Inspired Ink #17- Kevin Beotu - Pulling From Reality To Make Great Art

We have creator Kevin Betou on the show this week! The winner of the Comix Well Spring Cover Contest and creator of the series Tempo. We talk about why you need to experience and live life to fuel creativity, how the process should feel just as good as the reward, and why all types of reading is vital for all creators. All this and so much more on today’s Inspired Ink!  TIMESTAMPS 01:40 Current Projects 02:30 Musical influences 06:30 All about Tempo 10:00 Life drawing and character design 14:00 Finding references 18:00 Coloring process 23:45 Benefits of crowdfunding 29:30 Getting into comics 34:00 Loving the process 37:30 Reading habits 45:30 2024 Outlook Find Kevin online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kb2draws/ Check out Kevin’s website: https://www.kevinbetou.com/ Follow Comix Well Spring online: X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComixWellSpring Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comixwellspring/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comixwellspring When you’re ready to print, hit CWS up! 👉 https://www.grekoprinting-comixwellspring.com🦎 For any print questions, reach out to 💬[email protected]🦎 Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator of titles including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more!  Find Brandon online: https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics Episode edited by Alex Batts, chief operations officer and co-host of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics. Find Alex online: X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/apbattman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apbattman/ Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://comixwellspring.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e258b072e5a0a7421989f7f42&id=1aa9c3bacd&f_id=00b2e5e0f0 Find Comix Wellspring Online: https://linktr.ee/comixwellspring Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comixwellspring/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comixwellspring Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ComixWellSpring Check out the Comix Wellspring Website: https://www.comixwellspring.com/ Comix Wellspring Global Comix: https://globalcomix.com/a/comix-wellspring-2 Check out our Blue Lined Paper! https://www.comixwellspring.com/cws-blue-lined-paper/ Use our prepress templates: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QxSC4XkpjDFD_dOmWOW9Xu8nG5FoNUZh For any print questions, reach out to [email protected] Brandon Bloxdorf is the creator of the publishing imprint and podcast Apollo City Comics and an indie comic book creator of titles including Teenage Babylon, Fake Your Death, various anthologies and more! Find Brandon online: https://linktr.ee/apollocitycomics