Mariachi-Dachi on comiXology

long time no blog post.
just dropping in to say if you want a digital copy of my comic Mariachi-Dachi, it's totally now available on comixology. simply click on these specific words i just conveniently hyper-linked to quench your digital thirst for mariachi bands stranded in ancient Japan, today!

also, the fancy mini link in the picture works too, if conveniently hyper-linked words aren't your thing, and you'd rather work a bit harder and type it into your browser. but alas, i shall tempt you with one last hyper-link to try and simplify your life. http://cmxl.gy/1eaRqaZ

later!

YO YO YO!!

wuddup bloggerverse!!  got some updates comin to a web browser near YOU.  still trying to get the daily creative grind going.  here's a large helping of random stuff in no particular order:

 redesign of one my friend's characters, check out how i flipped it over at http://scottwiser.com/character-driven/ (for day 9)

some more signed sketches complete with ordering a copy of Mariachi-Dachi directly through me.  ;)

gettin some major ANGST out because of reasons that ended up not being that big of deal.. life is funny like that sometimes.  sometimes it's NOT though.

entry to Chamba's character contest (almost didn't enter, because early on.. some EXTREMELY FRESHH designs had already been submitted.  ha.)

 hardly touch anything related to the whole sci-fi genre.  figured i was due.  if there were more hoodies in sci-fi genre, i'd probably do some more....  errr maybe i'll start doing SCI-FI HOODIES!!  it could catch on, yeah?  gotta rep the street, even in the FUTURE!!  heh heh..

 was royally SUCKING it up, trying to get into some freelance work..  doodled this up to break up the sucking.  felt a lot better :]

all four images above were done on the ipad, using procreate, and the huge nubby wacom stylus.  really fun stuff.  IN LOVE with the smudge tool.  moved from painting to drawing to see how it all feels.  probably wont get any more detailed than the last one (done around Christmas) unless i get a more accurate stylus..  the nubby-ness just gets to be too much for me the smaller you try and draw.  

 no idea what to say about this guy....  just trying to mix things up i guess.

elephant master...  of HARD KNOCKS.

 based off the actor that acted in a dramatization based off the life of the real hulk hogan of japan.  RIKIDOZAN!!

my little pony.  just LOVE all the fanart i see of it littering the boulevards of the information superhighway.  had to do some of my own.  ;)

 pumpgaroo?

 he's got a solid jab, but i'll bet you anything his kicks are more powerful.

last but not least: ever since i was super little, i've been making up my own versions of mega man bosses.  ladies and gentlemen, i give you, "Tribal Man."  power you acquire?  spear throwy thingy.  it sticks into walls, and you can jump on them.

THE END.

got some comics i'm working on/other secret things....  hope to let some of it surface within the next few months.  still hunting jobs of all kinds - freelance/full-time/part-time and figuring out how I, MYSELF, can be a full-time job. in the words of MC LARS (emphasis added, to make my point)

"Look - all I want to see is amazing art
Invest your heart and play your part
Perfect your craft and straight do you
If you don't do you then who's going to?
Just push it, push it, make it awesome
Build those concepts get it poppin "

(lyrics from Nerdcore Died)

if you're an "artist" or creator of any kind, that's one of the most empowering things to believe in/work on.  nobody's better at being you than YOURSELF.  so keep working on being that...  and be excellent to each other.  ;)

later doods!

DED DUMP #1 (12 days and going strong!!)

still hunting jobs.  i've created an atlatl for my stylus to see if it makes it easier to take down my prey..  haha.

meanwhile, in the wake of Inktober, i discovered my productivity dropped SIGNIFICANTLY.  it felt awful.  SO, i've committed to Draw.Every.Day - NO MATTER WHAT.  and you know what???  it's worth it.  here's what i've got so far (explanations found on my tumblr blog) :

¡¡ MARIACHI-DACHI !!

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!!
(want a little convincing first?  read this awesome review!!)

where to get Mariachi-Dachi:
AMAZON
CREATESPACE (15%  DISCOUNT CODE = KCJM6YNZ)
DIRECTLY FROM ME, (comes signed, with a sketch inside)
digital version on COMIXOLOGY

here's a little preview/sneak peek:

 

ALSO, the first 13 pages will also be featured in the "Reality not Included" Kickstarter - might wanna check that out if you haven't already.  LOTS of comic action going down.

¡ MARIACHI-DACHI !

MARIACHI-DACHI IS ALMOST READY!!!  all pages = DONE.  proofing = ALMOST DONE (book's looking good!!  feels nice to actually HOLD THE BOOK IN MY HANDZZ!!!  just had to make some minor adjustments, surprisingly.)  should be ready on Amazon in just a few weeks - to celebrate my excitement, HERE'S THE COVERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!!  haha.

also, got meself a shiny newTUMBLR account.  you can see the process of making the cover over there.  figured i'd put more random sketchy/process/whatever type stuff up over there.  more of a mass picture sharing tool, than a picture and lots of words sharing tool.  hey blogger, don't worry - we still cool.

Mariachi-Dachi, and BATTLECATTLE

figured i'd post something and breathe some fresh life into the blog.


all content, ideas, and secret projects slightly revealed are © ME. (previous sentence typed mostly so i can sleep tonight. easy to get paranoid over stuff like that for me.. heh..)
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so. i took this ridiculously sweet comic book appreciation class taught by Jared Greenleaf. i swear he was like Morpheus, chucking red pills all over the place.. GOOD stuff. can't get enough of it now..

here's a style test for a potential 10pg short story comic (for my BFA project) of a Mariachi Band stuck in Ancient Japan.
i already have 6 pages roughed out, and almost ready to ink/color... just need to do some more research and development stuff..

for the moment, i'm calling it "Mariachi-Dachi."





next up is what i promised to show last post.. the more i think/talk about this, the more excited i get (even toying with the idea of doing this first instead of Mariachi-Dachi.)

SO. what do you get when you throw extraterrestrial encounters, forged WEAPONS, and irritable livestock together with a dash of He-man, and a LARGE helping of REVENGE?? there's only one possible answer, and that answer is BATTLECATTLE.


to be epically and VENGEFULLY continued...

*edit - i googled "battlecattle" the other night, and found out that a card game already exists with the same name (though it has a space between "battle" and "cattle") and the vision and content is COMPLETELY different. on this site
they even use the text "moo-ve" written and hyphenated like i did in my background.. i honestly thought i had been copied, and freaked out for a second. haha... obviously they have a WEBSITE, and didn't create all the content they have over night. that would just be ridiculous. just figured i'd document this, so nobody thinks i'm ripping THEM off. i honestly had never heard of the card game before.

BATTLECATTLE came from an inability i had trying to design this cow, shown in this post
to get the juices flowing and expel my frustration, i just started sketching hardcore cow stuff - and battlecattle was born. also, Stephanie saw/named the sketch the same day i drew it, and i thought the name was just too awesome to pass up.


also, here's a good 20pg sketch dump from my 60pg sketch book i did while taking Ryan Woodward's most excellent gesture drawing class. things got kind of tricky with a couple weeks left of class, since i was offered (and TOOK) an internship opportunity with Disney Interactive/Avalanche studios as a concept artist (started June 1st). Too many awesome guys over there... LOTS to learn, and having FUN!

so yeah. here's some of my favorites that i'm thinking about painting up or something..























so there you go. more stuff on the way.
also, you guys prefer daily updates? or rather prefer me doing nothing for MONTHS and then sporadically dump pictures into the blog? or some kind of balance in between? it's easy for me to get frustrated with doods i'm stalking online when they don't update stuff, so i thought i'd check in with a you guys and get some feedback. (leaning towards a daily or weekly thing myself..)

up next, that other stuff i said i was gonna post but didn't - plus some stuff i didn't say i wouldn't post, but will.

kay bye.