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Just took a HUGE STEP *PLEASE READ*
9 years ago
Okay.... first of all I really want to thank those who have been watching me here on DA since I first created an account here. Most of you know that I have many hopes, dreams, and aspirations for my life; though there have been many circumstances that have effected things.
As most of you also know I have a particular dream that I've struggled with. Not struggle in the context of "Should I do it or not?" but rather "How can I do it?". And that dream is my comic Gunpowder Falls. Despite all the train drawings and models, at the core of my artistic desires is Gunpowder Falls. For those watchers who aren't familiar with GF (what I call the comic for short) it is a period Western set in the lush and majestic San Juan Mountains of Colorado and some of the open arid southwest of New Mexico. The story revolves around A.J. Davis, a locomotive engineer for the Gunpowder Falls Railroad. Which is a fictional, but plausible narrow gauge line (meaning the rails of the track are only 3 feet apart!) running north from Pagosa Springs, CO and finding it's way to Naturita, CO. Then the line steadily curves south and eventually will terminate at Navajo, NM.
This past Sunday I met a guy at church in out small group after service. I heard him say he was a writer and so we began bouncing some of our ideas off each other. I then mentioned I was also an artist and his eyes lit up and we set up a meeting last Monday and from there things took off! The guy's name is Joshua and he is a creative writer, but he has been looking for an artist for some of his projects. But after sharing some ideas he was completely enthralled with Gunpowder Falls! The thing though, for me, is I am an "Idea Guy". I'm not one to really intimately know how to take my ideas an practically put them out there/apply them. Where as Joshua is that kind of guy, so we're meshing together well and filling a need for each other. Joshua will be the writer for GF as we're in the process of taking my ideas for scenes and 'episodes' and then fleshing out all the stuff in between. But this isn't the HUGE STEP I had mentioned in the title. No, what I was referring to there is that I am now on PATREON!!!
Yesterday Joshua and I put a Patreon page together. I mean think about it? It's REALLY putting GF out there for exposure. It is going to take some money in order to bring this story to fruition. Before I had nothing to guide on how to make it happen, but now that's not the case. I am excited and eager to get Gunpowder Falls off of the ground. Here is a link to our Patreon Page, so PLEASE go check it out!
https://www.patreon.com/GunpowderFa.....=h&alert=2
So C'mon all you Gunpowder Falls Fans!! Come together and lets make this happen!!!
As most of you also know I have a particular dream that I've struggled with. Not struggle in the context of "Should I do it or not?" but rather "How can I do it?". And that dream is my comic Gunpowder Falls. Despite all the train drawings and models, at the core of my artistic desires is Gunpowder Falls. For those watchers who aren't familiar with GF (what I call the comic for short) it is a period Western set in the lush and majestic San Juan Mountains of Colorado and some of the open arid southwest of New Mexico. The story revolves around A.J. Davis, a locomotive engineer for the Gunpowder Falls Railroad. Which is a fictional, but plausible narrow gauge line (meaning the rails of the track are only 3 feet apart!) running north from Pagosa Springs, CO and finding it's way to Naturita, CO. Then the line steadily curves south and eventually will terminate at Navajo, NM.
This past Sunday I met a guy at church in out small group after service. I heard him say he was a writer and so we began bouncing some of our ideas off each other. I then mentioned I was also an artist and his eyes lit up and we set up a meeting last Monday and from there things took off! The guy's name is Joshua and he is a creative writer, but he has been looking for an artist for some of his projects. But after sharing some ideas he was completely enthralled with Gunpowder Falls! The thing though, for me, is I am an "Idea Guy". I'm not one to really intimately know how to take my ideas an practically put them out there/apply them. Where as Joshua is that kind of guy, so we're meshing together well and filling a need for each other. Joshua will be the writer for GF as we're in the process of taking my ideas for scenes and 'episodes' and then fleshing out all the stuff in between. But this isn't the HUGE STEP I had mentioned in the title. No, what I was referring to there is that I am now on PATREON!!!
Yesterday Joshua and I put a Patreon page together. I mean think about it? It's REALLY putting GF out there for exposure. It is going to take some money in order to bring this story to fruition. Before I had nothing to guide on how to make it happen, but now that's not the case. I am excited and eager to get Gunpowder Falls off of the ground. Here is a link to our Patreon Page, so PLEASE go check it out!
https://www.patreon.com/GunpowderFa.....=h&alert=2
So C'mon all you Gunpowder Falls Fans!! Come together and lets make this happen!!!
Also one of the anchors at the studio sniffed out some of my model prjects, so there's a possibility you train could get some air time!
I must confess though I deviated to some of my own modeling a little bit last night. I've had this HOn30 boxcar kit sitting on my "workbench" for a few months, so I'nearly finshed putting it together. Unfortunately it's missing a few parts, but the maker is sending replacements. I still need to get some plastic sheet and rivet decals beforw really putting your project under the knife. But I think I'll try to make a cardstock mock-up for the artillery car over the weekend. That way we both have an idea for how it will look.