Sunday, February 14, 2010
Ignore the Muses
Friday, February 12, 2010
Greetings in 2010 some more!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Greetings in 2010
Its been a year and two days since I last posted. That's a long time, but much has happened in that time; I lost my job and moved to Missouri with my wife when she was transferred and have remained gainfully (un) employed for nearly the entire time. While this kind of thing happens to many people all the time, it was the first major challenge in my married life, and it wrecked havoc on my creativity. But I fought through it, and have been able to create some artwork that helped me grow better. So here is a new start:
Kid Rangers Meet Space Snails
Digital Mixed Media
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sea Dogs of Mars: Beyond Zudacomics.com
Greetings family, friends, and fans.
Sea Dogs of Mars placed 6th in the January competition on zudacomics.com. To all of you who supported SDofM with your vote and comments, thank you. Just because it didn't win the competition, it doesn't mean there isn't any more story to tell. In fact, there are 2 additional pages at the bottom of this post that weren't part of the competition, and 2 more pages are on the way. I plan on continuing this story, not because Im stubborn, but because I think there is more story to tell, and I want to share it with you. While it may take some time to get the updates up, and new pages illustrated, Sea Dogs of Mars will continue. For now, enjoy. Also, stay tuned for more concept work that will be added for a couple of new projects I'll be working on for my next Zuda submission.
Thanks for stopping by.
-Miticis (Chris)
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Monday, January 5, 2009
Sea Dogs of Mars on Zudacomics.com
Greetings Friends and Family.
Click on the image below to link to my comic hosted by Zuda.
In order to kick start my career as a comic artist, I need your help and support!
Join,Vote, Give a star rating, make it your favorite, and leave a comment, its pretty easy!
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Sea Dogs of Mars: development updates!
Greetings! Here is some character development out of my sketchbook for characters you will see in my impending project Sea Dogs of Mars. I haven't made it into the December competition at Zudacomics.com, but my hopes are high that I will make it in the January competition just in time for my birthday. We shall see. Otherwise, enjoy!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Sea Dogs of Mars updates...
Yeah, its been a couple weeks since my last post, but I've been away for a good reason; I just recently finished and submitted my 8 page intro for Sea Dogs of Mars. Though I can't post the artwork for those pages just yet, I can show you some promo material I've been working on.
Go ahead... take a look.
Presented in 1280 x 800 high definition, 2 Sea Dogs of Mars Wallpapers! They are the Adrianne variants, Gorkin's are coming soon. Enjoy.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Daily Illustration: Sick Car
It has been a while since I've done one of these dailies; I've been very busy working on my Sea Dogs of Mars submission, but I look forward to doing them more often when I have the time.
So one day after work, my wife noticed a puddle of liquid under my car as she was getting ready to pick me up. I was concerned when she told me this, and upon my own investigation I noticed it also smelled vaguely like pizza after parking the car. I took the car to the mechanic a couple weeks after letting it sit and got the very unpleasant news that my car was leaking coolant out of a malfunctioning head gasket. It was also advised that while they fix this problem, seeing as how the engine would need to be somewhat taken apart that they also spend the time replacing the timing belt and a few other things. I gave my consent to let them fix all the issues, and my car has been in the shop almost a week so far. I imagine my car lifted up, under an I.V. being operated on by a team of E.R. car techs. So I decided to draw that.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Disciples of the Red Horizon
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sea Dogs of Mars: Jade Lotus Delivery badge
This is a design I worked up for the Jade Lotus Delivery service that Adrianne Mc Cowan operates as a front for her clandestine smuggling and treasure hunting activities. Im thinking about how Im going to incorporate it in the comic page art, pictured on the back of her vest in pages to come. Below is a process sheet showing how I ideated the design.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Daily Illustration
Here is another batch of tertiary character designs for my new project, Sea Dogs of Mars. The left is a concept I have for a female version of the Martian Merchant Marines, a paramilitary law enforcement agency charged with enforcing trade laws over the sea and sky of Mars. Every adventure story needs to have a menacing law element right?
The right is a character design for the bar tender of the Boars Tooth Tavern, Cord Baxter. The Boars Tooth will be a regular hang out of Adrianne and Gorkin's in the stories to come, and Cord has some history with Adrianne, which will be revealed later.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Daily Illustration
Monday, October 13, 2008
Daily Illustrations
For today's daily illustration, some concept art/process for my current project Sea Dogs of Mars.
Problem: The main characters will be traveling the high seas of Mars, but what do martian ships look like? I want to maintain an aesthetic of used/futuristic while also conveying a spirit of swashbuckling adventure. So here is some of my process in trying to develop a design for the Jade Lotus, the simple but trusty scow that Adrianne and Gorkin adventure in.
Some of the most important characters in a given story are the ones that are only given a panel or two of time within; supporting characters, or extras give the story a sense of place and supply substance for the world the main characters live and adventure in. They may be in the background, but their design helps to define the rest of the environment.
Problem: The main characters will be traveling the high seas of Mars, but what do martian ships look like? I want to maintain an aesthetic of used/futuristic while also conveying a spirit of swashbuckling adventure. So here is some of my process in trying to develop a design for the Jade Lotus, the simple but trusty scow that Adrianne and Gorkin adventure in.
The ships will have sails that capture wind for locomotion, but also collect solar energy to power the antiquated engines below deck.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Daily Illustration: Gorkin Courbear
This is a sketch portrait of Gorkin Courbear, the side-kick adventurer of Adrianne Mc Cowan. He's helping Adrianne search for her treasure and a bit of intrigue by searching for the origins of his people. He's also got a secret he's keeping from Adrianne that could destroy their friendship, or bring them fantastic fortune and glory.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Daily Illustration: Adrianne Mc Cowan
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Daily Illustration: Holy Diver
First a song by Dio, than a cover by Killswitch Engage, Holy Diver mesmerized my wife and I when we first heard it. So I did a little research on the term, and found that the Holy Diver was supposedly a man accused of being a witch and sentenced to be drowned. A couple of days after his execution (they tied a bag of rocks to his feet and bound his arms, and dunked him in the sea), he was seen walking through town, and it was determined that he was protected by God for how else could he have survived?
Anyways, we loved the lyrics to the songs, full of fantasy overtones, so much, that both Deb and I decided to make art about the Holy Diver character. So here it is.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Daily Illustration
Daily Illustration: The Cheese Cake Fairy
The curse of every comic illustrator, concept artist, or character designer is the appearance of cheesecake art in their portfolio. We've all created it, male or female, it doesn't matter. Its part of our imagination, part of our drive to create imagery that is pleasant to look at. Whenever that particular muse strikes me, I try to tilt it into another direction so as to not completely be taken over by it. For this daily illustration, Im going to call it what it is, The Cheese Cake Fairy.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Daily Illustration: Inspiration
For me, being artistic is like floating on an island through space; it can be full of adventure and excitement. But sometimes it can feel like black desolation, like floating through a void when I can't think of anything to draw or when my ideas just flop. Every once in a while though, an idea will spring up, like a wily dragon, begging me to grab on and take it for a ride.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Daily Illustration
My pet tortoise Winston's heat lamp stopped working the other day, and he started acting like it was time to hibernate without it. When Deb and I got him another one, with infrared, he perked up and started eating lettuce like crazy. Sometimes I imagine what he would be like if he were huge, big enough to put a town on top of his shell. So I decided to draw that.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Daily Illustration 2
Daily Illustration 1
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Daily Illustration
Daily Illustration
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