Greetings!
Life has been fairly dramatic this year, so I believe a bit of an update is in order.
I dropped Facebook altogether, as well as my Medieval World Building group. Facebook, and social media, are much different from when I signed on there about fifteen years ago, and to be honest their usefulness has dwindled. Its level of vitriol, venom and negativity has soared, so much so that I quit it for a few weeks after the last election. I should have left then, but I didn’t. Now, Facebook has become so infested with AI that I can’t even be sure what’s real and what’s not.
So, my involvement on the web has increased, but it will be without Facebook. That’s okay.
I ended my exclusivity with Amazon a while back, especially with my art book, Aorlis: the Art of Scott Story 2019-2023. I haven’t posted it on other sales platforms yet, but that’s coming. There are various reasons for this change.
I made my debut as a game designer this year, publishing the Thrice-Forged RPG. This is a concise, fast-paced system that is great for onboarding new players, but expansive enough for experienced gamers. It’s been well-received so far, and many expansions are coming for it.
I began the Art of Scott Story, a website devoted to my graphic art. It is distinct from the site you are now on because this one is about my writing and blogging, and that one showcases my art. I long ago made peace with the fact that I am neither just a writer nor an artist, but a combination writer/artist/storyteller. The art site is updated weekly as I post new, finished drawings, pen-and-inks, line-and-wash, shaded pencil art, and paintings. Check it out.
I joined Bluesky, and that is where I’ll do my microblogging. Its early days for me there, but it’s much like Facebook without the strangling algorithm and advertising.
I imagine my biggest news this year is my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/scottstory. It’s been a great experiment for me, because I’ve been posting art process videos there weekly. At this point, there are nearly twenty episodes there, and I’ve been learning the video editing process as I go. If you like fantasy art, please look it over. It’s a labor of love.
There’s more to write about, but I don’t want to make this post any longer. Watch this space.
Scott is known for the rich detail, clever storytelling, and organic quality to his art. As a cartoonist, Scott is an all-purpose creator– he writes, pencils, inks, colors, letters and designs. Scott Story has also done advertising art; covers for books, CDs and tabletop games; movie, event and concert posters; interior art for tabletop games; logos and website graphics; and a wide range of other media. Scott was trained in traditional media, such as acrylics and water colors, but now he divides his time between the traditional and digital art worlds. He is in demand for his digital painting skills, used on covers, posters and prints.
As the creative director of Story Studios LLC., he has published two graphic novels, Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father, and Johnny Saturn: Homeland Insecurity, with two more in the process of being completed. Story Studios has also published seventeen comics, a sketchbook, and a pinup book. He has written articles for Blueline Pro’s Sketch Magazine, and prose stories for print anthologies and the web. His webcomic, Johnny Saturn, is a past winner of the Webcomics Readers Choice Awards, and Scott was a speaker at the prestigious Graphic Engagement academic conference hosted by the Purdue University Comparative Literature Program.
Scott is a member of the Indy Webcomic Group, and he was the creator and a founding member of the highly successful Collective of Heroes, a juried collective of indie superhero webcomics.
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