Thank you for all your positive comments, heartfelt! This is the kind of feedback that give me a reason to keep going and make more of those stories, so again, thank you Sorry it's a bit of a messy post, but I wanted to reply to everyone's specific question below.
By the way if you liked the story in the pdf, the next few episodes have already been published online. The list can be found on the site at https://www.bulltardia.com
This is a really cool concept! Did you use Adobe Photoshop and a pentab for these excellent illustrations? Or you've made them traditionally?
Cheers. Some of the drawings have been started using traditional media, but in general I have been working off Procreate using an iPad. This is the digital framework that had the most organic feel imo. My previous digital stack was using Adobe suite and a Wacom tablet, but it doesn't come close. Being able to use gestures fills part of the gap between digital and "analog" and with it some of the subtlety that is otherwise exclusive to physical pencil and paper.
Also, how can you make some profit out of doing this hobby aside from making a collectible auction (thank you for the idea).
It used to be a hobby now it's a full time job, not because it's profitable (it isn't), but because doing anything else feels wrong. I can't really explain why, but left a decently paid career to fully dedicate to making art. Financially and in many other ways, it is a horrible choice, but it's in my guts, I have to do what i believe in to be a sovereign individual. On the plus side, i am grateful enough to have a few patrons who like and believe in my work, I also get income through commissions, the sale of the book and running collectible auctions. The first one was right here on bitcointalk.org:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/auction-closed-bulltardia-comic-season-one-book-one-set-one-21-of-21-5279649. Planning to do another another one very soon in case you are interested.
I enjoyed reading the comics, they are cute, but why don't they contain a lot of graphics related to Bitcoin or prices.
Perhaps the stories are related to some characters like bears, but there is no direct reference to Bitcoin.
Keep up the good work and hope that the emission method will improve, such as turning the pages of the book or adding some animated effects.
Thank you!
A lot in the story is a reference to Bitcoin.
- The campfire group and their debt issue refers the social and economical environment at the time Bitcoin was created (subprime crisis, occupy wall st)
- The church of Fiat symbolizes the central Banks and national currencies
- Bit is a honey badger (no need for introduction here)
- His father is a man named Satoshi
- The Moonstone is ambered with a B shape
- Chikun is the common depiction for Litecoin
There are many more references. I plan to do a full lexicon on the site, but in the meantime, feel free to check out the Codex page on the pdf for additional correlations between the comic and the real world.
Using some animated gif in the comic was part of the original plan, but sadly some of the cool things i wanted to do had to be sacrificed in order to make the story move forward. This is just a one man project
With regards to the OP, I really like your creativity and how you portray stories related to cryptocurrency in a way that anyone could comprehend and enjoy reading. Any plans to create a short animation for those stories?? It would be fun to watch as well!
Thank you!
This is the blue sky project for Bulltardia! If there is enough interest, I would love to raise some capital to do an animated series, perhaps start a crowdfunding campaign.
this is the best Christmas gift I've got. what a beautiful piece of art and comic that is. I am a big fan of comics and Bitcoin is my Love of my life. so this is very special for me.
some time it's hard to read the text coz of the fonts . it would be better if you use a better font next time.
Thanks mate. All the lettering is hand drawn. I chose to do so o because it gave an organic feel and so much more can be expressed than when using a standard typeface. However you are right, that makes it harder to read at times.