Melissa Pagluica's guest appearances

Melissa Pagluica

The Complete Creative

The Junior & Leo Show

Blue Tiger Revenge

Carlos Rodriguez

Jeff Goins

Debra Holland

Shannon McCabe

Cory Huff

David Peters

Monica Leonelle

Jim Zub

Gina Gagliano

Stephen King

Naomi VanDoren

Lincoln Castellanos

Matt Brown

Brandon Montclare

Ngaio Bealum

OwlTail

This week’s guest is artist and creator Melissa Pagluica, writer and artist for the Above the Clouds series, which raised $43,000 on Kickstarter. Oh, and did I mention that was her first campaign? This episode, we dig deep into what made her campaign, and her career work, what she does to keep going, and how she found success. Listen to this episode if you want to learn: How to write comics where the words don’t overpower the art How to plan ahead in your writing How to create an enduring fandom What’s most important for Kickstarter success And more. There were also a couple of books that Melissa mentioned on this episode: -Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald (she said McCloud) can be found here. -Wired for Story by Lisa Cron can be found here. You can also read all of Above the Clouds at: http://www.atcloudscomic.com/ If you liked this episode, go find Melissa on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram and let her know how much you enjoyed it. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit www.thecompletecreative.com for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

This week’s guest is artist and creator Melissa Pagluica, writer and artist for the Above the Clouds series, which raised $43,000 on Kickstarter. Oh, and did I mention that was her first campaign? This episode, we dig deep into what made her campaign, and her career work, what she does to keep going, and how she found success. Listen to this episode if you want to learn: <ul><li>How to write comics where the words don’t overpower the art</li> <li>How to plan ahead in your writing</li> <li>How to create an enduring fandom</li> <li>What’s most important for Kickstarter success</li> </ul>And more. There were also a couple of books that Melissa mentioned on this episode: -Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald (she said McCloud) can be found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0998534471/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0998534471&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wannabepress-20&amp;linkId=86b2c79b96763f390cdd9c4cd889fc8b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> -Wired for Story by Lisa Cron can be found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607742454/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1607742454&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wannabepress-20&amp;linkId=f1e21a8829aae4f951503b076cdcd699" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> You can also read all of Above the Clouds at: <a href="http://www.atcloudscomic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.atcloudscomic.com/</a> If you liked this episode, go find Melissa on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Artist/ART-of-Melissa-Pagluica-231357916878388/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/TeacupBee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/darksunrose/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and let her know how much you enjoyed it. Make sure to subscribe to this podcast, too, and visit <a href="http://www.thecompletecreative.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thecompletecreative.com</a> for tons of awesome resources that can help you build your own creative career.

How to raise $43,000 on your first Kickstarter with Melissa Pagluica

Hey look, we've reached episode 81 of The Junior &amp; Leo Show! On this very special episode of the show the guys welcome the lovely and talented illustrator and comic book artist, Melissa Pagluica! If you didn't know, she's the person behind the new webcomic, Above the Clouds, as well as countless illustrations of lovely things of whimsy. Listen as she talks to the guys about her new comic venture, her unique style of art, and her adventures breaking into the comic convention circuit! Junior and Melissa also geek out on some art program hardware and software speak, while Leo sits silently in the corner, waiting to use one of his many conversation killing sound effects. To see more of Melissa's artwork, check out: The Art of Melissa Pagluica &amp; Above the Clouds

Hey look, we've reached episode 81 of The Junior &amp; Leo Show! On this very special episode of the show the guys welcome the lovely and talented illustrator and comic book artist, Melissa Pagluica! If you didn't know, she's the person behind the new webcomic, Above the Clouds, as well as countless illustrations of lovely things of whimsy. Listen as she talks to the guys about her new comic venture, her unique style of art, and her adventures breaking into the comic convention circuit! Junior and Melissa also geek out on some art program hardware and software speak, while Leo sits silently in the corner, waiting to use one of his many conversation killing sound effects. To see more of Melissa's artwork, check out: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ART-of-Melissa-Pagluica/231357916878388?fref=ts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Melissa Pagluica</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.atcloudscomic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Above the Clouds</a>

Episode 81: Artist Melissa Pagluica