Tuesday, December 24, 2013

The Birth of a Strip - A Moment of Clarity

PEace folks!

Ive decided to keep this a regular thing - Im staring a web/comic diary that will catalog moments of random funny, cute, serious, reflective, and just all around life happenings in my world. its a real challenge in consistency and visual narrative. Im really inspired by the web strips American Elf  and Freelance Freedom - check them out. Of course the Boondocks was one of my favorites too but I think there is a real void when it comes to strips highlighting women / esp women of color. This woman is boss tho , one of my SHEros!! check out Jennifer Cruté. So my philosophy has always been " don't hate, CREATE" . I initially wanted to do a daily comic- but then i don't want to put unrealistic expectations on the work- sooooo- I'm going to make it a weekly thing- like a sunday comics thing!

The Following are the first two pages- really its a continuation. like an origins thing… an intro.
Disclaimer: they are still really rough- the text bubbles need work and it could be a lot cleaner- but i just wanted to get them out there. Things will get better in time. they say "Perfect is the enemy of the good and finished" so without too much fuss I'm just putting it out. (((( thanks Micah!)))) BIg love to all my creative souls and art lovers out there who said "i want to see more" I heard you- so do I!

So without further blah blah here is the Boom Sha Kiki!

A Moment of Clarity…




Monday, May 13, 2013

Im working on 6 pages of comic. Each page a different job I've held in NYC. I narrowed the list to 6, I've had way more than 6 jobs. Ive been working since before I had "working papers"... since I was 12 years old. It astounds me how many lifetimes have passed since my most recent incarnation of self. anyways, I wish I had more time to work on these. Im trying to give digital color some more serious tries. its not QUITE there, but its a start. could be the beginning of something beautifuller :)

***Special thanks to Jedi J.Scott for putting this Padawan on the right "path" *** 

stay inspired, pass it on, and never hope more than you work.


Love,

C.Clarity




Monday, January 7, 2013

These are the illustrations Ive been developing post Sandy. It is a visual exploration of both Natural and unnatural disasters and who can an cannot escape them. they are a work in progress. I am still developing the narrative.






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