F is for Faun

Fauns are some of my favorite mythical creatures. Maybe because deer are really fun to draw.

E is for Echidna

Nobody ever knows who this gal is supposed to be. She's always overshadowed by her children.

Off and rolling!

So it looks like the good folks over at Webcomics Nation are keeping Skin Deep up and rolling like it's supposed to, and that's good news for me! I'll be updating the comic at my deviantART account as well, at least for the first issue. Then it will be exclusively at WCN. Fun stuff.

Max Riffner plugged the comic on his site recently. Don't tell me I wasn't excited about that.

D is for Dragon

Movin' right along with D is for Dragon, ya'll!

C is for Chimera

C is for Chimera.

B is for Bugbear!

B is for Bugbear! One of my favorite obscure mythical creatures. My friend Sheana brought them to my attention and we've expanded their mythology a bit for Skin Deep.

Bestiary Alphabet: A is for Ammut

A recent assignment in my Illustration class was to make an illustrated alphabet. I did one I call 'Bestiary', and I liked it so much I'm expanding it in individual mythical factoids. I'll upload one a day for 26 days! Learn and Enjoy!

Skin Deep goes live on Turkey Day!

Stay tuned to www.skindeepcomic.com, because this Thanksgiving my comic project of over 6 years is finally realized with regular updates on Tuesday and Thursday!

I created the premise for Skin Deep back in High School. Before then most of my time was taken up by doodling characters I created over and over and over again. I needed something to do with them, but what? Create a story for them, of course. These weren't normal people, though, they were mythical creatures. How do I explain that? I created a premise and built upon that premise and worked out the logistics of the world I was creating. Questions would come up and I would answer them, expanding the world, creating rules and expanding the characters and their families until I came up with years worth of story and 60 plus developed characters. In 2002 when I was a Junior in High School I made my first attempt at creating a comic involving these characters. I was never happy with the script or confident enough in my drawing or comic-making skills to ever finally start it, however. When I started college in 2003 I decided to try again, but I again hit a wall because I didn't know what I was doing and I was too afraid to step outside my comfort zone. This starting and stopping and working and reworking went on until Christmas of 2005 when I finally decided 'To Hell With It!" and just started it. So what if I don't know what I'm doing! I'll learn!

And the first issue finally goes live on Thanksgiving. It's as much of a learning experience as anything, and I hope all the work and love I've put into it shows through.

I hope you all have as much fun reading it as I had making it!

The first post?

This is the official blog for kory bingaman dot com! I'm Kory Bingaman, and you'll see news and updates for both my portfolio site and my comic book project, Skin Deep. Stay tuned for updates!