Page 112 of Zheph Skyre is Finished and Both Web Pages are Finished

Here is page 112 of Zheph Skyre and my web pages are both back up. It took some time talking to technical support, but I finally got things settled.

We now take a look at some knights on the wall. They are all bored as they are ordered to stay watching out for the city, but what does the king expect them to have to defend against? Well, there is definitely something coming now that they will have to defend against, but will they really be able to?

Web Comic and Portfolio Site Issues

Currently I am in the process of transferring my websites to a single account yet keeping two domains on Godaddy.com, but it seems to be tougher than I thought. Hopefully I will get this sorted out as soon as possible. The next page of my web comic will be posted in time though.

Page 75 of Zheph Skyre & Portfolio Update

I have uploaded the next page of Zheph Skyre, but the latest page of this web comic have had a lot of detail and I have been very busy lately with the 24 Hour Game Jam and organizing a vending table for Anime Boston. That means that this page has no color currently and no text. I will fix these details as soon as possible.

I have managed to upload my latest two designs to my portfolio page, but I have lost the links to my store in the process. I will try to fix that too.

Flora at WAM & My Cafe Press Store

Flora in Winter is coming back to the Worcester Art Museum this Thursday. It shall be interesting to see all of the floral arrangements. I will take as many pictures as I can.

Unfortunately the Kennedy to Kent State exhibit is closing this Sunday, so unfortunately this upcoming week is the last to see it.

I have finished my Cafe Press store for the moment, and I have attached buttons to the store in my portfolio website. I have yet to create buttons for them in my web comic site, but that will not take long.

Page 31 is Finished & the Future for my Portfolio Website

I have colored in and placed text on page 31 of my web comic, Zheph Skyre.

I used the same font size from the previous pages for this one, but since I used a larger page to draw on, the text appears to be smaller. In the end, I think this would be better because I want certain characters to speak a lot and the larger text was getting in the way.

I am not sure why my newer videos are not working on my portfolio website, but I can not go on without my latest animations unable to be shown. I believe I will have to create buttons to click on in my portfolio that will open the animations to a new window. It seems to be the only choice.

Page 27 of Zheph Skyre has Been Uploaded

I have uploaded page 27 of my Zheph Skyre web comic. Here we see Jacques is getting furious with Jahovac, but it appears that Jahovac won't take any verbal abuse from anyone, even his employer. Zheph appears to be alright from the blow of Jahovac's sword.

My portfolio webpage has been experiencing some difficulties lately. I know the SWF movie file I have of my portfolio works on my computer, but when I upload it to www.godaddy.com, it doesn't work. I will have to contact them in order to find out what is the matter with it. I can not begin to apply to animation jobs when my website is not working properly.

September 2012 11 Second Club Animation Submission

Here is my 11 Second Club animation I submitted for September 2012. I know that I didn't complete the mouth movement and a few small details here and there, but I know for certain that this animation has some better qualities than some of my other animations. I probably won't get that good of a rating for the September submissions, though there were quite a few that were terrible compared to mine, but that no longer matters. I will finish this animation as soon as possible, post it on my portfolio page, and start submitting my resume to animation and website companies again.

20x200.com

My mother gave me this article to read from Better Homes and Gardens. If she didn't tear this sheet and write my name on it, I would have never even seen it because I never read Better Homes and Gardens. I myself don't usually have a need to.

However, this article is about Jen Beckman, founder and CEO of 20x200.com. Supposedly this article says that Beckman had started an online gallery for homeowners searching for inexpensive art and new artists seeking exposure. I visited this website to see if that were true, but currently they are not taking any submissions. It appears that this website company is currently stocked with artwork. However, the article does say that the website will have a rotating selection, so eventually they might need more artwork. Nevertheless, I submitted an email with a link to my portfolio website attached to it.

I am not entirely sure 20x200.com will accept my current work, as the website doesn't have fantasy or science fiction artwork as a category. It is a website for home friendly artwork.

Holden Days & Art Lot

(This image is from townofholden.net)

The town of Holden will be holding the 33rd annual "Holden Days" August 25th along a portion of Main Street. I will try to get a table at the Art Lot in order to sell my artwork. I am hoping to split the table with the Art Committee of Genesis Club in Worcester. I think it would be a great opportunity for us to at least get some publicity. I will at least bring the canvases, puzzles, and framed image I am trying to sell on Etsy.com as well as some flyers for my webcomic, some prints of my work, my business cards, and my portfolio to show. Obviously I won't need a 20 by 10 or even a 10 by 10 foot space for my own artwork, so that is why I hope to share the space with other people. Also, sharing a space will allow us to take turns watching the table and explore the grounds.

There is plenty that goes on during Holden Days. Many stands are set up for local businesses to hand out flyers and possibly candy, to sell a wide arrangement of items, to sell food, and raffles. Even the library will be selling old books for a dollar or less. It is at least reasonable to explore for about an hour or so.

Web Comic Title Page Finished!

Here is the finished image for the title page of my web-comic. Unless if I hear any really convincing recommendations to change certain details, I am going to leave this as it is. Feel free to see this image at www.jdaltobelli.com/webcomic.

I will also have this image on display on my portfolio website.

Chad Gowey

 (This image is from http://www.chadgowey.com/)

Chad Gowey was a high school friend of mine who was a very talented artist and actor. He was very gifted back then, and the other day when I found his post on Facebook about his website I found out he had improved his art skills. His website is awesome. His art is of a much different style than mine, but it is still amazing. I highly recommend checking his website out.

(This image is from http://www.chadgowey.com/)

Portfolio Website Updates

I have made some more updates to my portfolio website. I have added the image of my two water dragons and I have added three more animation videos to my collection. Feel free to check it out.

I have also put out a new order for some more canvases with my dragons printed on them. I will have them posted for sale on Etsy as soon as I can.

Here is an acrylic painting I made in college of some fabrics draped over some furniture. It was one of four exercises in the painting class and it is my best painting from that coarse. I have the original framed at a store called in West Newton. It is currently for sale.

In order to have this painting posted on my website, I had to do some editing. I have done a little bit of what I have done with my past paintings, but now I have tried a few other editing effects to show a bit more variety.

I have not decided whether or not to keep this particular order for these rectangles quite yet, so it is not entirely finished. Once I have made a decision, I will post it on this blog and on my website.

Updates To My Portfolio Site

My Portfolio Site

I just want to clarify, not everything I wanted to update to my portfolio site has been done, but I have it updated anyways. I know that there is still a lot more that can be done, but I have been busy lately and I know what I have improved so far is much better than what I had there before.

I was able to improve quite a few of the animated buttons, I have two pages for my still pictures, I have changed the wing designs around the star, I have put a skip button on the welcome page just in case people want to skip the intro, I have improved the intro, and I have put up two new animations in the storyboard section and the animation section.

I still have to improve some of the intro animations, put up some more pictures in the animation section, update the references section, and post a video of my 11 second animation when it is done.