keithdraws

Well first off I moved to Texas and Wendy and I got married.
We are very happy.


I wish you Peace and Freedom

As you may have noticed around October I decided to drop out of  working on Antichrist. Unfortunately though I loved the work, the complexity of my style meant I could not  continue working on it  because it wasn't paying enough to make it viable and it was using up every spare moment I had. I couldn't even  find five minutes to play with my kids. I must emphasize that  this was not in any way Betvin's fault, it was my fault. I'm such a perfectionist and was working to a standard so high I could not meet the deadlines and since I was paid by the page it was impossible for me to make it pay. The comic is funded by the Author Betvin Geant so, this not being his full time job, is quite pressed on the budget. Anyway after many attempts to find a solution I finally decided I  had to drop out. It was a difficult decision Since Betvin was incredibly patient and helpful with me. He really is one of the best comic writers I have ever come across. Antichrist really is an epic story and I wish I could have found a way to stick with it. However I think it's worked out okay because  he now has a great artist working on the team called "Kay" and though his style is very different to mine, the work I've seen so far is incredible. The amazing  Milton Das is the colorist. Keep your eyes pealed, its due to be published in 10 months and I really recommend  buying it

As for me...
Well after leaving the Antichrist team I decided to try my hand at book covers and to my utter amazement I have become very successful. In fact that's the main reason for this post. I am looking for assistants with particular skills.

I need 3D modelers who are good with low poly general work and high detailed textures.
I need photo manipulators/compositors
I need typographers who are good with logos.

You wont be designing or creating any cover in its entirety, you'l be working as part of a team with layouts and guidance.
Its all paid work and no waiting around, as soon as the cover is completed you get paid.

Instead of doing this I could just whack up my prices, but I want to create a book cover design and production service that is within the reach of any self publisher and have the capacity to service the demand. But I can't do this alone. So if you know anybody who fits the bill or you want to try out yourself send me a note.

Thanks everybody

I've just been through one of the most grueling years of my life.
Started off  working on Betvin Geant's "Antichrist The last Day Chronicles".  We worked together to find a style that suited and then produced the samples to send out. It took a few months and a lot of hard work, and I learned a lot. Unfortunately we couldn't find a publisher.

Anyway fortunately  for me as I finished that I was approached by the band Twelve Foot Ninja twelvefootninja.com/ and I set about adapting/writing and doing all the art for their new comics/graphic novel.. Basically it consists of 12 * 6 page comics that together comprise one graphic Novel of 72 pages. Each issue/chapter  is inspired by a track on the new album and people who buy the album will get a copy of the comic in digital form with an option to buy them as printed comics for a small fee.

Production of TFN was an incredible experience for me. First there was the writing. I had to stick within the limits of the TFN world and work very short but complete stories out for each song (6 pages is quite a challenge). I wanted to write something that actually had an effect and at the same time reference many of the problems faced by people today, in exactly the same way the songs do. I hope I managed it.

Anyway, after writing and roughing out each issue I would then set about doing the final art.

At first it took me about 3 or four days a page but by issue 4 I got it down to between 8 and 14 hours a page. This was fortunate  because  my deadline was looming and I knew I had to kick out a page a day from that point on to make it.

Anyway here we are 72 pages later and its in the can and will be published in the coming weeks. As soon as its out I will be able to publish some tasters and hopefully some of you  kind folx will go down to the TFN website and buy it. The music is amazing and inspiring so I heartily recommend it if only for that.

Anyhow, while all that was happening Betvin was trying to find a way to get  "Antichrist The last Day Chronicles" off the ground. After it got this review : comicsforge.com/2012/04/antich… He decided that we must produce it and he would fund it himself  So just 10 minutes ago I signed a contract to do all the pencils. We managed to find a colorist (who I will introduce to you soon if it works out) which takes a considerable amount  of pressure off me and means I can work more normal hours and get weekends off.

So now,  not only do I have at least 12 months job security, I'll be working on a very different, exciting and challenging comic. This makes me feel good and I hope it gives all of you hope of getting somewhere. You see less than five years ago I didn't have any comic work in my portfolio at all and had only just decided to try and become a comics artist and writer. Now here I am able to call myself exactly that.

As they say in one of the greatest movies of all time (Galaxy Quest) "Never give up, Never surrender!" You wont be sorry.

Yes put the word porn in the title of an image and you will get lots of page views.
"The most viewed deviation is Is it porn? with 21,518 views."
I don't know if I should feel sad about this.

I just set up a chat room called "uncannychat" where you can come and talk about , comics, art or pretty much anything on your mind (so long as its not hair die and shopping)
You can go on cam if you want and even transmit your live drawing
Its probably going to be just me because I just set it up but come anyway.
I just read Red Son and I wanna discuss it.

COME HERE: tinychat.com/uncannychat