Soft Shell Blog







I've been such a big baby about this blogging stuff. I've attempted to create a 'normal' blog several times since I sailed away from Australia, but it usually went like this:

Type, type, typey, type, type, type, type, type, typey.

SELECT ALL - DELETE.

Type, type, typey, type, type, type, type, type, typey.

SELECT ALL - DELETE.

Type, type, typey, type, type, type, type, type, typey.

SELECT ALL - DELETE.

And then I'd let myself off the hook till next time I had the itch to write about my sailing/ travel adventures.




But the problem with creating my scroll comics is that they take me AGES to create.
I would only get one done every six months or so.

It's a time consuming process that I try to fit in when I'm not working on my paid cartoon jobs.

I hand write and draw out the story on long panels using my wacom graphic tablet and the apple app 'Sketchbook pro'. Then load them all up on my site or via 'medium' to create one really long comic.

So long that someone had commented on my Digital Nomadness scroll comic - "It was a bit long." - Anonymous.

So the beginnings of this blog is like a vulnerable soft shell crab.





I definitely plan to hone my storytelling and improve on my sloppy grammar.

Who knows, I may actually start to enjoy blogging?





Before I push publish, I need to draw a line in the sand to protect my fragile ego....








5 comments:

  1. Grandma Nazi has just gone on holiday, so go for it :-)

    And if you hate typing, just use a tablet or phone with voice recognition and tell your story in short snappy chunks, correcting where necessary as it gets your words "almost" right :-P

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    1. What a great idea! i should have thought about that.
      Ten rat points for life hacking this.
      But I'm not - real - sure I'm much better at verbalising my stories either :(
      Worth a go.

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  2. But please still post pictures, we love them :-) :-)

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  3. beautiful--keep going. i also advocate transcribing--but conversations. for example, i could interview you on skype and then you can get that mofo transcribed and DONE. at least three or four posts, I guaranteeeee.

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    1. I was actually thinking (very recently) that we need to chat for real. If I can repurpose the conversation, then that's a bonus!

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