Shlepzig

Artist extraordinaire

Shlepzig

Illustration Comics Portraits

I am an illustrator working mostly in ink with post digitial coloring and processing. My work is the result of a hybrid process that hasn’t lost the connection to pen on paper, but leverages modern technology for final production.

I am developing a couple comics projects on my own. Some of which are meant for a more mature market targeted at adults and teens. So please be prudent in clicking on links.

While we are hunkered down under the guidance of the WHO regarding Covid-19 coronavirus, I wanted to start a set of blog posts for my Elementary School Comics Club to have something to pursue. See my blog posts below.

Virtual Comics Club:

Day 2: Working out the script details

I don’t write comic scripts in the traditional format of a comic script. This is the normal form a writer will work with an artist laying out story and dialog in a page by page and frame by frame basis. Usually with a folder of character notes attached. This is how I have often received…

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by Sam Blanchard April 9, 2020

Developing a comic (start to finish) Step One: The concept

I read today about a call for submissions for comics to be published in Future Sci-Fi Tales #5. I figured this is an opportunity to walk the Virtual Comics Club through my process to put together a short comic story. From concept to completion. The boring stuff Projects often start with the boring stuff. Collecting…

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by Sam Blanchard April 8, 2020

Character Development Motivations

Character development was one of the more difficult tasks in comics club. It’s easy to have a character do something or know what the character will do in a story. The difficult part is explaining why beyond just a practical level. Explaining motivations on a personal level is key to developing engaging characters that people…

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by Sam Blanchard April 1, 2020April 2, 2020

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    About Me

    I love illustration. I had let it go for many years and am back at it nowl

    I love comics and the process of visual storytelling and sequential art.

    Since coming back into the art world I have engaged with other creators around the world. I have had the great fortune to be collaborating on a few projects:

    • Tales to Enlighten
    • The Story of Black Wall Street by Eric Cooper

    I am educated as a mechanical engineer but spend my time as a Fencer and fencing coach

    • Princeton Interscholastic Fencing
    • Princeton Hillsboro YMCA Fencing
    • Bucks County Academy of Fencing

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    31 Leigh Ave
    Princeton, NJ 08542
    USA
    shlepzig@shlepzig.com

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