News for February

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Granted a little belated. Wow,  I got some exciting news for this month. But first a real big apology for the lack of activity on Patreon, things got a little crazy with an upcoming season of commissions and private graphic work. But everything now has a time and a place and a little edit to my schedule I now have two whole days back to back to devote to drawing and being human, YAY! So let's get started...

Pic of the month Prints available for Tier 3 and up  Patrons!

The fine folks at Ka-blam digital printing sent me my first round of prints through the mail, and they look great. They are a fine stock 11x17 poster which I will mail to you via U.S. post. Shipping and handling is covered on my end. Get in on this deal and get your prints every month.

Name change and upcoming contest!

Well it has been brought to my attention that there is a novel by the name of Fatal Flowers. A minor set back in the grand scheme of things to be sure, but that only means for more interaction with all of you. So for the moment I am calling the art book "Project Dungeon" until a better name is to be found.

So in the next few months I will be starting a naming contest for the new book, and will post the contest on all my social media feeds with rules and how to get involved

(And yes there will be prizes and maybe cake).

Final design and layout for biography page coming up!

Thank you for all your patience on this one. I know it has been awhile since I posted anything on the development of the page layouts for the art book. But I finally got something that I have been really digging and will be posting it up this week (Although my Deviant Art friends already got a really cool sneak peek).

New commission season coming in March!

So I am almost done with the last bit of my commissions and wow I took on way too much before christmas. Never again am I gonna take a load that big. However, starting mid March I will be opening a new season of commissions, there will be only six slots available and then the next season will start in June. Stay tuned I will let you all know when I am taking in new orders.

Well that is all for February I hope you all have a special day with your one true love, and if that is not the case I love ya all the same. 

Take care.

The Comicsmith

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Wow where did November go? I hope everyone had an amazing month and got a lot of yummy in their tummies on Thanksgiving.

Well the month of November was great and a lot of you got to see some of the initial design, sketches, rough formats and beginning layouts for the Fatal Flowers Art Book. I hope you all enjoyed what has been comin out and please keep those comments coming!

Thank you all so much for supporting this crazy idea, keep spreading the word and staying tuned we are gonna make some noise!

For my patrons out there I got some good news for the month of December.

- Pic of the month is coming up.

-Fatal Flower Character design and sketches are almost done and lines are soon to follow.

-At the end of the month you are going to see a finalized page layout. This has been really tricky and I think you are gonna absolutely love this.

-I still have four slots available for OC submissions, so if you know anyone who wants to be a part of the book spread the word.

Anyway I am back to the old drawing board. I hope you all have an amazing December! See you soon.

Hello hello hello! Well some good news and some bad news. First we'll do some bad news. I have been bed ridden for the last four days now, due to some torn muscles along my lower back.

Now the good part! I have been actually drawing and getting stuff done. I have redone or recovered a lot of the missing commission work (from a crashed PC) with more on the way. My new laptop has been sick! Getting stuff done on a touch display has been a good change. I even got the lines almost done on my Star Wars "Courier" piece.

Toning down the initial sketch and cleaning up the unwanted parts, I am adding a little texture for  the piece. Soon I will be done with the lines and clean those up a bit and on to Flat colors!

Stay tuned and thanks for all the great comments!

Wilsh and Tis "Courier" Rough

Hello folks! I know it has been way too long since my last post. Well a lot has happened recently that took a bit of my time. But now I am back and getting ready for some more art projects that are coming my way. In the mean time I saw the new Force awakens trailer and it started up some old beloved memories of my days playing STAR WARS the Role playing game. So I started this fun little rough of two characters I absolutely loved. My OC Jedi Knight, Wilsh Litok and his lady friend slash mercenary for hire Tis Harn who was the creation of one of my good buddies.

I love the title courier, it kinda sets the mood for the adventure these two would be having. Obviously an important message must be delivered by these two, but dark forces start to conspire against them.

Anyway stay tuned and keep sending in those comments I love so much. Thank you.

WOW! Well hello...

Wow where to begin well lets go down the following.

1. Computer is back up and running at full capacity, F you adware and malware, and a big thanks to googles beta malware remover.

2. Unfortunately during the reformat phase I lost all my code keys to my current art software. Lame!

3. I decided not to beat around the bush about it anymore and have just purchased Manga Studio 5 EX, the super pro edition of my beloved software.

4. For those of you who have been waiting on me I apologize for there has been no real convenient way to communicate.

5. I will have more art up and running soon and will be opening up my commissions schedule soon in about a month or so. So if you have any ideas now is the time to start thinking things up.

6. Easter was awesome I ate a lot of ham and deviled eggs.

Shaun "The Comicsmith"

SET THE TONE!

Hello everyone! Wow what a crazy couple of months it has been. Well I finally got some down time at the house and since I am waiting for another load of laundry, I figure I write up another post for my samurai pic I have been picking at.

So last we left I applied the flats to the image, In this post I am applying some base tones. Using a simple brush tool I have been laying down some reds that are a bit darker than the flat. When I am doing this I am trying to keep an image in my head as to how the clothing has shape and weight. I am not shadowing the image as of yet, but more just adding a bit of texture to it just for a little extra detail. Keeping it simple and touching it up as I go.

"Cohi and Sakura, traveling the road" digital illustration with applied tones.
-Shaun W. Lieb 2015.

After I am satisfied with my tones layer, I will follow it up with smoothing out the dark red to create a little blend between the reds. So stay tuned!

Shaun.