Cover Reveal for Atana and the Firebird

I’m so excited to finally be able to present the cover for Atana and the Firebird! The book will be releasing in-stores November 7th, 2023, and it is now available for pre-orders anywhere books are sold! Don’t forget to check your local bookstores if you can. US retailers include:Barnes & NobleAmazonIndieBound Canadian retailers include:Chapters IndigoAmazon

Pencils

Pencils… where do I even start. The idea of sketching out a full book of around 230 pages is incredibly daunting if you think about it too hard. So don’t. Instead, break down your 230 pages into a manageable, day-by-day schedule/quota, and then distract yourself by thinking about how happy you will be once this process is finished! For me, project planning and time management have always been fun parts

Intro + Thumbnails

Intro This post is the first of “the Comic Process” series! Horray! My main goal with this series of posts is to share the things I’m learning along the way of making my first graphic novel “Atana and the Firebird“, as well as my thoughts on the process. Sort of like wrap-up posts as I proceed along the pipeline. This is meant more as a documentation of my journey than

“Atana and the Firebird” Coming 2023

My long time passion project and debut graphic novel, Atana and the Firebird, is scheduled to be published in 2023 by HarperCollins! I’m beyond excited for this project, please look forwards to the books! This project was initially made possible with funding from the Canada Council of the Arts, which I will discuss in a separate post! Till next time, Vivian