Nut Brown Ink Sketches

Real person, honest.

No, not honest. Just sketches from today. Caustic and N-bond. 

I'm not comfortable using N-bond's name, unless it's in context. Ask Elias (redfiremaniac).

We'll call him Negative Bond until Once Upon a Time in Chinatown: a Mace Richardson Story is complete. 

Yet another reason to get Burnout Paradise.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172825

I've wanted to get Burnout Paradise since it was released, maybe two years ago, on both Xbox 360 and PS3 (but I'd get it for Xbox, because I'm not a tool). I have always been a big fan of Criterion and their Burnout series. I played Burnout Takedown forever. Burnout Revenge, I was a little upset about, since Microsoft didn't allow backwards compatibility for the Xbox version on the 360. But that was, what, four years ago?

Burnout Paradise was always an exciting idea. One reason was the ability to jump between offline and online play, almost instantaneously, without the use of a lobby. The game could be online almost all the time. Kind of like a MMORPGer, but with a different kind of grinding.

Criterion has been very good to the game, too. The developer is always working on new DLC, which is something that should be recognized. For most games, DLC comes too few and far between. I won't list which companies and developers haven't really churned out DLC like they said they would (BioWare), because I'm talking about Burnout Paradise.

Why exactly, now more than ever, is it urgent to get Burnout Paradise?

Here is my reason:

Brian the Fro variant (pencils)

Definitely going to scan this during the week. 

Variant cover for any Mace Richardson comic, really. We don't even know when "Once Upon a Time in Chinatown" is going to take place during the overall Mace storyline.

We're working on it.

More sketch(es)

Fooling around.

Sketches (for Mace Richardson)

I will have scans of these some time within the week. Then I'll put some up on A221.

1. Brian the Fro - showcasing his rapid hair growth due to stressful situations.

2. prostitute drawn at the Society of Illustrators - I have her name already. I just don't want to put it up just in case someone feels like googling herself.

Freakin' markers (and Adam Hughes)

Been looking at a lot of marker art. Not intentionally.

Here's one from Adam Hughes (All-Star Wonder Woman [pending])

Power Girl

I wish I learned how to use markers.

More art from Mace Richardson coming soon.

Ouch.

Realized why I've been subconsciously sad these past several months. 

Hit me in the face like a brick.

Pentel Brush Pen

So, I just got this new tool. I've seen many like it, but never tried one.

I think I really like Pentel's Brush Pen because it's refillable. Gets pretty sharp and...

I don't feel like writing.

Image 01. Pentel Brush Pen. Should've unmasked it.

Image 02. Kick-Ass and Caustic.

Image 03. Caustic sneaking around.

Image 04. Bright. First or second try with the new pen.

Image 05. Spideys. No brush pen here.

Image 06. Caustic spread.

Brian the Fro in Once Upon a Time in Chinatown: A Mace Richardson Story

Preliminary scenes from ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINATOWN: A Mace Richardson Story.

Elias and I are very likely not to produce enough pages to get to his appearance, but here are some sketches for Brian the Fro, a character for our contest submission @ ENJAYKWADA. There's also a sketch of Mace's Boss, whom we haven't named yet.

(Did I use "whom" right?)

I apologize in advance for my non-scannerness.

1. Brian the Fro - basic facial sketches.

2. Brian the Fro - expanding the concept.

3. Brian the Fro - more expansion, plus: half-body, mask he wears to hide his insecure gargoyle-ness, and how he gets when he's stressed out.

4. Brian the Fro - detail of frustrated Brian.

5. Mace's Boss - sketch with custom brush; while she doesn't get in on the action in this story, she will sometime.

You know. I'm pretty sure if I wasn't working so much, I would be able to bang out five pages in seven days. 

Damn you, occupational oppression.

The End of the 1UP Show.

The End of the 1UP Show.

To be honest, I have never seen a show about video games that featured people who are just as enthusiastic and critical on video games as I am. The 1UP show was really the only place I could find valid and relatable feelings about video games in all aspects: visuals, audio, story, presentation, innovation, etc. 

I'm really thrown off by Ziff Davis' sale of the 1UP Network to UGO. All UGO has done so far is terminate the jobs of people and personalities that I looked forward to seeing every week. If maybe you don't see the damage I see, then maybe I should list all the people who were laid off in wake of the 1UP sale:

Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa 
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott 
Shane Bettenhausen 
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde

The names in bold are just names that I remember from watching the show every time it came out.

I wish the best of luck to these people in their ventures. Hopefully, they will still work together and produce something even greater.

So, I will miss the 1UP show in its core form. Will you?