Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Chapter 2: Page 036
The lizard gods were the first characters I ever animated. The image of this tree and the two creatures sitting under it just jumped into my head during a class, and it was just such a cute/melancholic/mysterious image, I had to act on it. I decided to expand their mythology, and included them in Battle Holiday...
Their video is here.
The opening is a little hard to see, but get at least half way through, and you'll see everything clears up.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Chapter 1: Page 028
Who'd like a t-shirt of the Plush mini-gun panel? I don't know when I'm gonna do that, but whenever I do, it's gonna be bitchin'
Monday, March 24, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Chapter 1: Page 024
This might be my favorite page of the stuff I did while still in high school. The inks were finished last year.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Chapter 1: Page 023
These pages along with the very first bar scene were finished up for last year's San Diego Comic Con. They are placed in that like they happen one after the other in the book, but in reality those scenes were always far apart. I did add some stuff between them when I went back in (bare in mind that the pencils for the first bit of the book were done my senior year in high school, 5 years ago) but the things I added were only to improve the narrative, or at least make it more boring. (jk)
This is where the book really becomes what it's meant to be.
Chapter 1: Page 022
Shit just got real.
Plush is a character I came up with around the 8th grade. He was originally a stuffed rabbit in an otherwise human world, but I grew so much as an artist in the three years after that, I had to start something new, and Plush was too good a character to leave behind. He's definitely my favorite, and sort of shares the spotlight for central character with Chi-Bunny. I'd like to some day make something where he's the primary hero, but for now, his rivalry with Chi-Bunny is definitely more than enough.
Sad to see Blood-Tor go so soon? Don't worry, there are plenty of death-hungry little critters to go around.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Chapter 1: Page 019
Introducing Igachi, Sluggy and Billy. Fun fact, Billy is the first character I ever came up with. I was very little, we're talking 3 or 4 here. He's based on a stuffed platypus I had as a kid. You can tell he grew up with me by his potty mouth. Sluggy was actually created by myself and my buddy Steve when we were eight or nine and he started goofing around in a big sleeping bag. Fun times.
I'd say half (maybe) of the Battle Holiday characters are things I've been drawing since I was little. This book is sorta my way of putting some of these really old ideas to bed. No history behind Igachi really. Except that he's an awesome samurai iguana.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
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