You see nothing...

I got bored, and that is a dangerous thing. Here's a script that acadia and I came up with forever ago.

What does this mean for AT? Who knows, ask me in the morning.



-W

The Path Sketch Dump

So, after the Bendis wall of text left last time, I thought I'd balance it out with a sketch dump. Most of these will be in The Path sketchbook that I've been talked into doing.













And that's that.
-Riot!

Update from the front.

"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Is something I've been hearing a lot of lately. Usually in frantic, angry tones on my voicemail from family members, various freelance employers and internet friends who actually have my cell number...since I don't have internet at my new place as of yet.

Goddamn, time does fly when you're moving and have no internet with which to avail people of the knowledge that you are, in fact, moving.

So, I've moved. It was incredibly inconvenient, and the new neighborhood is less than favorable (despite a Taco Bell across the street), and it is a good hour away from anything I like to do and everyone I like to hang out with. WHY would I move, then, you may be asking? Well, because my roomies wanted to move and the notice they gave me was not sufficient to go find a place of my own with the meager savings I had left after a season of convention-hopping. Sure, they'd been talking about moving for a few months, but each time they spoke of it it was like a chain-smoker saying, "Yeah...this week I'm quitting." Every possible relocation was spoken like a pipe-dream and disappeared like a whisp of smoke so fast that I got to the point that I didn't think they were actually going to go through with it. I LIKED my old place. It took me two years to actually feel at home there. To surround myself with a few friends and a few bars that I enjoyed frequenting and settle into a decent pantomime of a productive life. NOW, when my girlfriend comes over, I have to leave my apartment complex to meet her where she parks and walk her in for fear of her being raped or mugged between the gate and my door. My now four hour round trip commute to work isn't exactly a selling point for this new residence either. Nor are the creepy neighbors or the equally creepy staff of the complex. It's like I've stumbled upon a mexican version of Innsmouth (Go ahead, look it up. I'll wait.) and, while this prospect would normally be exciting to a Lovecraft fanatic like myself, it is less so when you're wondering if today is the day your fish-eyed neighbors make a move for your female friends when you're at work.

I don't know how long I'll be dealing with Casa Del Innmouth, though, as the little lady and I are talking about taking a giant leap towards wanting to murder eachother and move in together. Seeing as how between my place and hers we've pretty much been living together ANYWAYS, and we're sort of at the point where neither of us can sleep without the other around we're both pretty sold on the idea (even though another move may cause me to start hurling small children into the ocean). Plenty of other reasons, but we all know how I dislike talking in terms of hoo-mahn emotions and such.

For those of you waiting with bated breath for news of WWTX '08 (I'ma lookin' at you, Carly) I have no effing clue at the moment. If there are still tables available as of the 7th of September (which is when I'll have the $$$ to do something about it), then we're good to go. If not, then I've let you all down. There's just been too much on my plate the last few months and WWTX unfortunately fell by the wayside. Worse comes to worse, I'll have plenty of time to make sure there's an MM presence at WWLA.

Phineus and the Great Jaguar Paw 2 Cover

Here's an in=progress peek at the cover for the new Phineus story, premeiring in September!

Have you ever wondered...

Mayor McCheeseburger seems really cool, I mean he's got a cheeseburger head! A FREAKIN' CHEESEBURGER HEAD I SAY! How awesome would that be? Like what if he had a son with not only a cheeseburger head, but also chicken wing feet...holy crap you couldn't contain that kinda WIN! Well it seems like a great "concept" but in reality I think it would suck, I think it would be a disability actually... (see below)

Radish Face.

So I'm feeling super cut off from MM lately. It's -probably- due to the fact that I only talk to one of you on a semi-regular basis. As for the rest of you, I just sort of assume that you still exist and are working on artsy things. :P

As for myself, I'm awaiting the release of Warhammer and am celebrating my very first pay raise. ( Even though I actually see less money right now than I have in a while ) I'm enjoying Muay Thai and my Pit Bull is driving me crazy. My comic making is on hold as I try to decide what exactly I should do.

Can I has cheezeburgers?

Level Up!

I've been doing daily digital painting studies, because I'm tired of being terrified of using my tablet for anything but flat coloring. I was checking out an AMAZING artists portfolio and saw that they had a tutorial. Intrigued, and hopeful of gleaning the secrets to digital painting I checked it out. The techniques they discussed wasn't anything I hadn't seen before, and so, I thought to myself, "Great, another amazing individual to be jealous of."

But, before I left the page, I noticed that they discussed doing daily studies to get better. I looked at some of there examples and realized that once again, this was just someone waaay more talented than myself. The last linked image however had a very small message next to it saying, "And here, to show you all that you can do it, is MY very first daily study." Upon investigating the image, I then realized that with everything else in this field, all it takes is time. :D

Thusly, I've started down the path, and here is day #2.


-J

Where the hell/What the hell have I BEEN DOING

BEEN A WHILE SINCE I POSTED SOMETHING HERE, HUH?

New character design for a new project.

Jaguar Paw #2 Sketches

Here are some preliminary sketches I've done for the upcoming Great Jaguars Paw #2. I am starting both that and Creephunter #2, so I have a lot of design work to do! I don't know if you've ever done the ramp up for a story you've not written, but the trying to visualize another's story takes a great deal of work. But boy it is fun!

I'll keep hacking away at this and the pages will post soon enough!

Rock.

Barry

I May Be in Trouble Here

As of this time next week, I'll be completely moved in to my new place. I can't wait for the month-long cluster-fuck to be over. Then I'll be able to get back to drawing! I haven't had time to sit down and draw anything more than a one-panel Antisocial comic in weeks! My brain is going to overflow and try to kill me if this isn't remedied soon.

In other news, yeah. Meeting the girlfriend's dad at the end of the week. Which, under normal circumstances, I would blow off or come up with the most glorious of excuses to get out of or even use it as an opportunity to get out of dating a girl altogether...but I do believe I may be getting clobbered over the head with the dreaded "L" word here, and so I'll put in the effort. I do believe that counts as the seventh sign. The apocalypse is well on its way.

I've not seen TDK yet. I'm hoping to do so next week. I HAVE seen Hellboy 2 seven times, though.

And that's that.
-Riot!

Eeeeeee!

Guess who just updated her comiiiiiic. ;)

http://www.drunkduck.com/Grog/

And in other news, Charlie was the Daily Puppy last Monday. Clearly we rock. :D

http://www.dailypuppy.com/puppies/Charlie-the-Spaniel-Mix_2008-07-14

TDK

What's with the great movies this summer? Hellboy was great, and TDK was great

Just got back from the Preview of the Preview (roomie works as theater)

and guys, all I have to say is

This movie is intense like a roller coaster.

Can't wait to discuss it with you kids

Fan Art Contest!

Hey , all!

I have had some cool ass fan art done for me over the years, and I have most of it up here at Fans of Phin

Check them out! But, I want more! SO I tell you what, you guys give some, I'll not only post it, but I'll owe you! I can send Signed ashcans , guest stips or original art, your choice!

Thanks, guys!

Barry

I Can't Smile Without You

Easily one of the best parts of Hellboy 2. Hellboy and Abe getting drunk, singing along to "I Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow. I've been doing stupid sketches of them singing since I saw the movie. This is just the only one I took the 15 minutes to color.

For you young'uns who've never heard the song, here. Just imagine Ron Perlman and Doug Jones belting it in full Hellboy and Abe gear.


The move goes...albeit slowly. I can't wait for this bullshit to be over so I can get back to my life.

-Riot!

Antisocial: Date Night/Hellboy 2

Yes, I am alive.

The trip to flow-ree-dah with the current object of my affections was...good. Really good. It was nice to take time off that wasn't "race here, do con, race back, work". It was actual time off and time well spent. I feel good about where my life is headed right now.

The above comic, well, you all know how obsessed I am with Mike Mignola's big red beast of the apocalypse. Well, not ONLY does the girlfriend dig it too, BUT she encourages...nay...JOINS IN most/all of my shenanigans. So that's her painted up like a sexy version of Abe. We ARE crazy. It's fucking great.

Looks like Zac and Carly did really well at AX. Sorry I didn't make it guys, but it's probably better that way. I just would've pissed off anime geeks and made them cry anyways.

Go see Hellboy 2 tomorrow. It's fucking awesome. So awesome, I'm still smiling. There's a buddy scene with Hellboy and Abe...just...wow. So good. Now I'm off to bed.

-Riot!

Anime Expo Recap.

Big Media Post Ahead: Beware. I'll make a more detailed post when I get back to Mississippi
All the photos I took from the Convention can be found here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28318330@N02/


Also all of the Hayter Videos I took are below







Also: Contact Info Again
Just some quick info for those of you visiting from AX:

Zac's contact info is: zacfreundt@gmail.com
http://myspace.com/sceneisgay
Facebook search: Zac Freundt


Carly you can reach at creepycarly.com

Werewolf!

Here's a disign for a werewolf I did. These are among my favorite monsters! I'm gonna have to do a werewolf story again, soon!

Contact info For AX

Just some quick info for those of you visiting from AX:

Zac's contact info is: zacfreundt@gmail.com
http://myspace.com/sceneisgay
Facebook search: Zac Freundt
ALL OF MY CON PICS ARE UP ON FACEBOOK. :D


Carly you can reach from creepycarly.com



On Monday I should have all the pictures up.

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Also, anyone on the site commissions, I'm sure. Just pick their comic from the side and you can get contact info for them there.

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Billings Paperdoll

Here is one of the images for my new venture of...paper dolls! I am doing a series of paperdolls with characters from Phineus, to sell either at cons or on my website. I am still in the prototype stage.

AX

Hello, welcome if you're being directed from Anime Expo!

I hope you find something you like, and be sure to check out everyone's comments, the oekaki board (which is fun and free), and sign up on the forums!

I'll update this stuff tomorrow with pictures of cosplay and art and and and other stuff!