Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

I know it’s been a while between posts but I’m happy to finally get my latest project Moon Goddess onto Kickstarter! There’s demons, swordfights, immortality and MORE in this Chinese Legend. Working with illustrator Julius Stiawan on this project and I’m blown away by this cover. I do hope you can check it out and any support will be much appreciated.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/moon-goddess-chinese-legend/

Transhuman 3 has a tentative launch date of May 12 Sunday 10pm AEST. I’ve started planning out the rest of 2024 as well with the below projects all on the horizon. If you haven’t already, I do hope you can press NOTIFY on the Prelaunch Page so you will get notified when the projects go LIVE. Thanks for all your support and it’s good to start getting a schedule in place!

May – Transhuman 3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/transhuman-vol-1-2-and-3-rebirth-sci-fi-graphic-novel

Jul – Fractured Shards 4 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067957354/fractured-shards-vol-1-2-3-and-4

2024 – Word Smith 5 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/word-smith-volume-1-2-3-4-and-5-family

While preparing for Transhuman 3, I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a test print of the FOIL cover and it came out amazing. It’s almost like a mirror finish and I think it went really well with negative space image. If you haven’t already, I hope you can press NOTIFY on the Prelaunch link below (or just click on the picture). This will definitely be one of the covers available when the Kickstarter goes LIVE.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/transhuman-vol-1-2-and-3-rebirth-sci-fi-graphic-novel

I can’t believe it’s already 2024. I’ve been a little slack on updating this website so I thought I’d make it up with a long post to start the year off. Towards the end of 2023, Terralympus Volume 4 was launched and it was the most funded Kickstarter of the series. All you supporters are awesome! The digital rewards have been released with printing to kick off soon. The printing process can take 2-3 months but hopefully everything can be sorted much sooner than that!

The Australian Comic Kickstarter Awards ran again in 2023. This is its third year and Transhuman 2 received the top award of most funded and most backed. Again, you supporters are amazing! For a full link of all the winners check out this link. The series I help create, Fractured Shards got nominated for a Ringo which is absolutely mind blowing! I didn’t make the trip to Baltimore for the ceremony but if it gets another nomination in 2024 . . .

So what’s going to happen in 2024? I’m not the best at planning but I’m using the time writing this post as an opportunity to gather my thoughts from the year. Firstly it was a nice chance to shut down over the Christmas and New Year period (like Rivka and Adalyn below!). Transhuman 3 is bubbling ahead with Chiara currently working on the colours. The link to the Prelaunch Page is below if you want to press NOTIFY. (A small head’s up, there’s going to more Prelaunches through this post! Press NOTIFY on all of them so you will know when they go LIVE!)

Transhuman 3 – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/transhuman-vol-1-2-and-3-rebirth-sci-fi-graphic-novel.

All the artwork for Word Smith 5 is now done. We had to bid farewell to the previous colourist Peyton Freeman (thank you for everything) and welcome aboard Wilson Go who has slipped right into the steampunk world without a problem. I’m hoping this will be one of the projects I launch towards the end of 2024.

Word Smith – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/word-smith-volume-1-2-3-4-and-5-family.

Sisters of Blood is a collaboration between artist Abray Tart, Comics2Movies and myself. It’s a fantasy setting where 2 sisters are out to avenge their murdered father. Bound by Blood. Tasked with Vengeance. It’s been a really interesting series to help create and I’m excited for this one to come to life!

Sisters of Blood – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comics2movies/sisters-of-blood/.

In 2024 it will 5 years since the 5 Seconds trilogy ended. The third volume was released in 2023. I thought it would be great to bring this series to new fans with a remastered version of Volume 1. This will include an amazing cover from Eric Gravel and coloured by Adam Ramos.

5 Seconds – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/5-seconds-volume-1-remastered-2-and-3-the-complete-saga.

Whew . . . it’s crazy to see how many things I’m juggling when you finally list it all out. There’s some additional projects I haven’t listed including the next volume of Fractured Shards and Wolf Cubs. I might expand on both of them in a separate post! Thank you for all your amazing support in 2023, it’s with your help that I can continue telling stories.

I can looking forward to the opportunities that a new year will bring! I just hope I have enough to time to get everything I want done, done! Wishing you all the best in 2024. Please feel free to comment with any resolutions or plans you have for the year.

The Prelaunch for Fractured Shards 3 is bubbling along nicely but on an exciting note, the series has been nominated in the Ringo Awards. This is a huge achievement and I personally want to thank all of you who have been so supportive. This has been be a really fun series to create. I can’t wait to share some of the reveals that are coming.

If you’re a comic creator, you can vote in the Ringo Awards! It’ll take only 5 minutes and I hope you can select Fractured Shards in the Best Series catgeory. Link is below or just click on the picture. I have my fingers and toes crossed that we win!

Ringo Awards – https://ringoawards.survey.fm/ringo-awards-2023-final-ballot-categories.

So there’s a lot currently happening at Sigmate Studio! Everyone is working away getting a lot of projects finalised. Transhuman 2’s product is bubbling along nicely and hoping to get the proof copies soon.

Word Smith is coming back with Volume 5. It’s still in the very early stages but be sure to press NOTIFY on the PRELAUNCH link. Lots more updates with schedules, work in progress will be released when they are available. This project will have Wilson Go taking over the colouring duties!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/word-smith-volume-1-2-3-4-and-5-family

With the current volume almost at fulfilment, the next volume of Transhuman is in production! Keeping hush on the details but Razz Tsolmon is knocking it out of the park with this one. Hope you can press NOTIFY on this PRELAUNCH as well.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/transhuman-vol-1-2-and-3-rebirth-sci-fi-graphic-novel/

2023 is shaping up to be a HUGE year for projects! All the these below are currently in Prelaunch on Kickstarter so please click on the link (or picture) and press NOTIFY so you will know when they go LIVE. Transhuman will be the first project to launch and I’m so pleased to be able to continue Rivka’s story!

Coming Sunday 10pm (5th Feb 2023) is the Transhuman Volume 2. Cybernetics has now become the next arms race and Rivka finds herself caught in the middle when her past comes back to haunt her.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/transhuman-volume-1-and-2-adalyn-sci-fi-graphic-novel

Our favoruite heroic trio, the Wolf Cubs are back! With more adventure and excitement, will they be able to defeat the giant snail (GROSS!) and finally pay back the lich? Chris Pitcairn is back on artistic duties and he’s knocked this one right out of the park.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/wolf-cubs-volume-1-and-2/

And finally fans of the sci-fi epic will be absolutely excited with Terralympus Volume 4! It’s the next epic instalment following what happens with our favourite senior engineer, Mia. Has Mia finally hit a problem she can’t fix?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917428739/terralympus-volume-1-4-sci-fi-graphic-novel/

The latest instalment of Fractured Shards, Aquila is now LIVE on Kickstarter. This graphic novels follows the rise of Aquila from a common street enforcer to one of the most powerful councillors in the LIGHTS and the people she stepped over to get there. I’m happy to be part of this project and hope you can check it out.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067957354/aquila

The proofs for Word Smith 4 are now here! It’s still amazing to hold the physical copies in your hands. Time to do a double check before the first print run. Thanks to everyone who supported this project! I can’t wait to start getting this sent out to everyone and then . . . getting started on scripting Volume 5!

The Word Smith Kickstarter was an amazing success with over 500+ backers and $20K raised. Thank you everyone who has supported this project. I’m starting the fulfilment process and will keep everyone updated with the progress.

While finishing up Word Smith 4, I’ve been collaborating with Comics2Movies and Martin Copping on another fantasy project. When the twin moon rises, the night will overtake the day leading to the month of darkness. (It was fun to design different creatures who have evolved to hunt in the dark!) I hope you can press NOTIFY on the Prelaunch for Knight so you will know as soon as it goes LIVE!

Link – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/c2mnlp/knight-graphic-novel/