Christmas Card

I don't normally do Christmas cards and to most this is late, but I thought I'd post it anyway. I have another one that I did of the mountains painting too.

Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas by the old calendar and so do I. The old calendar, known also as the Gregorian calendar, was used by the US even during the time of President Lincoln, however, the Julian calendar took over, as most of the world used it. I figure why not be as close to the true Christmas as I can, plus presents are much cheaper after the Julian calendar's Christmas.

Zealot

I didn't have quite the time I wanted to spend on this sketch, but it has some nice action to it. The girls in the foreground are too small or Zealot is too big, but I still like this one. I used more blacks than I normally do, which is something I like to do with my sketches that is I like to do something different than I normally do.

I'm still plugging away with Hiro Unlimited next pinup and I've finished inking it. I'll start the flats today and finish the coloring tomorrow or this weekend and if I get the green light to post it I will.

I'm also working on page five of the Space and Time project, which I'm thinking will be finished, pencils only, by the 7th of January. After I'm finished with the pencils I'll go back and fix any problems and possibly add some more details. I only want to add what will be pertinent to the story, but I also want the art to have a very detailed look to it. Something I generally don't do, because I ink and color my own work it takes a lot of time to finish. The reason basically for this change is simply the style of the book is meant to be very 1960's sci-fi. So, the art will reflect in this light.

If we get the green light from Image I'll have to higher two artists to help with this project, if we're going to get it done by next Christmas. I'd like to get a background artist to help out on some of the pages and a flatter to help with the color. We'll see how it goes!

Lone Wolf and Cub

I'm in the process of finishing my second pinup for Hiro Unlimited and I love doing it. It's something completely different from what I might normally draw and it's looking pretty cool so far. I with Hiro Unlimited had more work for me, but looks like I'm only getting three pinups in this book.

I've finished four pages for my pitch to image and I've added two more pages to the mix, for a total of seven, so three more to go. We had to add one page for continuity and the seventh page is to build suspense. So, the pacing will change slightly, but the overall pages are telling the same thing we set out to do.

I feel like I'm getting less done then I normally do, but my work is looking better, because I have to focus more on the details rather than the quantity of art I produce. Slowly but surely getting close to my dream of working full time as a comic book artist, but still I have a lot to learn I don't want to rush it. I know in the back of my mind I want to rush things, but I'm older now and I know there is a time for everything and right now I have to focus on the now.

New version of pinup

Here is a revised version that my brother helped me edit. We adjusted the saturation and lightness of the background, which came out much better on his screen. My screen it looks very yellow, but that's because his screen is calibrated to be the most true color it can be and looks the same when printed.

I made a print of the art with archival paper and true pigment. Normal prints like that cost something around $150.00 to $200.00. The print will retain its color for over a 100 years, so I guess that's why it costs so much.

If anyone is interested in having their digital art printed on archival paper shoot me an email and I'll let you know the cost and I can arrange a sample to be sent to you if you'd like to see what it looks like.

Hiro Unlimited pinup

I did this for Hiro Unlimited, for a book called Force Galaxia.

Possible cover

I'm pretty busy, hence the reason I'm not posting much, but here is a sketch I did for warm-up, but that turned into a possible cover for my new book.