to give me more time for other things. The podcast alone can take me 5-7 hours alone, for any given episode, for everything involved. People needn’t worry about The Beacon for now. I’ve committed to several shows, of this format, through May 2010.

My comic, PSI, is something that keeps me sane. So I always plan to keep doing that… at least until I can tie off all the loose plot ends, and bring everything full circle, essentially completing what I’m dubbing “Act 2″ of PSI. Other small projects may pop up. I have 3 short comic (less than 10 pages), sorta planned, and a couple other longer comics I’m still generating ideas for… but these will likely need to wait.

In the mean time, to avoid getting a 2nd job, and thus, severely affecting my web projects, I’ve decided to sell myself. I get paid less than $11/hr plus benefits for my night job. I figure I’ll start selling myself at a rate of $10/hr for almost any job I can do from home. I’m likely selling myself short, as I’ve been told, but I want to see how this goes. If this goes really well (and I mean REALLY well), I may need to increase my rates for demand… but that’s a big if.

Jobs I’d be able to do (but not limited to):
Comic coloring; Podcast recording and production; or WordPress webcomic website conversion/creation (using Webcomic+Inkblot).

Commissions could be a possibility too, but that may have to be per piece, as my drawing skills are not swift enough for a timed wage. Coloring is something that can vary depending on how you want it colored (I can try a few samples for you). Podcasting recording and production will likely take a total of 2.5-3 times the length of the actual podcast length (i.e. A 30 minute podcast could take me a hour and a half, from recording to full master… or just 1.5 to 2 times, if just a quick master).

For the WordPress site creation, it entirely depends on how many comics you have, and even if you are converting from a different webcomic WordPress publishing tool.  I can help design and create the website for you, on my computer. We can set up a WordPress wherever you have space with access to a database, and I can create the theme, and set all of the comic images in places to work as they should, in order, etc. This would likely take a lot of time to do, but I know my way well enough around WordPress and Webcomic+Inkblot, to set someone up with something they can use. You can see my latest work here: PSI, Ardra.

This is Becky Beacon. She’s The Webcomic Beacon podcast’s “cover girl”. You can find more art with here on The Webcomic Beacon’s art page.

This is Ashley Karen Parker of Furthia High. A supporting character… or… well she’s apart of the main cast anyway.

This is a quick sketch, ink, and color of a (currently) Nameless Girl from the webcomic Blank It.

This is Jo, or Jolene “Brooksie” Brooks of Between Failures.

A quick, impromptu fanart.

The trail is called the Beaver Island Trail. There are actually an assortment of paths in the trees along the river and a paved trail. I did not get a chance to go down the whole trail. Ran out of batteries.

Check out the 2009 Saint Cloud Mississipi Photos!

Check out the 2009 Nerstrand Big Woods Photos!

Girlbot is from The Intrepid Girlbot, by and © Diana Nock. Robot 4 is from Autumn Lake, by and © Mark Savary.

I did this “card” because it suited me to put these two robots together. It made sense to me, given their separate storylines, that this would be both appropriate and cute. I was originally going to say “love”, but that seemed cheesy and too serious for both characters. I went with “care” because of the double meaning.

This is a fun, crossover fan-art for Diana Nock’s Girlbot (The Intrepid Girlbot) and Mark Savary’s Robot 4 (Autumn Lake). I believe that this art makes a lot of sense, given what each of the characters have been going through in their stories. At least at the time I did this art.

I actually inked and colored this as well, of which you can see here.

Sarah of Sarah Zero.

… This is actually filled with in-jokes, that I doubt most people would get… but here it is nonetheless.