8: A Steampunk Anthology - IS DONE!

Ladies and Gentlemen, 8: A Steampunk Anthology is fresh off the presses and waiting to leap into your hands and give you the read of your life. Okay, maybe not, but it's still pretty awesome. Go get yourself a copy at your convenience. 80 pages of full color steampunkiness. We have some serious stories and some whimsical ones. Something for everyone. Click the title below purchase your copy.

8: A Steampunk Anthology

What's Next?

Hey everyone, Pest Control is done, so it's time to move on to the next story. This one is going to be for the next steampunk anthology. Instead of doing another Pest Control adventure I've decided to do a whole new story. If you scroll down through the posts here you'll find a post called "Cartoon Modern" where I share a character called Jellybean. Well, I wanted to do a little story about him, but it the direction I was taking him was a little too dull for me to both write and illustrate, so I've decided to change him up a bit and fit him into a super hero steampunk story.

The above image is a little sneak peek of what it will look like. The title is

"The Incredible Flying Jellybean"

Enjoy.

Illopond Chat

Hey everyone, I was on The Process Diary podcast again, this time with a combination of creators from both anthologies:

8: A Kid's Book Anthology and 8: A Steampunk Anthology

You can listen to it HERE. We talk about print on demand, tabling at events, self-publishing, some ups and downs of collaboration, nerdy comic talk, and more.

Enjoy.

Illustration Friday: "Warning"

The topic this week for Illustration Friday is "Warning."

I teach the 10-12 year old class in my church and drew this picture to help the kids visualize the scripture that went with it. Enjoy.

NEW WEBSITE!

It's been a long time coming since I had a personal portfolio website. I had one a long time ago, but it got so old and out dated that I just let it die. But, there is now a REBIRTH! Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you to...

WWW.HARMONILLUSTRATION.COM

Click on the name above or "Portfolio" on the sidebar and take a peek. Enjoy.

"Cartoon Modern"

So, I've been seeing and hearing quite a bit about a style of illustration referred to as "cartoon modern". Some artists that are currently working in this "cartoon modern" style are Ward Jenkins, Kevin Cross, Chris Eliopoulos, and others. Anyways, I totally love the stuff and wanted to give it a try.

I was drawing some animals and drew this little hamster for some reason. I liked the drawing, so I drew some more and more hamsters. Turns out that hamsters are super fun to draw. Also, rendering him in this "cartoon modern" style is was faster and easier than my current mode of illustrating.

Where's this all going? The top image is the cover of the story of this hamster named Jellybean. The bottom image are some illustrations of Jellybean doing stuff.

I think that this is going to be my next project and submit it straight to The Illustrated Section for digital download. This will be one story that for the moment does not have any plans to be put in print, unless a publisher wants to do it. *wink wink nudge nudge*

I haven't actually written the story yet and am still in the stages of coming up with the plot and such, but the cover is done and I've gotten used to drawing this cute little dude.

*EDIT* I've added this Lab Rat character to the mix. The story is developing now. I'll give you a hint: It involves a lab rat.

Anyways, stay tuned for this little guy and. . . Enjoy.

He-Kid

No particular reason for this. There is a free episode of He-Man on iTunes this week, so after I downloaded it I got the idea to draw He-Man as a kid with his kitten Cringer.

*EDIT* Just added this Skeletor image.

*Another EDIT* Did you really think that I would like Skeletor get away with that? Of course not. She-Ra to the rescue!

*Final EDIT* Sure, She-Ra dished out some justice, but someone needs to make it right. That's where Orko comes in. Enjoy.