Pedro Rises

Heya peoples!

This week I'm featuring Pedro. Who is he? I have no idea, just a character design I was fooling around with. In the last five years or so I've really gotten interested in westerns, so I've been wanting to do an old west themed character. I originally did this in full color but I didn't like the feel of it so I wound up with the sepia tone version. From there, the torn paper feel just seemed like the next logical step. Anyways I hope you dig my man Pedro. I might use him again in the future.

In Air-Heart news, I've been hard at work on the next story. I've made some good progress and I'm inking pages. The next story will be taking our heroes under the seas where unexpected adventure awaits! It turned out to be a pretty cool story and I really like how the character designs turned out. When I have some more finished work, I'll be sure to post a preview.

That's all for now kiddies! Enjoy your weekend.

KABOOM!

Just a quick update today - I've been working on some side projects lately, so I haven't been as steady about my posting schedule. I've been working on a bunch of things including the second Air-Heart book. I'm on the first story and working through the thumbnails. As much as I'd love to tell you about some of my other side projects I can't really go into until I know they're locked in.

In the mean time I thought that Amelia could regale you with her jumping away from an explosion. I thought it would be fun to do something with a nice burst of color. That's it for today, hopefully next week I will have more news!

Air-Heart: Taking Flight NOW ON SALE!!!

Ladies and gentlemen the time has finally come, Air-Heart: Taking Flight is now on sale. The book is 90 pages, and only $9.99! You can order your copy HERE There will also be a permanent link on the right side of the blog. If you've been waiting for a chance to grab a copy, now's the time.

I'm super excited that the first book is finally complete. I can't wait to hear how people enjoy it. If you grab a copy, be sure to share your comments with me. Its been a real journey putting this book together, but the journey has only just begun - The next book is already underway! Order up, and happy reading Pilots!

Happy New Year! (And the first post of 2011!)

Hello Everyone!

Its been a little bit since I've posted, but I was busy putting the finishing touches on the first book! That's right, it's almost done. In fact, all I'm waiting on is to receive my advance copy so I can make sure that everything came out correctly. After that the book will be on sale. Once the book is on sale I'll be posting a permanent link here on the site that will take you directly to the buying page.

In the meantime, I've also gone ahead and finished quite a few of the thumbnails for my next Air-Heart book. I'll be posting my progress on that in the near future. With any luck I should be inking the next story sometime next week.

Well it's a start to another year, and I've got some important new years resolutions that I aim to stick to. Most of them are health and job related. What about you? Any awesome new years resolutions you wanna share? Well that's all for this week folks! Catch you next time.

Hello From Florida!

Hello everyone!

A quick update from Florida. I'm currently vacationing and enjoying visiting my family. I've been working on a lot of concept sketches for the second volume of Air-Heart. While the first volume hasn't been published yet, its never to early to start on the ideas for the next. In fact I've got most of it figured out already.

The sketch to right is a concept for an undercover Skyrate outfit for Amelia. I thought it would be fun to put her into some swashbuckling threads.

As far as my current progress on finishing volume one I'm still in the beginning stages of shading but I should be finished on time if not earlier. At this point I only need to hammer out a cover design and finish shading. Then you'll be able to get your copy! Finally! I'll try to post again soon by my internet connection will be a bit sporadic while I'm still on the road... Until then my fellow Pilots!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey folks!

Just a short post today. I finally finished inking the last page of my third and final story for the book. Next up I have to design the cover.

I'll be taking a little time off for the next few weeks to visit the family for the holidays. Hope you all have a great Turkey Day! I'll be sure to post the cover when its done.

Crying In The Rain

Here it is folks!

The cover for the last story to be featured in my upcoming three story book entitled Air-Heart: Taking Flight. This cover is a bit of a departure from the previous two, and features a very somber Amelia. The story of course, has the answers to why. I don't want to give anything away, so you'll just have to wonder until the book comes out.

I'm only a few short pages away from finally finishing the inking and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Its been a long process but its nice to see it all coming to fruition. I'm very excited for the release of the book and I hope everyone will show their support by buying the book. In the meantime I hope you enjoy the cover. More info next week!

Hey everyone!

Its that time of week once again. And this time, I'm proud to report that the book is nearing completion. I'm on page 11 of the final story and I should be done in the next week or two. After that it will only be a short period before the book is ready to go. The book will be around 100 pages and be for sale on amazon and lulu. I'll be releasing more information on all that in the days to come. I'll also provide a permanent link on the website to purchase the book.

In the meantime I've created a Facebook contest to win a free copy of the book. Its a funny caption contest and you may enter by strolling on over to my FB page.

I've also created a group page for Air-Heart on Facebook as well. I'll be updating the group regularly with information on the upcoming release of the book. Of course, I'll also be continuing to keep you updated here on the blog. Stay tuned!

Lights Out!

Hello once again folks! Its another week, so here's another post! This week I'm happy to report that I've finally finished the thumbnails for the final story in my first Air-Heart book. Its going to be around 25 pages or so and I thinks its the best story of the three. I'm looking to begin inking this weekend. I have some vacation time coming up so its possible that I might be able to finish the story by the end of the year. I'm still not sure about the release date yet, as I'd like to be well underway with the second volume by the time the first comes out. So I may stagger the release some so that they overlap a bit. That's all to figure out once I have the book completed. As I work on the next story, I'll be sure to post some of my progress for you to check out. Keep on rockin', see you next post.

Happy Halloween!

Heya fellow ghouls and ghosts,

Its that time of year once again, Halloween! Lenny's favorite time of year, and one of mine too. This year Lenny stars in my Halloween piece. You'll notice he's got yours truly trapped inside that mysterious crystal ball. The piece was really fun to work on, having such thick bold lines is a real treat. My regular work is a bit more delicate than this, so it was fun to really cut loose. I'm pretty happy with how the lighting came out as well. I had a vision in my head but I wasn't sure if I could pull it off. As it turns out I came pretty close to what I had envisioned. I hope you enjoy it, and Halloween this year. Be good, and be bad, but mostly get mad candy!