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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!

¡¡ 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.

Symmetry

another exercise at work.  supposed to use the symmetry tool in painter, sketchbook pro, or something else - and then maybe introduce some non-symmetrical stuff to keep it interesting.  to bad photoshop doesn't have one of those...

after a lot of internet surfing, i don't even think a plugin exists for it that you could get.  so i did it all manually, flipping the image every now and then to see how it was going.  pretty fun!!  more fun if you could see the mirror image going on in real time.

thought i'd keep things even LOOSER than i've been messing around with.  good times.

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.

Dealing with Friends

"Dealing with Friends"

remember "Tim" ??? i do. originally, this comic started about 6 or 7 years ago when i was on newspaperstaff in highschool. the idea behind his name was to have something generic, but unique enough to almost stand out. if your name happens to be Tim, i'll never apologize to you. ever. him and his best friend Ikkabod (nickname "Ikk") were bascially just weird kids that did strange things, or had strange things happen to them. good times.. heh.

special shout-out to Craig who was also another notable creative writing power behind 'Tim," though i've forgotten the specifics of all your contributions - however undeniably important and good they were.

dug one of my favs outta the closet and finally got it onto the computer. may digitally remaster it just for fun. may even find the others and put 'em up.