by Matthew Warlick | Nov 9, 2009 | Art & Illustration, Indy Comic Book Week, Senryu, Works in Progress
| So thanks to the generous folks who’ve contributed to the Save Senryu Fundraiser it looks I should be able to get the book printed, granted a few more donations come in before the 15th.
Since it’s looking good I’m keeping to the same schedule and should be going to print the end of next week.
This weekend has been dedicated to creating the cover and I wanted to share with you guys. This will give you a little peak into the process as well as an idea of what to look for on shelves come December 30th. |
| Once I settle on a layout I do a rough pencil sketch at about 8×10. |
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| Next up I scan that, print it out at 11×17 on bristol as blue lines and ink it with various brushes, pens, brush-pens, toothbrushes, etc. |
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| Next I scan it in, prep the lineart for colors and do the basic typeesetting. Then I prep to do flats. |
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| Flatting is monotonous but essential. |
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| Once flats are finished I go in and do the final coloring and rendering. This is the really fun part. |
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| Once colors are done It’s back to typesetting and design for color choices and final placement, etc. I went with a studio standard 1/3 wrap cover, since all our Space-Gun books share the feature. |
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| And there’s the finished piece, now you know what to look for come December 30th. |
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| Thanks for reading, if you’d like to donate please do, the fundraiser will be ongoing until the 15th when I go to print or overshoot my deadline! |
by Matthew Warlick | Nov 7, 2009 | 30 Characters, Art & Illustration
Little is known about The Iron American, aside from the fact that the original prototype for the suit was built and flight tested by J. Allen Walton, and later passed down to his Mathias. It is widely thought that Mathias now operates the suit at the behest of the Air Force & US Military, but both repeatedly decline comment on the matter.
by Matthew Warlick | Nov 6, 2009 | 30 Characters, Art & Illustration
While skinny dipping in the Bermuda triangle Young Alfred Fredrickson was attacked by an irradiated hammerhead shark, itself a byproduct of a secret, Government run UFO reverse-engineering project located in an undersea base in the Pacific.
Hiding his powers at first, he burst onto the scene in the Interdimensional Invasion of 99?, and was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions in thwarting the invasion of The Old Ones.
He used his success to spin-off a successful cartoon and toy licensing franchise, valued in the millions. He?s now retired and resides in La Jolla, California.
by Matthew Warlick | Nov 5, 2009 | 30 Characters, Art & Illustration
Day 4 of the 30Characters/30Days project.
Roaming the boundaries of The Forgotten Forrest, where The Old Ones have been imprisoned, he acts as both honorable ronin to the now godless lands, as well as protector of its boundaries and the few remaining people living there.
If you hear him speak, you will not live to tell about it. He is silent. He is a sloth.
He is Silent Sloth.
by Matthew Warlick | Nov 3, 2009 | Art & Illustration, Blog, Senryu
“Progress” spread from Senryu.
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So the fundraiser is going well.
I?m already at almost 2/3 of my goal of $300. Thanks to everyone who has donated and helped spread the word. It means a lot, especially after having set Indy Comic Book Week into motion and then losing the financial ability to get my own book out for the event.
That being said there?s still that last 33% to go! So please, donate if you can. If you?re a comic lover, an independent media lover or just someone who digs my art/wallpapers please donate what you can. This has been a big dream of mine for a while and with the success of ICBW it?s the best time to get it into stores.
Everyone who donates will get a digital copy of the finished book. Larger donors will likely get original art or some other personalized goodies, depending on how many people donate (there are only 36 pages to give away).
Again you donate at this link or by clicking the donate button below.
So thanks for all the help, here?s to hoping I can reach my goal by November 15th!
by Matthew Warlick | Nov 2, 2009 | 30 Characters, Art & Illustration, Randomness
Day 2 of the 30Characters/30Days project.
Discovered wandering the Pacific in 1903, Mountain Man was recruited into the first Federal League of Heroes in 1933.
After decades of loyal service tragedy struck on June 26th 1980, when, in the heat of battle, Mountain Man was knocked unconscious by Professor Gravitron. His subsequent fall to Earth wiped Plano, Texas and its 220,000 citizens off the map.
He has since become a recluse, shying away from public attention. He now resides in Yellowstone National Park.
