Happy Turkey Day

Been a fun couple of weeks. Besides being sick for most of it, I've been able to get some work done. First off today I was fortunate enough to get a plug over at cgunit.com, an amazing site that showcases illustrators from all over the world.

I also had a brief mention over at fantagraphics books that mentioned my Usagi Repaneled illo.


And finally, one of the co-founders of Society6 started a conversation with me as to why I don't sell prints on there site. Truth is, I've always printed and sold my own prints, but the overhead is outrageous. On top of that, the only thing I've ever really tried to push on the internet was the Atlas artbooks Caytano and Myself published last year (and that got on Notcot)

So after thinking about it, I'm happy to say this friday I'm launching a variety of illustrations for print (both new and old) at Society6. The art will be printed on "Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper", and cost less than my previous large prints.

Here's a preview of what's dropping. (just a side note, my web address will not be on the prints...)














I'm also placing my "Prom Queen" image Friday and others as the weeks progress to Christmas.

After that, I plan on launching a newly designed website with giveaways to boot.


Oh yeah, and I'm about to start screen printing again :)

Ah, the fur.

I've been busy with figure drawing, comic creator meetings and going to a writing circle, which is why I haven't posted in a few weeks.

This week my art was picked for the Repaneled site.

I redrew Usagi in my more realistic style. I ran into some issues with defining lines, largely due to the size of the image. I used 3px. inking it on my Wacom. The image would take up most of a wall. Needless to say, I wanted to be done with it and move on.....folks seem to enjoy it though.




Also I've started a short 4-5 page comic, again in the large format. I've recently been introduced to the art of Jeremy Bastian and feel I need to do crazy detail.

This is part of the image....

Honey...I'm late.....

Well just a couple days. Sorry about that dear friends.


I had a blast hanging out with my NYC peeps and rocking Comic Con. I heard Saturday sold out and had over 78,000 guests....Good thing I waited until Sunday (50% off graphic novels too!)










So after a couple of weeks of comic illustrating, I ventured out to the show floor, art in hand and smile on my face. I heard that when we talk to someone, people tend to hear the negatives louder than the positives. I talked to various editors and artists and sadly the negatives were booming. I suppose it beats everyone kissing my ass, saying how amazing my work is. I'm taking every critique into consideration and will be a stronger artist because of it.


On a positive note, one publisher seemed extremely interested in my work and want me to send them my comic once it's completed. Boo-ya.


Also, I may have art over on a super rad comic podcast. I'll hopefully know soon.



Due to having my ego crushed at Comic Con, I started a "Creative Bootcamp". Within my "program" I'll be working on various aspects of the comic making process including such issues as anatomy, inking, story building and character development. More details next week.

And speaking of anatomy, here's some images from my first figure drawing class in over 4 years:









Here's some images I'm currently working on too....










Thanks all and see you Monday.

Ps. I know my site gets hits so if anyone out there has anything they'd like to say, hit the more info at the top of this page and leave a comment.


-Isaac

Honey...I'm late.....

Well just a couple days. Sorry about that dear friends.


I had a blast hanging out with my NYC peeps and rocking Comic Con. I heard Saturday sold out and had over 78,000 guests....Good thing I waited until Sunday (50% off graphic novels too!)










So after a couple of weeks of comic illustrating, I ventured out to the show floor, art in hand and smile on my face. I heard that when we talk to someone that people tend to hear the negatives louder than the positives. I talked to various editors and artists and sadly the negatives were booming. On a positive note, it beats everyone kissing my ass, saying how amazing my work is. I'm taking every critique into consideration and will be a stronger artist because of it.


On a positive note, one publisher seemed extremely interested in my work and want me to send them my comic once it's complete. Boo-ya.


Also, I may have work that could be shown over on a super rad comic podcast. Time will tell :)



Due to having my ego crushed at Comic Con, I started a "Creative Bootcamp". Within my "program" I'll be working on various aspects to the comic making process including such issues as anatomy, inking, story building and character development. More details next week on that.


And speaking of anatomy, here's some images from my first figure drawing class in over 4 years....









Here's some images I'm currently working on too....










Thanks all and see you Monday.

Ps. I know my site gets hits so if anyone out there has anything they'd like to say, hit the more info at the top of this page and leave a comment.


-Isaac