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		<title>New Lilith Dark Comic Exceeds Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDowd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! When I started my latest project, Lilith Dark, I never could have expected the enormous response! In the first three weeks of the &#8220;official&#8221; launch of the webcomic, Lilith has received over 1800 page views by more than 600 unique users! Considering that the promotion thus far has been completely grass roots and word [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://lilithdark.com/images/LilithTwitterIcon.jpg" alt="" width="73" height="73" />Wow! When I started my latest project, <a href="http://LilithDark.com">Lilith Dark</a>, I never could have expected the enormous response! In the first three weeks of the &#8220;official&#8221; launch of the webcomic, Lilith has received over 1800 page views by more than 600 unique users! Considering that the promotion thus far has been completely grass roots and word of mouth via <a href="http://twitter.com/CharlesDowd">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/cdowdart">Facebook</a>, I am just blown away! <span id="more-633"></span>I was literally expecting that maybe a couple of dozen of my old chums from school would give it one quick look and never come back again. Turns out that people actually seem to dig it.</p>
<p>My goal with Lilith Dark is to create relatable, sympathetic characters that readers can get behind and root for. My second goal with Lilith is to continue to expand my art portfolio and take it into areas that I might not otherwise have gone. Lilith will always be a little (a lot) more mainstream than some of my darker artworks, but I hope that it continues to appeal to current fans of my work as well. Trust me, Lilith, Dewey, et all will have plenty of monsters and &#8220;beasties&#8221; to fight as the story progresses. So those of you who only want to see me draw devils and demons, you have plenty to look forward to (uh-oh spoiler alert?).</p>
<p>Thank you all for the constant support and kind words. Believe me it is truly appreciated. <a href="http://lilithdark.com/">Now go read Lilith Dark</a>!</p>
<p>~Charlie</p>
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		<title>Lilith Dark Promo Poster Contest</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/lilith-dark-promo-poster-contest/621/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDowd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend is the Baltimore Comic Con and to celebrate I want to offer you Lilith Dark fans something cool. I will be giving away free original Lilith Dark sketch cards to all who participate. Full details after the jump&#8230; To get your one of a kind Lilith Dark sketch card, Download 1 of these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/LD_200.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Lilith Dark">This weekend is the Baltimore Comic Con and to celebrate I want to offer you Lilith Dark fans something cool. I will be giving away free original Lilith Dark sketch cards to all who participate. Full details after the jump&#8230;</p>
<p>  <span id="more-621"></span></p>
<p>To get your one of a kind Lilith Dark sketch card,  </p>
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<li>Download 1 of these 8.5&#8243;x11&#8243; Lilith Dark flyers: B&#038;W-<a href="http://ow.ly/2um55">http://ow.ly/2um55</a> or Color- <a href="http://ow.ly/2um6D">http://ow.ly/2um6D</a> </li>
<li>Then post 1 of them in public (in Baltimore, MD) during the Baltimore Comic Con weekend, Aug. 27-29. </li>
<li>Take a pic of the flyer &#038; send it to me. </li>
<li> I will then send you an original Lilith Dark sketch card! </li>
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<p><strong>Please do not hang any flyer in any illegal place I will not be responsible if you are arrested for breaking the law!  </strong></p>
<p>I will ship the sketch cards anywhere in the main 48 states. Anywhere else I have to ask that you pay shipping. I know, I am cheap(poor). :(  </p>
<p>The contest cut off date is Monday, August 30 at midnight EST. Thanks for the support everyone. I&#8217;ll see you at the Con.</p>
<p>~Charlie </p>
<p><a href="http://LilithDark.com">www.LilithDark.com</a></p>
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		<title>Official Lilith Dark Promo Poster</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/official-lilith-dark-promo-poster/594/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here it is, the official Lilith Dark Promo Poster that I&#8217;ve been working on. If you&#8217;re a regular Facebook or Twitter follower, you&#8217;ve no doubt seen this piece in various states of progress. well, I&#8217;m glad to finally be done with it so I can show it off! (finished poster after the break) Visually, I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="/img/lilithdark/LD_200.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark art" width="200" height="200" />Here it is, the official Lilith Dark Promo Poster that I&#8217;ve been working on. If you&#8217;re a regular <a href="http://facebook.com/CDowdArt">Facebook</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/CharlesDowd">Twitter</a> follower, you&#8217;ve no doubt seen this piece in various states of progress. well, I&#8217;m glad to finally be done with it so I can show it off! (finished poster after the break)</p>
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<p>Visually, I think this poster turned out exactly how I wanted it too. I admittedly struggled with the art style I wanted for LD at first, but after some  work I think this is a fair representation of the look I&#8217;ll be aspiring  too in each page of the series. I certainly hope you guys like what you see. Please tweet about it or Like it on your Facebook page if you dig it. Any and all support is greatly appreciated and will be reciprocated in one way or another.</p>
<p>For even more <a href="http://LilithDark.com">Lilith Dark</a> insider stuff be sure to follow LD on <a href="http://facebook.com/IamLilithDark.com">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/IamLilithDark">Twitter</a>. That&#8217;s the best way to get exclusive sneak peeks and the latest LD news before it hits the blog.</p>
<p><img src="/img/lilithdark/LD_DinoSplashColor768.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark Promo Poster" width="509" height="768" /></p>
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		<title>Lilith Dark Webcomic Progress Update</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/lilith-dark-webcomic-progress-update/602/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick update on the Lilith Dark webcomic progress for the week. Updates and new art after the jump&#8230; For those of you following me on Twitter, you know that I&#8217;ve been coloring Lilith Dark pages on a daily basis, including one page that I actually redrew, but ended up coloring the rough version [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/roughPanelLDthumb.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark Rough Sketch " width="123" height="123" />Just a quick update on the Lilith Dark webcomic progress for the week. Updates and new art after the jump&#8230;</p>
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<p>For those of you <a href="http://twitter.com/CharlesDowd">following me on Twitter</a>, you know that I&#8217;ve been coloring Lilith Dark pages on a daily basis, including one page that I actually redrew, but ended up coloring the rough version of and wasting 4 hours of precious time and blah blah blah. Anyway, I have one more page to go and then I am finished coloring the &#8220;Introductory Story Arc&#8221;! This is a huge milestone for the project and will allow me to finally move on and start penciling the first major story arc, which I can&#8217;t wait to sink my teeth into!</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also been working on the all new <a href="http://lilithdark.com">LilithDark.com</a>, which is almost ready to go live. Expect the new site to go up around the middle/end of August to coincide with the Baltimore Comic Con. I&#8217;m still planning on waiting until mid-September for the actual comic to launch, but I do have some surprises planned leading up to the big event! Stay tuned to the Lilith Dark <a href="http://twitter.com/IamLilithDark">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/IamLilithDark">Facebook</a> pages for updates on that.</p>
<p>Finally, once again THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for all of the really positive feedback I&#8217;ve been getting! It really means a lot that you guys have been so supportive without even seeing one finished page yet. I hope that I can continue to hold all of your interest once the comic finally debuts. I am definitely putting a lot of work into it, and I hope that it shows. In case you missed it on Twitter and Facebook this week, I released this rough sketch of Lilith Dark on the attack below. Enjoy!</p>
<p>~Charlie</p>
<p><img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/roughPanelLD.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark Rough Sketch " width="600" height="350" /></p>
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		<title>Lilith Dark Update</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/lilith-dark-update/582/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDowd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as you know I have been working on my new &#8220;web based graphic novel&#8221; (erm, webcomic) Lilith Dark for a few months now. I have what I think is a good buffer of weeklies, and I have a pretty firm grasp on the first major story arc. For the next couple of weeks, I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cdowd.com/wp-content/themes/CDowd2010v2/img/lilithdarkButton.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark WIP art" width="240" height="149" /> </p>
<p>So as you know I have been working on my new &#8220;web based graphic novel&#8221; (erm, webcomic) <a href="http://lilithdark.com">Lilith Dark</a> for a few months now. I have what I think is a good buffer of weeklies, and I have a pretty firm grasp on the first major story arc. For the next couple of weeks, I&#8217;ll be working on scripting and drawing to have an even bigger buffer of pages. My biggest worry is that I&#8217;ll launch the comic, and then have no time to keep up. I don&#8217;t want Lilith Dark to be known for being late.
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<p>My original goal was to be ready for the Baltimore Comic-Con on Aug 28th, but that will be too early for me to launch. It&#8217;s looking more like mid-late September. Until then, keep your eyes on the official Lilith Dark <a href="http://twitter.com/IamLilithDark">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="http://facebook.com/IamLilithDark">Facebook</a> pages for art sneak peeks and insider news. Lilith Dark friends &amp; followers are always the first to hear about the latest LD info.</p>
<p>Lastly, I just want to say a huge &#8220;Thank you&#8221; for all of the awesome feedback I&#8217;ve been getting about Lilith Dark. I have not received this much support for any other project I&#8217;ve been involved with and the buzz is continuing to grow. I feel like I&#8217;m really going out on a limb with this project, and all of the positive feedback really makes me think that I&#8217;m making the right decision. Thanks!  </p>
<p>~Charlie</p>
<p> <img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/lilithDarkDinoSneakPeek.jpg" alt="Lilith Dark color preview art" width="531" height="446" /></p>
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		<title>My New Webcomic Lilith Dark</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/my-new-webcomic-lilith-dark/553/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to formally announce that this Fall, I will be debuting my latest project, Lilith Dark. Lilith Dark will be an ongoing serialized webcomic strip based on the world of young Lilith Dark, a highly imaginative and adventurous little girl. Lilith Dark is a character near and dear to me, and I hope [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/ldSneer.jpg"><img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/ldSneer.jpg" alt="Lilith dark by CDowd" width="175" height="184" /></a>I would like to formally announce that this Fall, I will be debuting my latest project, Lilith Dark. Lilith Dark will be an ongoing serialized webcomic strip based on the world of young Lilith Dark, a highly imaginative and adventurous little girl. Lilith Dark is a character near and dear to me, and I hope that you&#8217;ll all check it out once it&#8217;s released. My goal is to release one full color page of art per week, most likely on Wednesdays.</p>
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<p>Over the next few weeks, you can keep an eye on <a href="http://LilithDark.com">LilithDark.com</a> for more details, and you can also find <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?id=100220420026014&amp;pid=77372#!/pages/Lilith-Dark/100220420026014?v=wall">Lilith Dark on Facebook</a> and follow <a href="http://twitter.com/IamLilithDark">Lilith Dark on Twitter</a>, where I&#8217;ll be posting sneak previews of art, character concepts, and more.</p>
<p>Thanks to all of you who continue to show support for me and my work. I hope that you&#8217;ll enjoy the next chapter with me!</p>
<p>~Charlie</p>
<p><img src="http://cdowd.com/img/lilithdark/ldSword.jpg" alt="Lilith dark by CDowd" width="400" height="222" /></p>
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		<title>I Will Eat Your Bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From this little guy&#8217;s perspective, he&#8217;s just having a light snack. This piece was done in regular graphite pencil on watercolor paper. I also used mechanical pencils for some of the finer details. Click the image to enlarge.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="shutterset_" title="I Will Eat Your Bike Graphite-2009" href="http://cdowd.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/illustration/risd_bike.jpg"><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-none" src="http://cdowd.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/illustration/thumbs/thumbs_risd_bike.jpg" alt="risd_bike" /></a>From this little guy&#8217;s perspective, he&#8217;s just having a light snack.</p>
<p>This piece was done in regular graphite pencil on watercolor paper. I also used mechanical pencils for some of the finer details. <strong>Click the image to enlarge</strong>.</p>
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		<title>Chaudry Hates Zombies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Chaudry. He hates zombies. Funny because I love them, in a platonic kind of go out and have a beer once a week kind of way. Anyway, this was done in Illustrator. Click the image to enlarge.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left">This is Chaudry. He hates zombies. Funny because I love them, in a platonic kind of go out and have a beer once a week kind of way. Anyway, this was done in Illustrator. Click the image to enlarge.</p>
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		<title>The Typographer Comic</title>
		<link>http://cdowd.com/the-typographer-comic/209/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CDowd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Typographer is a 6 page one shot I made for all of you comic geeks, and type nerds. The Typographer is free for any and all non-commercial use, so go ahead and splash it up all over the place. All I ask is a link back to this page. I hope you all like [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://cdowd.com/thetypographer/">The Typographer</a> is a 6 page one shot I made for all of you comic geeks, and type nerds. The Typographer is free for any and all non-commercial use, so go ahead and splash it up all over the place. All I ask is a link back to this page. I hope you all like it. Thanks!</p>
<p>Click the cover below to check out the comic. Leave a comment if you like it! Or hell, leave one even if you hate it.</p>
<p>All fonts used courtesy of <a href="http://blambot.com/">Blambot</a>. Show them some love.</p>
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