Chris Oatley's Artcast: Episode 53

Hey blog followers and random people from around the world, I was just recently on Chris Oatley's Artcast. If you don't know who Chris Oatley is, then shame on you. He only one of the best concept artists currently working at Disney and the nicest guy you'll ever talk to. On the podcast I join my fellow 8: A Kid's Book Anthology crew. We're at the end of the podcast and yours truly is at the end of out section, but everyone else has cooler things to say than I do. So, CLICK HERE and have a listen, or search on iTunes for "Chris Oatley's Artcast". Enjoy.

READY TO BUY!

Hey everyone, got some exciting news! Below this post I mentioned that Pest Control was DONE! Well, not only is it done, but it's ready to purchase as a digital PDF for your ebook reader or computer. The best part: It's only 99¢! So now all you have to do is

CLICK HERE!

Thank you for your support! You guys are awesome!

PEST CONTROL IS DONE!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys are girls, my 8 page mini-comic is DONE!

I know what you're thinking, you're thinking, "Yeah, so what. Lot's of people make 8 page mini-comics. What's the big deal?" Well, the big deal is that this is my FIRST comic EVER. Sure, I've done one page gags and a couple of 3-4 panel strips, but this is the longest comic I've done to date. So, needless to say, I'm pretty excited about it.

Now, for a little tease, you can click on the image above to see it in it's entirety. But, or course, it's too small to read anything and you might not be able to make out all of the details. In order to do that, you're going to have to wait until it's available for purchase at The Illustrated Section and at IndyPlanet.

Until then, enjoy the tease.

Illustration Friday: "Reverse"

The topic this week on Illustration Friday is "Reverse". I couldn't pass up this one because on page 7 of my mini-comic, Pest Control, I pull a "reversal" of sorts.

We all know that books, and comics (unless it's manga) read from left to right, but in panels 3-5 I make the page read right to left. To help the reader know what just happened I use the sound effect to lead the reader through the R to L transition. I think it works.

A small disclaimer: There WILL BE words on the page. This is still a work in progress, so that's why it's "silent" right now. But, hopefully it still works without the words. Enjoy.

BAT KID

For no particular reason, here's a Bat Kid. I was drawing a Batman, but it just wasn't working, so I drew a Bat Kid. Enjoy.

The Illustrated Section

Hey everyone, some exciting news in the area of digital comics, books, and such. A new website just launched earlier this week called The Illustrated Section.

The site is a central hub for finding DIGITAL books from independant creators for your computers or mobile devices, such as ebook readers and such. All of the books are in PDF format.

And, of course, yours truly has a couple of books in there as well. I have BOTH editions of "If I Could Be Anything" - BLUE and PINK editions, and ROBO 6 for only 49 cents! That's crazy!

But, not only can you find books from me, but from far better artists and story tellers as well.

If you look over on the right side of this blog you will see a list of artists that I admire. A handful of them have digital books up on that site as well. So, what are you waiting for? Go check it out and buy some super cheap digital books.

Oh, did I mention that there's a whole lot of FREE digital books on the site as well?

P.S. I designed the sweet, sweet logo for the site as well.

Enjoy.

Illustration Friday: "Dusty"

The Illustration Friday topic this week is "Dusty". The first thing that came to mind was Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender in his 'Avatar state' kicking some buns in the desert. Yeah, I know, there was never a time when he was in the desert with firebender soldiers, but so what. That's what great about being an artist, you can draw whatever you want. Enjoy.