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New Stabb Gunner Pinup ::
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
This week Courtland was busy scibbling away on some sweet Stabb Fisticuffs pinup art. I was so excited about what he was doing that I just had to throw some color in the mix. Above is the final result. I hope you enjoy looking it as much as we enjoyed creating it! And make sure to catch the most recent Stabb Gunner!
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SANCTUARY ::
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Well, Courtland and I have been chugging away to get Stabb Gunner, Chapter One out to the world at large and we’re mega jazzed about the results were getting. It’s been a lot of work but it’s been worth it 100%! Our process has continued to evolve as is the case with all ongoing projects.
Which is brings me to the purpose of this post. Recently we’ve wanted to get those extreme angles with our backgrounds that are kind of signature to the book. So I decided to draw on my knowledge of film making, specifically previs. I build a very rough model of the most important set from Chapter One, the Sleeping Baby Dragon Sanctuary. Now we can fly a camera around a virtual set and make sure we get that killer angle we try so hard to find.
Original Art - Pencils by Courtland Ellis, Ink by Steve Becker and Color by Jeff McComsey
The Vitual Model, in Software
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Space Bastard Jump-Start 3 ::
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Who’s this PYT?
You’ll have to wait until Part 2 of Space Bastard to find out who she is and why she’s important enough to get her own spot here on the Fictory blog.
As I work out these concepts, I realize how much I enjoy playing with very simple gradients. Perhaps there’s something to that, something that will find it’s way into the art for Space Bastard Part 2.
Be sure to check out the latest page of Space Bastard Part 1: PopGun
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More Jump-start concepts for Space Bastard ::
Friday, December 17th, 2010
I’ve been hard at work these cold winter days on new concept art for the upcoming space bastard chapter. Here’s Jack Molly flying through space.
Jack Molly, Going where no man has gone before
Again I’ve been playing with Gradiants. Space Bastard Part 2 will be much more colorful then part one, and I’ve been working enjoying the process of figuring that out.
…And don’t forget to check out the latest page of Part 1:PopGun, or read it from the beginning…
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STABB GUNNER: FROM SCRIBBLES TO FINISH ::
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Here’s a little behind the scenes look at how the Stabb Gunner workflow goes. It’s pretty much exactly like any other comic book team. I write, Courtland pencils, and I ink, color and letter. Sometimes the talented Ashley McCague is kind enough to drop in some base colors for us. Along the way, Courtland and I work out any problems the final page might sprout up as we move to a finish. When we’re ready to actually print these bad boys, we’re going to take a pass at every page, and change anything that stills bugs us after it’s in the bag! Check out the finished page HERE, or just start from the BEGINNING!
Tags: Courtland Ellis, Joseph Krzemienski
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