Happy holidays everyone

by on December 25, 2020 at 11:33
Posted In: News

Hi guys!

2020 has been a hard year for so many people, but I feel hopeful for 2021.

I am now confident that TFTI No.3 will come out next year. I really want it to be spring, but I’ll never sacrifice quality. I will announce a preorder date when I am closer to the finish line.

I am currently working on color flats and there are LOTS of detail in the second half of the book. Takes a while to color all that. I was looking at the credits for Shaolin Cowboy and noticed that colors were done by a team of 7 people on the first book, 6 on the second. Insane details almost demands this. I can’t say my pages are as densely packed as Mr. Darrow (who can?), but it can give you a sense that colors are an enterprise by itself.

Anyway my thoughts are with you guys, I hope you are doing well in these circumstance and I wish the best for you in 2021.

We will get through this.

All my best

– Manu

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Chapter 7 inks are done!!!

by on December 2, 2020 at 18:31
Posted In: Announcements, New book

Last night, I uploaded the final inks to my beta readers group and got some really good reactions. I think this will be a great chapter. I’m starting the flats tonight so it should be ready before the current chapter is done publishing on the webcomic.

My goal is to launch a preorder campaign for the 3rd book this spring. Be sure to subscribe to the newsletter if you don’t want to miss out on the early backer pack. Not sure what it will include, but I’ll try to make it special. Ideas? leave them in the comments.

With the holiday approaching, I wish the best to you and your family.

Manu

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April updates from the Interface!

by on April 12, 2020 at 22:39
Posted In: News, Uncategorized

Hello dear Interface users,

I hope you all are doing well during these strange times. My family and me are doing well. We are very fortunate to have jobs that allow us to work from home.

Inking is done for Chapter 6!

Inking is a huge milestone for me has it’s one one of the most time consuming steps of the process, I don’t simply trace my pencils, I often will add a lot of details, correct panels and go as far as redoing some of them.

Next up will be color blocking, this step used to be extremely time consuming but since I switched to Clip studio paint, it has become a lot more straightforward thanks to their coloring tools.

Site redesign

As a designer, it’s hard to stop myself from nitpicking at my site. I removed some of the clutter and made it overall more streamlined and focused. I got rid of a lot of plugins that weren’t really useful and created extra load for the page. Hope you like it. There might still be some bugs around. If you find one, please let me know!

I just wanted to share this quick update with you, I hope you all are doing well. 

I wish you the best during these difficult times, enjoy spring, go outside. It’s wonderful to see nature wake up.

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Festival BD Québec

by on March 3, 2020 at 07:10
Posted In: Announcements, Conventions

* Mise à jour: Le festival est annulé. Je vais réessayer l’année prochaine.

C’est avec un grand plaisir que mes livres seront disponibles au Festival Québec BD le mois prochain. J’espère vous y rencontrer! Rendez-vous à l’espace auto-édition!

Je serai en dédicaces le 18 avril entre 19h30 et 21h00.

Événement Facebook
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*Edit: The festival was cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak. I will try again next year.

I will attend the Québec city comic arts festival. Not many anglophones attend this festival so I’m not planning to bring many english copies, but if you are planning to come and would like one, please let me know.

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Live sketch #16

by on February 3, 2020 at 10:42
Posted In: Time lapses, Tips

Last Saturday I mainly worked on a panel featuring a giant sequoia. Check out the time lapse here:

I’ve started doing these time lapses now and sharing them on social media. I’d love to hear your thoughts on them. As usual, you can see me draw these live, every saturday at 9AM EST on my youtube channel. I would like to try Twitch as well, I’ve been told it’s more suited for live streams. Will let you know when I do.
As always, thanks for your interest and keep on drawing!

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