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Now because most of the portfolio sites I’ve seen have an about section I figured I’d go ahead and add one here.  Since this entire site has basically turned into me blabbering on about my life and work and completely pimping myself out (as a colorist of course :p), I figured what’s it gonna hurt.   I’ve never been really been much of one to talk about myself, but I suppose I’ll try.

I figure I’ll just do a quick facts sheet and a how I got into comics blurb and be done with it.   If you want to know the ever important info of what music and movies I like and how I spend my free time just find me on facebook.

Name: Lisa Moore

Age: 27

Current Location:East Texas (Texan born and raised, yeehah!) Though luckily the hickville accent seems to have passed me by, at least I think it did.   However, I do seem to say ya’ll a lot… a whole lot. lol

Favorite Super Hero(s) (Because that is important information!): Green Arrow, Rogue  Though I admit most of my knowledge of these two characters come from movies and tv shows.

My Comic History: I will admit now that I was not a big comic reader when I was younger.  It just wasn’t something I was exposed to, I was to busy playing with dolls and watching Disney flicks, lol  So it comes as quite a surprise to find myself now totally immersed in the world of comics.  I love it more every day I’m a part of it.  I can however say I was big into Garfield, Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, the Sunday Funnies as they say.  I read those a lot when I was younger, so in a way I was digging comics back then, just no super heroes.  So in my attempt to become more wise to comics in general I’ve started to pick up some books and trade paperbacks of series I think I might be interested in.  So far of the comics I’ve managed to find time to read Runaways has been my favorite series.

How I got my start in comics:  I began working in comics around February of 2007.   I started out as a flatter for a few different colorists. Not sure what a flatter does? Then just check out my other website for my flatting work: www.just-flats.net  It kind of happened by accident… or just one of those meant to be kind of things.  I’d never really been into comics, I knew of them of course, but never imagined I could have a job in the field.

I worked flatting almost exclusively for a year, maybe a little longer.   Then decided it might be fun to actually work at learning the art of coloring for myself.   So I picked up the book Hi-Fi Color for Comics by Brian and Kristy Miller(I do some work flatting for them, so it was a no brainer that I should pick up the book by them. They do some amazing work.)   The book and critiques from Brian helped me out tremendously when I first started coloring, it pointed out so many fantastic things I had no idea about when I was trying to teach myself the process.

After a couple months of practice I began responding to ads for coloring jobs.   I didn’t get a lot of work, but a lot of people told me I had potential, which was nice.   After a couple more months I actually started landing a few jobs, good times! ^_^   One of my first jobs was for an all ages graphic novel, it was so much fun!  I loved every minute of that one.  I don’t think its been printed yet, but it was sure a good time.  So since then I’ve landed a few more great gigs, kept on practicing and I feel I’m improving with each new piece I color.  It has been a blast and I look forward to continuing the journey.   I know I have a long way to go, but I’m getting there and having a great time doing it!

I recently come off a 3 issue stint at Red Handed Studios coloring thier series Dyna Girl.  I was so excited about this one and sad to leave the series.  The art by Harold Edge has a fabulous kind of a cartoonish feel to it, which I love!  I’m still really into cartoons and animation of any kind, so I always seem to gravitate toward more stylized art.  My 3 issues were so much fun and I hope to revisit the character sometime in the future.

Thanks to a very nice guy I’ve worked for flatting for a few years I was able to get my foot in the door at Boom studios a few months back.  I’m not coloring the Darkwing Duck series for them.  It is without a doubt a dream project for me as I’m a total Disney nut.  It’s been a lot of fun and I feel very blessed to have had this opportunity.

So those are the major things.  As I said before I’m not good at these about me blurbs. lol  So look me up on facebook or twitter if you want to see more.

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A few of the first projects I ever colored:

Two Issues of Dust for DustPress (This was a small publisher who is sadly no longer in business, I believe this was my first paying job. Twas very exciting! ^_^): The Glory Departed and Seven Sons. You can see a few pages from these books in my portfolio.

Welcome to Platyport by OctoComics.com Check it out here…http://www.octocomics.com/comics.html

This was another of the very first things I did, it was so much fun! I absolutely loved coloring in this style! I would take on another project like this in a heartbeat! I love all ages books and this particular book had some pages that were amzazingly fun to color. You can check out a few in my portfolio.

Mecha Simian by Rich Lovatt: Was an entry at Zuda.com. You can check that out here: http://zudacomics.com/node/1205

Spy6teen by Tim Simmons: Another Zuda.com entry, I had a really great time working on this one. You can see it here: http://zudacomics.com/node/1128