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mgonya

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Artist // Hobbyist // Digital Art
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My Bio

I am an illustrator and cartoonist hailing from Wisconsin. From a young age I was into cartoons and the such like. I went to school for graphic design. After working at a small local publication as a graphic design for 15 years I mad the leap to free-lance illustration. I now mostly work on independently published children's books. I am slowly working on my own children's book which I hope to finish by the end of 2023. I live near Lake Michigan with my girlfriend, 2 dogs and 2 cats.


Favourite Visual Artist
Walt Kelly, R. Crumb, Bill Watterson, Chris Ware, Matt Groening & Charles Schulz
Favourite Movies
Fantasia, The Life of Pi, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, and The Wizard of Oz
Favourite TV Shows
The Wonder Years, The Simpsons and The Twilight Zone
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Beatles, Bob Dylan, Sex Pistols and the Velvet Underground
Favourite Books
Slaughter-house Five, A Clockwork Orange, Blueprints of the Afterlife, and Siddartha
Favourite Writers
Kurt Vonnegut, Hermann Hesse, John Steinbeck
Favourite Games
Hop Scotch
Favourite Gaming Platform
Preferably a hard surface of some sort.
Tools of the Trade
For my weekly comic I made the switch to digital and use photoshop and a Monoprice graphic tablet. Also use various sketchbooks, pens and pencils.
Other Interests
None at all.
Hey everybody. It's been a long time since I've been active on DA but I'm going to try to post more of my comic on this site as well. I got a graphic tablet for Christmas so now "Habitat" is completely done digitally. It looks pretty rough now but I'm hoping to get better at it. The only thing I have difficulty with is not being able to turn the paper so to speak. So yeah… I'm hoping to make my presence known more on DA. Thanks for reading. PEACE.
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I haven't posted a journal entry in awhile so I thought I'd do so now. I decided that if I want to get good enough for syndication I'd have to start working on my comic A LOT more. That is why I've started putting out 2 comics a week. Every Monday and Friday I post a new comic at 10am CST. Every Wednesday and Saturday I get up around 5 am to do a strip. It takes me roughly 3 hours for the whole process of pencilling, inking, scanning and scheduling the post. I've thought of doing two strips on those days but I don't want to burn myself. To be honest, by the end, I'm glad I'm done. :) I do think I'm getting better at drawing and it is becoming
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May 5, 2014

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That is the day that I'll be ready to submit my comic to syndicates and publishers. I'm making it my goal to have my comic syndication ready by my birthday of next year. I know that the art is not there yet and the characters aren't fully fleshed out but I know what I have to do to be at least considered by a syndicate. I know I'm one of the thousands that hope to get a syndicated comic but you don't get anywhere by not trying. I have a new schedule as well. On Wednesdays I work on finishing a new strip and on Saturdays I upload them to the web. So keep an eye out for new stuff on Saturdays. Thank you for your time. :)
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Thanks for the favorite! I also realized I never gave you a llama badge... So have one. XD
Hey! I recognize you from wordpress! XD Thanks for the watch!
thank you many times for the fave. keep up your nice dogs comics ^^
Thanks so much for reading!
You're very welcome. I like everything about your comic. I'm a sucker for autobiographical comics.
I appreciate the faves!
thank you so much for watching. i hope you will like my works.
take care and stay healthy ^^