The Life and Times of an Immortal Android

IOPD #1 is DONE.

2009-11-11T09:25:00.000-08:00

Months ago, actually. The hardest part is figuring out what to do with the fruit of my labors.

Here is the first five pages all final draft, like.

IOPD pages 10 & 19. The eternal coloring continues.

2009-08-22T13:30:00.001-07:00

Haven't put anything on the blogiola in a while.

IOPD page 13 COLOR:(

2009-04-28T23:34:00.000-07:00

Here is my first completed colored and lettered page from IOPD. Opinions are welcome. Help me progress, O great comic brethren. "Completed" may be a rash term. This is more like a final "first draft".

What I'm Reading Now…

2009-04-16T11:08:00.000-07:00

This book is really awesome. It goes through all the necessary steps and info on how to color a comic book page. For someone like me who is trying to develop from "sucky" colorist to "acceptable" colorist, some of the tech info is review, but it is still helpful. Plus, even for those who have colored comics before, it has a lot of interesting organizational techniques that are quite helpful. And, best of all, It comes with a CD that includes Hi-Fi's Photoshop actions for setting up your files, etc. It also includes sample art for the exercises. I would definitely suggest this book to anyone who wants to learn comic book coloring or anyone who just wants to get a comic book coloring tune-up.

Art from the past

2009-04-15T18:41:00.001-07:00

These are a few pages from a project I wanted to get together a few years back. I got lazy. Poo. Maybe I'll pick it back up. The script needs a pretty sincere rewrite.

The book was gonna be called Escape From Hell. It would be about a group of people on the wrong side of the afterlife, trying to get out.

Today, I am done with all of the line art for the comic I have been working on in my spare time, IOPD, about the Police Department on Jupiter's moon IO. Now the part I have been putting off…COLORING!!

IOPD page 15

2009-03-24T14:08:00.000-07:00

Workin work work on this. More more.

IOPD page 10

2009-03-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

Another page. In one of my earlier posts I accidentally said all dialogue is %100 done. I meant to put that the dialogue is NOT %100 done. There are revisions to come. Oopsie, me dum dum.

IOPD pages 6 & 7

2009-03-05T11:11:00.000-08:00

Mo' comics! Two more pages. I'm pencilling page 15 now.

IOPD Pages 2-4

2009-02-19T08:49:00.000-08:00

Here is more art for IOPD. Still black and white. Lettered though. Lettering I'm comfortable with. When it comes to coloring, I am procrastinating.

I'm pencilling page 14 (of 22) for this, so, I'm getting there. The coloring may hold me up a bit. Hopefully not. Also, not all the dialogue is 100% final draft.

T

IOPD Page One (Sorta)

2009-02-05T09:43:00.001-08:00

Hey, here is the first page of the new comic I am working on in my free time. It is just a project right now, no publisher etc. I'm planning to try and get it done before San Diego Con. The coloring is really holding me up, because I am not the most experienced of colorists. But I am learning!

The comic is called IOPD. It is about the Police Department on the volcanic moon of Jupiter named IO.

This first page may not be the final result, depending on coloring stuff. More to come…

My injury

2008-06-30T09:18:00.000-07:00

I hurt my arm.

This is after injury, before surgery…

This is today, post-surgery…

2008-06-30T09:15:00.000-07:00

Virgle Hoax is NOT FUNNY!

2008-04-01T10:40:00.000-07:00

Today (April 1) Google and Virgin released their plan to set up the first Mars colony followed by a hundred year plan that included terraforming, cities, etc, etc.

Such a plan just happens to be my absolute dream! I jumped with nerd joy! And they had an open submission policy. Which meant that there could have been an outside chance that I could transform myself from lazy beer-bellyed comic nerd to buff astronaut, just in time to board the rocketship. Subsequently, due to my excitement and poor date remembering skills, I failed to see this for what it is--an April Fools joke.

Oh, HAHA! So, hilarilous! Maybe next you could claim to cure cancer and then…APRIL FOOLS! Why you gotta be like dat Virgle, playin' wit my heartstrings?

Although, I am saddened by having been suckered in by my spacegeeklust, I will give credit where credit is due. Joke well played Virgin/Google. Still, If you ever need a comic book letterer in space, I'm your man!

What I am currently reading…

2008-03-31T18:31:00.000-07:00

Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist responsible for such works as "The Selfish Gene" and "Unweaving the Rainbow" has now released his best-selling book, "The God Delusion" in paperback.

This is a book for us atheists! Anyone who is a rationalist would enjoy this book. However, I do fear that Dawkins ends up preaching mostly to the crowd. But I love it. Along with "God is not Great" by Christopher Hitchens and "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris, "The God Delusion" is a book for atheists who are tired of being treated like foolish third rate citizens for not believing in the magic ghost in the sky who fiddles in our affairs and hears our thoughts.

Far from being fanatical or severe, as his critics would claim, this book, much like many others in this "new atheism" movement, is a call for rationality and for seeing the beauty of the universe for what it really is. It is a call for seeking what is accurate over what is desirable.

The book is opened by a quote that sums this up quite well:

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"--Douglas Adams

Testing

2008-03-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

Testing, one, two.

2008-03-29T14:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my blog! This will be a place for me to post artwork and discuss anything I find interesting. This is brand new to me, so…yeah.

First Blog Post!!!

2008-03-29T13:46:00.000-07:00

well, here is my blog.