(I actually wrote this on 11/13, hence the title and references to Friday the 13th)

Happy Friday the 13th! Just a quick note to let you know where things are with my current film production. It's been over a month, and I figured I better let everyone know I hadn't died recently...

First, I've decided to promote project "L" to the lead project position. This means it now occupies the coveted Monday-thru-Thursday production space, with Scary Monster Vs Lucky Frog continuing to hold on to Friday-Saturday. This past week I sat down with pencils and pens to work out the layouts, get our characters positioned where they need to go, and nail down master models for everyone. Next week begins the official penciling-and-inking phase, which I have plotted to run for four weeks, although with an upcoming holiday weekend -- and the free time it gives me -- I'm pretty sure I'll be done before then. That rapping sound you're hearing is me knocking on wood...

What about project "S"? Well, short term it means I won't be doing much at all on it. I'm going to wait until after "L" finishes all the way through before I move on to it. I was hoping some that good mojo from doing the rough keys on "L" would rub off on "S", but it didn't quite work out that way. In fact, I spent the previous three weeks doing DanBee's Doodles [link] work instead of anything related to "S". Not that "S" was being difficult or obnoxious -- rather, I happened to glance at my drawing table one day and noticed a huge stack of unfinished illustrations, and once the little OCD demon who camps out in my frontal lobe noticed them, it was all she wrote. The good news is I won't need to halt film production to work on doodles until April. The bad news is I won't be able to start project "S" production until April! You win some, you lose some...

That's all for now. I'll be back in a couple of weeks with a progress report. Meantime, leave a comment or two, or look me up on Facebook [link] or follow my Twitter page [link] Thanks...