Any of you web-commickers showing up for this? I'm not going to the con itself due to shall we say capital fluidity issues... but perhaps I can join up with a group who are meeting up after doors close one of the con-days. Toss me a message if you are going to be in town.

Congratulations to on hitting that 25,000 pageview.

I'm launching an occasional feature on my DA. Called "You Should Love This More". From time to time I'll feature a piece that has incredibly low +favs and in my opinion deserves better. This is one of the few melee pieces I've ever done... this and Battle at the Orcan Skymill (which is my #2 +fav) are about it for that genre. A LOT of time and energy went into it, it almost seems like a crime to me that no one loves it... I love it. I wouldn't marry it... But I'd definitely establish a regular motel hookup with it.



The Paladin in it has been creeping into more and more of my work. I think he's turning into a character on me.

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I've noticed that lately a day doesn't go by in which either someone +watches or +faves me. I can only assume that this means I've crossed some threshold in which the number of +favs showing up on other deviant's pages has someone stumbling on my work with more regularity. It will be interesting in the coming days, as I'm about to upload several pieces I've been working on if this phenomena continues to trickle in or increases more exponentially or even at all.

What still isn't happening, much to my chagrin, is an increase in popularity for my non fan/commission work. While my 40K offerings are good for a hundred or so +faves on average it seems I've yet to impress anyone with my own IPs.

So here's some originals that just aren't getting the love... check them out if you've got time.

Watching Lost in Translation... love this movie...maybe I should do an homage..

Ladies and gentlemen I've obtained a Samsung Galaxy Note. Which points to one valid question.... what drawing apps do you like for droid stylus?

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Since 1986 when I picked up my first copy of Rogue Trader I've wanted to contribute to that intellectual property. I'm thirty-freaking-eight years old now... and I've still not managed to pull that off. So I'm thinking I'm going to do 5 epic illustrations set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe for the purpose of sending to their submissions department.

The first three images I've already got planned out.

1) "Litany of Hate": A glimpse of Dark Angels receiving benediction in a Codex Astartes congregation hall.
2) "Semperis Fortunae": You've met the crew of the Semperis Fortunae via my 40K gallery. See them assembled and on deck.
3) "Orcan Skymill (Redux)": I like the original. But I see so many ways it could be improved.

Any suggestions on 2 more to compliment the collection?

A few months back I announced that had become the first client to ever pay me for sequential work. It was an extremely exciting event in my life.  I'm pleased to announce that I've finally finished the art on all five pages of the short.



It was an extremely valuable educational experience for me. I learned a lot about my own process (mostly where it doesn't work and needs to be perfected) and visual storytelling. I'm extremely grateful to Scott for taking a chance on me with this as they are lessons I'd never have learned otherwise. Being pre-paid for the work meant it had to get done. That meant getting past my own worst enemy: me. I have the hardest time accepting my artwork as complete. This is a problem if you ever want to be read. So I had no choice but to get things to a point where I simply didn't hate them and move forward to the next page and so on until all 5 were done.

Even so Scott was extremely patient with my own need to rework pages. I must have redrawn panel 1 of page 1 10 times before I finally decided I had to move forward even my work wasn't perfect. I'd say that is the single most valuable lesson I learned from the experience. I also learned that drawing for someone else exercises a brain muscle that drawing for yourself does not. Fortunately for me Scott is an extremely easy client to draw for. He's almost too appreciative of whatever I'd show him. So much so that I was relieved when he finally told me a panel didn't work and I had to redo it. Relieved because it meant he actually liked my other pages and wasn't just too nice to say otherwise.

I'm going to be taking a lot less pin-up style commissions for a while so that I can try and solicit more sequential client work. I just learn and grow so much through that process that I think I really need to focus on that kind of work for a while. I might take a crack at some contest work if I can find it. And if I can scare up more anthology clients like Scott I'll be taking those on as well.

I'm looking for a group of Doggebi hunters. What's that? It's a precious inner circle really. Before "Sisters" can launch I need to have about 6 weeks of pages in the can. The hunters will be a very select few allowed to see those pages before anyone else. In theory holding me accountable to doing them one a week until the 6 week buffer is built. This really isn't for everyone... rather its for people who really want to follow the webcomic when it is released to such a degree they would commit to actively nagging me for pages.

PM me if you think that's you. I'll probably pick four total. This will be handled via circles on g+ or groups on FB. So state which of the two you have accounts in.

This is frustrating the crap out of me. I thought hand toning would give it a nice rustic look. But I'm afraid it just looks cheap... or maybe I'm my own worst critic. I'm deeply envious of guys like Scottie Young and Ashley Wood who make the "raw look" look so professional.