Chipmunk Samurai colored and printed 12:14 PM

As promised- color version of the Chipmunk Samurai drawing I did earlier in the year. I did this one as an homage to 60's Japanese silkscreened movie posters. It's pretty rare for me to nail the colors as well as I did from the photoshop mock up to the actual prints so I'm pretty happy with the results. I made 40 of these prints and will be selling them at Stumptown and TCAF comic festivals. I might also make a t-shirt out of it since my studiomates said they'd buy one- 

Squid ATTACK! 11:32 AM

Yep, it's been awhile since I've last posted but mind you, I wasn't sitting on my hands- that would make it hard to draw. I'm still silkscreening stuff all over the place and there is no limit to my ambition. I'm currently prepping to make a limited edition run of a four color accordion book that'll feature the artwork posted here. This drawing is just under four feet long and it took me a few days to ink up. Now all that I have do is prep the color separations and design a cover. I'll be debutting this at Stumptown and Toronto comic festivals (They're a week apart and in different countries so I think it's fair to say I'm debutting it at both) SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO!

In meantime, here's a comparison of the inks and the pencils!

Chipmunk Samurai! 1:55 PM

Happy New Year with a bunch of Samurai Chipmunk drawings. I've been sketching these guys for awhile and I intend to silkscreen a few, Mainly as prints maybe a t-shirt or two.

When I throw some color on these I'll repost them. 

Goodbye 2012 with an Octopus. 3:59 PM

Twas an alright year but now it's about to be over. I thought it's best to send it out with an Octopus. Why an Octopus? why not an Octopus. So, goodbye 2012! we didn't all die, we re-elected a president (which, some view as the same as dying- they're just being a tad bit over dramatic), we witnessed some pretty tragic things from Connecticut to Sandy- hopefully we'll learn from those events and actually do better. Let's hope for that.

Up next. 2013 when I'll silkscreen that cephalopod.

Got into to TCAF! 1:26 PM

You heard that right. I was selected to exhibit at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! From what I understand it is relatively difficult to get into and is supposed to be a fantastic festival so I am really excited to be able to exhibit!

I'm not going alone either. Two of my studio mates also got in. Aya Kakeda and Jen Tong- half of our studio will be exhibiting! cooler beans.

I'll be debuting all sorts of new stuff including my ongoing and ever-expanding tropes into silkscreen printing! The image was one of the last things I printed before the labs shut for the break.

Cheers

The Continuing Adventures in Silkscreening 12:48 PM

So after a bit of rough start (i.e. making as many mistakes as I could in a given time), I'm starting to get the hang of silk screening. I'm now venturing into three colors with the Red Riding Hood image that I appropriated from a comic I did a few years back. I edited all the word balloons out of the image and made it a bit stouter- I'll be selling the print at comic conventions so keep your eyes out for it!