[Rain]
Alright, welcome back to another vlog.
Today we are doing something pretty cool and interesting, we are going to a, not a launch party,
but a launch event for one of my friends who is publishing his first graphic novel and it's with the
publisher, Norwegian publishers that are publishing the Norwegian version of The Snow Cat Prince as well.
So I'm gonna meet everyone who's there,
who's published with them before
and I'm gonna have dinner with them afterwards
and I'm kinda nervous and I'm kinda excited.
So I thought I would bring you guys along with me.
I'm just currently trying to put some make-up
 on to not look completely out of everything.
But yeah, I thought you guys would be interested in seeing who he is and what kind of comic he's made.
Although there's a lot of people making noise
around me so I probably will talk to you guys later.
And not right now.
This is also my beauty routine. It's really easy. It's eyeshadow, wait, how can I? There we go.
Eyeshadow and then eyeliner.
That's about it. I don't use anything else.
♪
I also painted my nails the other day, yesterday 
and it's kinda already chipping which is annoying.
Probably should buy some extra,
some extra topper or something. I dunno.
 I usually don't paint my nails very often.
But I thought I would just top it up to 
see if I can make it look a bit better.
I'm not very good at this.
But I like having it on so
(In norwegian) Hey! Hey on you. Did you find it? Yep
Alright my middle sister just left and that means
 I am officially on only  child in this apartment
until my mum and dad leave and we can 
stay here for free which is really nice.
But it's really sad. I was - but I - Yeah, 
it's really sad that she left but I'm happy that...
I dunno, I got to see both of them before they left.
Somebody asked in the previous vlog if I 
was gonna do a video with them, sadly not,
they were just leaving pretty quick and 
they are not very comfortable on camera
so I wasn't really gonna make them but I might...
Ask my parents if they wanna like be in the vlog but I think they're pretty much the same as everyone else
that I know that they just don't wanna be on camera.
But yeah, now it is currently 11:16
and the event starts around 1.
So, I'm kinda just like hanging out
and not doing anything.
I could have probably worked. I have things I need to do
but I'm kinda just like, not doing anything.
Uh, but it's gonna be nice, well, it's gonna be cool filming as much can, I dunno if I'm gonna talk to the camera
but I think you guys will  just enjoy seeing a little bit
and I might just put the camera in Oden's face 
and be like how does it feel to be published ?
We'll see what he says. [Laughs]
I don't actually, I've never met him in
 person I've chatted with him online. So, yep,
I'll catch up with you guys when I get out.
I am ready to go, feel like I look quite cute.
So, maybe  it's just the apartment that 
makes me look cute, that might be it.
I am going.
♪
[Indistinct chatter]
Hi, Hello, hey everyone. Hey. Nice to meet you.
Hello my name is  Malin, I come from Norway.
Did you know beer is very expensive in Norway. It is like 10 dollars
♪
Good morning, eh, it is now Monday.
I was going to film yesterday but I didn't
because I was just tired,
being with people
and being social kind of exhausts me a bit
so yesterday I was - I did the basic thing I needed to do
and I just chilled the rest of the day.
I was also gonna film in the bedroom today.
But as you probably can hear
cause I probably can't edit it completely out,
there's somebody renovating the apartment
right opposite and it's loud. [Laughs]
So close.
Um but that's the beauty of living in an apartment
in the middle of the city
with very close proximity to people
and I'll just have to live with it
and um, yeah, I thought I would
talk a little bit about just
publishing my book in Norwegian.
Uh, but first, you know what?
I think I left the window open
so maybe if I close that window, it'll be a bit better.
Gimme, gimme a try.
You know what? That actually worked.
I should have done that 10 minutes ago. [Laughs]
Wow!
Who would have thought two
doors would help better than just one!?
Um, so yeah, I thought I would just
talk a bit about publishing my book in Norwegian
because I don't think I've actually like, announced it.
Mostly because I dunno if it's gonna happen.
I'm sure  it is, I have a contract but you know, um,
it's just weird is it really gonna happen feeling.
Um, so I'm not gonna say yes 100% it's gonna happen
But it's happening.
Um, so, the back story to how it happened
was actually the guy how published his book yesterday
Oden, he or Oden, however you wanna say it,
he actually sent me a message on Instagram saying
hey, I saw your video on YouTube
talking about graphic novels and publishing your own,
I saw you were Norwegian, I want to talk to you
and I'm like oh my god, yes of course,
I'm talking also to this other person
that's doing like a very big series in Norway
called Marilyn.
She's kinda the forefront on the comic industry
at the moment in Osla Norway, I think
and he's like yeah, yeah, I talk to her as well
and we just started chatting
and I said oh, yeah, I kinda wanted to talk to Egmont
which is the publisher about publishing my stuff
with them, like I've talked to them before about Greylegs
but they ghosted me. [Laughs] So em,
I got the reason for that later, I'll tell you
But em, and then it was like oh, yeah
you should talk to them right now,
like I'll send the eh, what's it called?
The editor, I guess.
The person that's controlling their comics
eh, I'll send them a message right now.
And I'm like oh, okay, I'll like, make a proper email
asking if they're interested with you know all the stuff
that they're supposed to do to try and get a publishe
r interested in your stuff and em,
before I even got to send that off,
'cause I was gonna have my dad read over it,
my boyfriend read over it
and before I even got to do that,
the same evening she sent me a message saying,
Hey Dina, I heard you have something to show us
and I'm just like oh no.
Okay, Um, yes,
and then I sent her the PDF of the Snot Cat Prince
and they got the whole book just like here you go.
And um, I think just like that evening,
the same evening I think they were like,
oh yeah we want it and I'm like okay.
Em, so they wanted to publish The Snow Cat Prince
in Norwegian which is really, really cool
and was kinda surreal.
And then it was kinda quiet for a little bit.
I think we had a call and we just chatted,
then I got the reason for why they didn't want Greylegs.
It was just, one, it was a children's book
and they are trying to go for comics,
especially fantasy comics lately, um,
and two, it is a kind of political statement in Norway.
[Laughs]
Which I kinda get,
like I don't think it's a political statement.
I think it's kind of conservatory, conservatory statement.
Um, so, yeah. That happened.
Eh, I understand, I got, I won second prize,
second prize or something, second place
in the competition I had.
but they didn't wanna publish it which is understandable.
I guess.
But yeah, Snow Cat Prince is coming out in Norwegian.
They were talking about having it published
as soon as possible this Autumn
but then they wouldn't have time to kind of
sell me into the book shops and stuff.
It's a different system here and I'm trying to learn.
I only know how to self publish books
so I'm just sitting here like, absorbing all the information.
It was just really fun  'cause it's like a whole other world.
And like, I fell like I've done so much myself and it's hard to give control to someone else but it's also kinda nice.
And em, yeah, now I think we are sitting at,
don't hold me to it because I dunno, this might change,
they're aiming for January
because it's The Snow Cat Prince so, snow.
That will be really cool
but they're some changes that I am doing,
so if you do have kickstarter version of the book,
you're lucky, you get like the first edition, well lucky.
Um, you get the first edition or em, first draft?
Because we're actually changing a few things with it, um,
I guess, I'm not gonna - Well it's not gonna be,
unless you have read the book,
you're not gonna know what I'm talking about but
there's  - Actually I'm gonna show you the intro pages
because those are not really secret,
they're just the part of the prologue.
And they're quite stiff, I'll show them on screen,
they're quite stiff and they,
my publishers were worried about
people picking up the book in stores
and feeling like it was too grown up.
The story itself is quite childish
and kinda like a Disney movie um,
but the introduction is so stiff and so serious
that it doesn't kinda -
It would maybe make people put it down again.
So, I'm redoing those pages .
I'm doing a bit of twist with the actual content as well,
just what you are told,
I'm gonna remove a God that's in there
because he kinda complicates the whole story
so I'm gonna remove him, he is still there,
but not in the story.
And I'm gonna make some epic kinda of battle scenes.
You know like if you watched The Gurdians of Ga'hoole
I think it's called, the one with the owls
and I think, even the introduction to Lord of The Rings.
Most fantasy movies or books oh, not books,
have this epic sort of intro sequence
and you're like oh my God! So big da-dah.
I think even Moana has it.
I think I was going for more of the Beauty and The Beast
kinda intro but I'm going to go now for more of a
Lord of The Rings kinda intro.
I'm actually excited about it.
It's kind of a chance to draw them, the characters again
kind of go kind of crazy
with the illustration part of it,
so I'm gonna show you guys that today,
'cause that's something I need to do, to, do ah!
Do need to work on  because we are
putting the book -
Well, we are apply to a fund in Norway
where you get funding to print the books
and that's something the publishers doing
and that's how they function here in Norway,
especially when it comes to getting funding
for new type of books.
So, that's gonna happen on the 1st of September
or the 3rd of September, the end of that week
so I really want to have stuff done today.
It's Monday. I wanna have sketches done today
I think I'm going to the actual office tomorrow
but I need to confirm that
and then I'll take you guys with me for that one as well.
So, yeah, I need to get stuff done.
I'm kinda stressed about it.
I've been stressed just moving my whole life
to Oslo in Norway. It's been really stressful
and I've had soft of a vacation with my family,
I couldn't work.
It was really hard to work when I was around them.
My mum and dad's left for the cabin.
I'm just here in the city.
They kinda moved out already
so this apartment's gonna be
where I'm gonna live for a while.
And yeah, no, time just ran away from me
and I'm like oh god, okay, I actually need to do stuff now.
But I don't have to have it finished
which is really really good.
I only need to have it sketched
or show that I'm working on it
which is the whole point of applying for the funding
so that you can get money to still work on it
and also print it, well the publishers are gonna print it,
I'm gonna only get a part of the fund.
That's what's really good about Norway,
they have a lot of funds you can apply for.
I'm gonna do a change to the end of the story
kind of the middle of the story,
I'm not sure, I'm gonna look at it.
I'm gonna translate everything into Norwegian, naturally.
And then they're gonna have some one else
go over my language
because it might not be correct which I kinda understand.
But I wanted do the first pass myself.
What else is happening?
I don't think we're doing a cover
because then I would have to have the cover done
this weekend, by this weekend,
I could just have this week
as The Snow Cat Prince sort of thing.
I don't think there is - well I have some other stuff to do.
I need to do
a tutorial for my patrons
and also a stream for my patrons
and I think that's the only two things I had to do.
So I can use everything else for Snow Cat stuff.
Um.
But yeah, it's kind of interesting doing this,
it's really cool seeing the whole thing on Saturday.
with Oden's book Ragnarök.
and how he was like signing and talking to people
We were out for dinner after.
and um.
It was really interesting.
I liked it and I liked to meet people as well
And I had this thought we were sitting at the table
eating dinner, we couldn't have that many people
because of Corona
Um.
And um, it was kinda just only the people
with the contracts which for me it felt really weird
because I've been kinda just thrown into it.
And um, everyone has a series and I only have one book
that I'm trying to sell so I'm gonna have to try and apply
for like, or talk with them about doing
Nettle and the Hush Hush
because I'd really wanna do that
And if they can pick it up. That would be reall cool.
Um, oh, and also retaining my English rights.
They want to be a partner in dealing with other
publishers if there are other publishers
but I might just publish my English version myself
or I'll try and contact some English publishers
about publishing it in English.
Because I think I find it really annoying
'cause they don't really  um.
Norwegian publishers, they don't really focus on
publishing in English
but my whole community is in English,
like, all you guys would  read English comics
so I really, really need to get someone else
or do it myself like publish it.
As soon as the Norwegian ones kinda calm down,
I'm gonna - I'm gonna figure it out,
I want you guys to read it, like,
a lot of you guys have been asking me
if I'm gonna reprint it or if I'm gonna let you guys read it
and I will.
I also have a few extra like, comic books, comics
from the kickstarter
which I'm thinking about just keeping for now.
Just because the publishers are kinda
trying to sell me in and do a lot of work with me
So I don't -
I would do it but I don't wanna step on their toes.
I've been advised from different people that I trust
that I shouldn't do that even though I can
So I'm going to keep them
and then probably sell them next year
For a higher price because then they'll be collectable
[Laughs]
I dunno, that's my thought.
That's my thought process.
Oh, the book is also not gonna be the same size,
so if you have the one from the kickstarter, it's A4.
Wait, I have it. I'll get it.
This is the book. It has some stuff in it.
Oh, It has some stuff in it so just ignore that.
But this is the book it's really big and the
[Sighs] The format that the Norwegian publishers
I'm going for is smaller.
So it's like around A5, so, nah a little bit bigger than A5.
So if this is A5 on this side, it's a little bit bigger than that.
So, this one is like the deluxe edition, I'm calling it
and the one that they are publishing is like
the normal kind of published book sort of style
and but I think that my pages are gonna like fit
that sort of format,
because if you look at it, my panels are so big.
I knew that was gonna happen I had some stuff in it.
Oh no!
Yeah, my parents were asking me if I was happy about it
being smaller and I was like I don't really mind,
like, if they think that's the best way to go
'cause they're kind of selling it as a children's book
instead of a comic which is what I've done with
all the other ones that they've done like
And also Ragnarök
I um,  and then mine.
I know, I have this one,
I've already done the really cool version of my book
so I don't mind at all.
Anyway, that was a long kinda intro to this
but I think it's really interesting
and I wanted to make like a vlog about it
And like, show you guys the process
and like what's gonna happen
and if it's gonna happen at all.
Because that's interesting Laughs]
And um, yeah, I'm probably gonna set up my work space
station here because it's noisy in there
and then I will start sketching.
I've already rewritten the intro bit in Norwegian
So I kinda know what I'm doing.
[Laughs]
Kind of.
And eh, yeah, I'm just gonna take you with me
and I'm gonna do some sketches.
And get something done today.
Sounds good. Yes, sounds good.
How long was that? Oh 15 minutes, I'm so sorry.
[Background noise]
Alright so I've actually just [chuckle]
I haven't started sketching yet
but I realized  that I have been translating the comic
with the wrong format.
So this is the original format.
Which is A4 but the new format is
a little bit bigger than A5 which is, let me check,
162mm width
and then 235mm high.
It's a little bit bigger than A5
and it's also a little bit longer than A5.
So it's a bit of a tricky thing
because I've drawn all these pages to be A4 .
and but yeah, this is one with the new size
and this is the page to kind of fit it into to fit.
Um, so yeah,
I'm just gonna go through the pages and do that
but I thought I would show you this is the intro pages
That's the best I can do.
So this is the intro pages. I really love them still.
They're quite vibrant and I just,
I like that sort of change in style.
I was trying to match
The Beauty and The Beast intro pages.
But it is going to be really really fun changing this up
to be more visually attractive.
I'm not sure. I kinda want to change this to be a bit-
to include the brothers but I'm not sure I wanna go that far.
Um,
but yeah
this is the first chapter, it's not a very long book,
so the first chapter is not very long
and then there's 124 total.
All the way down here.
But yeah, I'm gonna
I'm actually, yeah, I'm gonna do this later
with the scaling of the pages
but at least now I have the basic shape down.
Jeez, my phone is making a lot of noise.
So right now I'm going to go ahead and start sketching
and then when I'm done that,
I think I'm going to look at the cover.
I don't think I have enough time to do a new cover
so I'm gonna ask the  publisher.
I think they're happy with the one that I have.
But you know, I've gotta ask anyway.
So I think, do I have the cover?
Full case
Oh.
Sure.
I thought I - Okay, well, I didn't save that
but yeah this is the cover
but this is for an A4 book and A4 cloth and stamp
so it's very different
but I think they like the cover. I still quite like it, too.
It's eye catching and it's pink [Laughs]
Maybe that's what we have to change,
we should change it to not be blue and pink
but something else but I don't know.
I'm gonna start sketching.
Gonna bring out my iPad
which I haven't done any of The Snow Cat pages on iPad
but I think I can match my own style.
I should be alright.
So yeah I'm gonna do that
Let's get going!
♪
This is gonna be interesting.
I kinda want to do a fade from,
maybe I want black but like a dark
stuff like that.
I just put the middle point here, just so I can see it.
So what I want is the,
what I have in my head at least is the
Once apon a time part here.
Once - I've changed the text a little bit
so the illustration are gonna change.
[Norwegian]
I'm making up names as well, there's nothing called
but I'm doing it.
So this is gonna be dark and then I want
Should we do it here? Or should we - [Hums]
I want like
big
illustration
Just proud...
Cat.
You can barely see a thing, can't you? Hmm
That's clearly the problem.
So I want this big
King
with his proud kind of
antlers.
Just want this beautiful big illustration.
This beautiful big cat.
And then
I dunno if I should have it on this page
or if I should have it on the next page.
'Cause this is kinda like
You know what we should do?
We should really have sketched this smaller
to begin with
'Cause right now, I'm doing the whole
giant page, aren't I?
It's making noise, it's making noise.
Okay, so.
I was thinking.
So when you first open the book,
I still really want the map here.
So this is the map.
And then white
And then the title.
This is how I like it
so hopefully they will be okay with that.
Cat.
So we go this way.
Eh, end papers.
And then I want intro.
Prologue.
Hmm, let's start, let's start how I started it.
With having the little intro here.
And then the big cat we have the tail going here
And then here.
And here.
Just this giant cat .
I dunno if I wanna show his face, I might not actually.
Makes him seem
nice
I don't need his whole body either. Just need his -
This is gonna be more like a children's book
actually the part here.
And uh,
Question is, do we keep that there?
Or do we move it.
I kinda like it there.
So to the people who've read the book before,
I'm changing it to be more of a good vs evil book
Than the whole thing with the God.
There's a God in there to begin with
but I'm changing that.
Okay, so.
I dunno if I wanna put,
I wanna put the text in the next one.
Then we have the city.
Kind of angled
With warmth underneath
And then maybe
Maybe a slit mountain here
Since it's a whole big beautiful scene
with him warming the city with just love in his heart.
Or somethin like that I want it to be glowing from here.
And then
Just like warmth and heat.
And we could put that
here.
And here
Maybe a fox face
Demonic fok face, fok,  [Laughs]fox face
♪
Oh, there's a lot of pages maybe I should -
How much is was that? That was four.
So far.
Oh I want a really giant illustration in this one.
♪
Foxes I want them to be really creepy.
♪
Okay so I might have something.
I'm not happy with this page
and this page
Um, spread.
I think I like the first one and the second one
And this one I want to be more
Icky. I dunno, it's not scary enough.
And this one's alright.
This one's kinda cool
This one, I don't like.
And this is the one that I already showed you guys
with the dad and Siev.
Which I think still will work.
I might just change it a little bit.
Yeah. Um, I do real like the
the first two but I dunno how to do the
this one, I might just try again.
I just want it to look sad.
And slowly be affected.
Then there's a curse
I saw Oden use one of these hands sticking out
and I think that would look really cool for this
And then Snow cat with like, stripes.
I just wanna show how cold and horrible it was
or something.
Three panels.
But I think that's alright
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, I need to do six then.
Which like, it's not that bad because I have until the 1st of December really to finish it but I want to just clean it up.
and have it nicely, especially if I'm gonna have it ready for tomorrow when I meet them, I need to have
sort of a clean version of it but I really think 
this page is gonna sell the opening
Like, imagine opening the book and have this giant snowy beautiful king cat [Laughs]
And then yeah, no it's gonna be a nice one.
I'm probably gonna try and put the god in the background
I'm gonna leave him in the later chapters but I'm not gonna mention him at all during the whole book
So only the people who
know
the first story, they might see the whole thing but
it's cool
What should I do now? I should probably just continue
[Laughs]
I will -
I think this was the most interesting part 
and I know this video is gonna be so long.
But I think I'll just now continue sketching 
like, the actual pages a bit cleaner.
I'm going to end the camera recording this one and I'll just catch up with you guys after some Procreate
Some Procreate timelapses. So I'll see you guys, bye.
♪
Alright, so I've been working on this for
a few hours now
Um, I'm not actually sure when I started but
 I've done the rough sketch and the colour
for a lot of these. I really love this one
 I'm so excited to have that like, finished .
And then the second one, they're already rough but I think you can all tell what it is like,
I don't think I'll use any of these lines in the final one
but for me, it's just getting everything down
I usually wouldn't do the colour one but
I decided to do one and this is the evil fox and
 I kinda like it now the mountains in the background
I probably will draw the city a bit more
prominent but
I think it works.
So I just have
this one
that I'm gonna start now. I'm not sure if I wanna have it -
I think I wanna do this way
borrow the neck stand, heads, antlers.
so they go across just so they connect in sort of a way
Oh, and I also got in contact, well the um, uh, the editor I guess her title is, just got in contact with me and said
like, hey you wanna come for lunch tomorrow and
I'm like yes I will! [Laughs]
but that just means that I will have, 
need to have this all done by then
well, not done, but like sketched but this wont take me too long. Like, I think, let's see, how long did this one take
The wonders of Procreate
Uh,
This is 44 minutes and that's including the thumbnails.
So I don't actually know how long it's been.
I'm guessing like half an hour for each 
like I don't spend that much time on this
but it's like an overview of new pages 
and I have 3, yeah, 3 left.
And then I'll put them into the affinity publisher file that I had and like put the text on and like just have a look at it
and yeah.
but now the time's almost, it is almost one o'clock
and I have a stream at 3
So, and then I have poll at 6, I need to check that.
but I have a full day today and I wanna try getting
 this done before stream but we'll, we'll see.
♪
Alright, I know you've probably seen the speed paint,
but I did it!
 
Um, it's half past 2 and I have sketched
coloured all my sketches, sketch and coloured.
This one, just has panels on that but I think that's alright
But I quite like them, they look pretty good as a line up. It's gonna be really really cool trying to put them in to
the program and put some text on it
I'll do that after the stream, later today but at least I finished all the sketches that I wanted to do so
I feel pretty accomplished right now.
I think the attach one is probably my favourite one.
but I knew that it was going to be my favourite one.
I just knew it, well this one and the
the first one that I showed you earlier
This one.
Yes!
Yes, I'm gonna stream in half an hour.
I think  I'm gonna have a shower first.
I probably will stream like 3 hours, two hours, depending on how I'm feeling. Right now I'm pretty happy.
So I'll leave you guys here today 'cause this is the end of me working on The Snow Cat stuff for today.
But tomorrow at 12 I'm going 
to have lunch with the editor.
And I'm also having a dentist appointment
before that so woohoo! Hopefully 
they don't tear my mouth open.
They're not gonna do that [Laughs] but you know Hopefully it should fit doing different things.
So, I'm gonna say bye okay, yeah, talking is good 
See you guys tomorrow.
Alright, I just wanna say goodbye because this is the end
of the vlog [Laughs]
It is currently Wednesday
and I didn't film anything yesterday when
 I went to the meeting with the publishers
Just because it didn't feel right
I was just focusing on talking to them and like,
 getting to know what I should do and everything.
and fun news, we are doing a new cover and I wasn't thinking we would but they were like well, actually like,
we like it, but I think it could be better.
He could be more cute and determined instead of very heroesque on the cover that I have right now .
So that's gonna change I need to give them a lot of changes and like sketches and stuff for Friday,
this Friday for the application of the fund.
What else did they say?
They still, they like the new intro.
I think they like it at least.
They didn't have that much of a reaction
but I think that was because there was too much lights
on my iPad for them to see anything.
And uh, yeah, they're just, we were just chatting
and they bought me lunch and we were sitting in the sun
it was really nice.
So I'll catch up with you guys next week
Um...
Doing the cover, I'm not sure yet that's the whole point of these vlogs, I dunno what's gonna happen next week.
I'll just start filming then and I'll see you guys then.
Thank you so much for watching.
I was gonna answer questions from the previous video
on this one but I know that it's already very long
because I was sort of editing and I'm like
this is probably a 45 minute vlog.
Or longer.
So I'll leave the questions and answers to the next vlog
if you have anymore questions, leave them down below
and I'll answer them in the next video because I'm sure I need to fill it out a little bit so do that
Thank you guys for watching I'll see you next week
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