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Volume 1: Pages 13 & 14

Brock Beauchamp
April 8, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Arnaud, tired and hungry after walking through the night, decides to steal from a local bakery. Manon, still struggling with visions, asks him to stay but he does not listen. Bad omens are in the air as Manon struggles to figure out what her losing time means and how to interpret her dreams.

Volume 1: Pages 11 & 12

Brock Beauchamp
April 1, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Having travelled to inland England, the two adventurers are now hungry and looking for food. After stealing new clothing in the night, Arnaud is considering breaking into a store while Manon continues to struggle with losing time and having visions.

Volume 1: Pages 9 & 10

Brock Beauchamp
March 25, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Manon and Arnaud’s adventure into England is currently suspended as Manon slips into a strange flashback of medieval fighters warring outside of a castle in ancient times.

Volume 1: Pages 7 & 8

Brock Beauchamp
March 11, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. The characters Manon and Arnaud are on an adventure to England, when Manon begins to have strange visions of days long past. Something has been bothering her lately and continuing their expedition is the only path to clarity.

Web Design & Online Comics Pt. 1

Brock Beauchamp
March 8, 2013

Recently, I’ve been getting back into the swing of things with my new comic, which means I’ve been spending a lot of time on various Internet forums, reading up on various processes on how to better create comics, and, as always, I’ve been designing and developing websites for other people (my “real” job). In my various postings, I’ve noticed that many comickers don’t have the slightest idea how to begin designing, maintaining, or making a profit from a website. Given the fact that I’ve been a designer for almost 15 years, a web designer/developer for ten of those years, own... View Article

Progress, Writing, Art, & More

Brock Beauchamp
March 6, 2013

I haven’t posted in awhile so I thought I’d chime in on where I am with the new comic. I’ve finished the first ten pages (five spreads), three of which are already posted to the site. I’ve faced some unique challenges with this book; first, I’m not used to drawing this large. Everything in this book is huge! In my last comic, I was known to pack 7-10 panels per page with detailed backgrounds galore. With Aurorae, I’m doing the exact opposite. No spread (two pages) has more than ten panels combined and most sit somewhere between four and six... View Article

Volume 1: Pages 5 & 6

Brock Beauchamp
February 25, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Arnaud, having swam to shore, begins to berate Manon for jumping off the boat for no apparent reason. Having nearly died in the icy English Channel waters, he is second-guessing his decision to join Manon on her quest to England and Giant’s Dance.

Volume 1: Pages 3 & 4

Brock Beauchamp
February 16, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Introducing the two main characters of Aurorae, Manon and Arnaud. The two young adventurers have risked life and limb to reach England… But why?

Aurorae Preview

Brock Beauchamp
February 14, 2013

I don’t plan on posting any finished pages of Aurorae (past the single-panel intro page already on the site) until I’m several pages into the story. I figure that nobody cares about a comic with less than ten pages available so there’s no reason for me to post any of those pages until I have enough content to fill at least five minutes of reading. But that doesn’t mean I can’t post previews. I started work on the comic a few days ago after several weeks of preparation and thought it’d be kind of cool to show the first (real)... View Article

My process (coloring)

Brock Beauchamp
January 18, 2013

For Aurorae, I wanted to use a coloring style that is unlike “standard” comic book coloring. I wanted an emotive, loose, oil-based look that strays away from the typical cel-shading you see in these types of graphic novels. I also wanted to avoid the gradient-heavy look in most modern mainstream (ie. Marvel/DC) books, as it doesn’t fit the look and feel I want for Aurorae. My goal is to make this book feel different than most comics in as many ways as I can while keeping production time within reason (there are plenty of cool ideas I have that could... View Article

Volume 1: Pages 1 & 2

Brock Beauchamp
January 16, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. Welcome to the introductory page of Aurorae, which begins on the southern shore of England in 1976. Follow the young adventurers Manon and Arnaud on their quest into the heart (and past) of England!

My process (writing)

Brock Beauchamp
January 7, 2013

Creating a story is a monumental undertaking under any circumstances. Creating a story that will take thousands of hours to complete and one that will feature two dozen speaking characters is even more daunting. I’m going to spend years bringing this tale to life. If I don’t like it or if I’m unprepared for what will come down the road, the project will in all likelihood be a miserable failure. For my last project, Variables, I did a fair amount of preparation. It turned out that wasn’t enough… Not nearly enough. Couple that lack of preparation with a story that... View Article

Volume 1: Chapter 1 Cover

Brock Beauchamp
January 1, 2013

The online fantasy graphic novel Aurorae by Brock Beauchamp. The Aurorae webcomic is property of Brock Beauchamp and SelfCentEnt, all rights reserved. The cover to the first chapter of Aurorae, featuring the energetic young girl Manon. Born in Albania, she was raised as a Burrnesha after the death of her father. Several years later, after the death of her mother, she fled the Soviet Bloc nation and headed for Western Europe, intent on reaching the northern coast of France.

Anatomy of a Drawing

Brock Beauchamp
December 26, 2012

I had something really cool happen a few weeks back… Out of the blue, someone contacted me via email and let me know that some of my old art was on eBay. The auction was for several pieces that I finished right around the time I graduated high school… Stuff I (probably) turned in to an early college art class and never retrieved after the semester. I vaguely remembered a few of the pieces and was very excited to get them back and take a look at some of my early, lost work. But there was a small problem… The... View Article