Digital

Here is the promotional art I created for the premium pack of The Locked Maze 2. The first two are the bookmark and the other two are stickers/magnets. I am showing the RGB versions here, because that is how I drew it, but they do look a bit different printed in CMYK, especially Lucky (damn blues!). See the photo on the sales page below.

Lucky's phrase originated with dA's very funny and talented ElectricGecko. Gecko, note me your address, because you get a free comic pack for your troubles. :)

So, without further ado:

The Premium Pack Order Form

My printed comics are officially en route and barring any catastrophes (which I am, I know, prone), I should be mailing these out within the next two weeks. I only have 30 comics to start with, but in the unlikely circumstance they sell out, I will put a second set up for sale in a few weeks (although the extras may change - I could run out of postcards and copies of LM#1). Also, I will put the comic for sale on IndyPlanet in the next few weeks, so you can always buy it there.

Concerning custom choices in the premium pack:

• I have 20 Oak Leaf charms which I can include in the premium pack for another $5. I am initially restricting these to people who order the comic, just so I don't run out. But if there is interest, I can always make more.
• For those of you who already have a copy of Book I, just let me know in the notes field and I will substitute your choice of a charm or extra stickers/magnets.

Edit 2010/07/23: FIXED. My problem with the previous image was that I had drawn it with dark trunks, and when I switched to light trunks, the tree areas looked odd and unbalanced to me. So I ended up redrawing the trees (yes, I am that obsessive) and I am happier with the page now. The page isn't done yet, though - this is just the background. *must work faster!*

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I was pretty excited by this page when I first started working on it, but I dunno, maybe I've been staring at it too long or something. Because right now I am hating it. :/ However, after spending an entire week just tweaking the colors back and forth in a vain attempt to make up my mind, I have decided I need to just let it go and move on to the rest of the rest of the page and all the other stuff I have to do before I can officially start Book III.

In better news, I have all my Locked Maze II "extras" printed now (bookmarks! yay!) and I am just waiting for proof #2 (proof #1 was just one of many depressing failures of the past two months... *sigh*). I am not sure if I will do Paypal or etsy, but I guess since Paypal doesn't charge me to list items, they are winning in my head. Either way, there will be an official order form up in the next week or so.

I've been too busy to work on charms, but I'd like to see if I can do a set of the mini size (about 3/4 inch) for an extra $5. But that is a big maybe, since my priority now is Book III. MUST GET IT GOING SOON!

I've always been the type to watch my Serenity obsessively at home, alone, y'know, like River would. Mumbling to myself and sorting through unlabelled cans of food. :P

But when the Seattle Browncoats asked for a local design for the Can't Stop The Serenity charity screening this summer, I just had to draw this. It was screaming to be made.

And I did it all with a mouse. Because my tablet wasn't handy. And then it took all night and I am feeling just a teensy bit punchy from the fact that I haven't slept. :P

Oh, and there was a two-color limitation. I wanted to do it orange and gray-green (like, the Emerald City, y'know?), but the red was more essential to the Serenity sun, so I had to throw out the green.

Okay, so I don't think I'll have time this weekend to do a full comic. I promised to make a web page for a friend's business. It's like I'll be working all weekend, yay! :P

But after all the Valentines art being passed around dA this week, I had a few ideas of my own, and I've never actually done "filler art," so ta-da, some Valentines cards for The Locked Maze.

We had some shirts made for the office and I tweaked my version of the site logo to make this for the embroidery design.

StockCharts.com had an investing class this summer and I designed the logos and print materials.

I forgot to post these earlier, but I did some more drawings of my coworkers for the more recent hires. :)