Here are all the layouts and notes for Chapter 2.2 on post-its.
A couple years ago I did a project were I took things in my room and turned them into beats and music and recorded more stuff with synthesizers and keyboards then mashed it together and called it room sounds. It was really different than the music I was making music in Who-Rey-Grad at the time so I came up with a solo name of Volunteer Musician. I never really went to back to that style until recently.
All done with the printing of the issues. I've decided that I'm going to be printing some stickers to go along with the occasion as well, for people who don't want to pick up the issue, but still want to check out the website. Here is the design for the sticker.
The original sketch of the doctor from 2.1. I actually only did one sketch for him. He was really easy to come up with a design for. Also included is all the blog posts I intended for December.
Merry Christmas. I usually make my own wrapping paper, but this year I just turned wrapping paper inside out and drew on the backside. And here are all the presents I got for people this year. Most of the drawings have something to do with the insides.
Been checking out a lot of Jeremy Fish lately. Here is something vaguely in his style. I thought it turned out kind of cool.
Here is your daily print update. Got one issue in the bag. And I'm working on the second one. I ended up doing a whole nother round of revisions on the comic. I tweeked another 10 pages or so. As for my palns for the rest of the week. I'm probably gonna take a break after tomorrow, and do the rest on saturday and sunday. And as promised yesterday here is the process for the cover.
Here is the original sketch. I drew two or three designs, and fooled around with a bunch of other artwork before I came to this design. I actually flipped through some art books and web stuff till I remembered the cover that fabio moon did for the Myspace Dark Horse presents (link). And decided I wanted to do something like that. I remember reading this thing Dan Hipp wrote about doing covers where he said that the less colors you use the more it stands out, and that's always stuck with me, and decided I just wanted to do a two color type thing, which is when I came up with this sort of cascading idea, which I think turned out pretty well.
I wanted to include the just inked page because there is actually a ton of little details in the piece that kind of gets drowned in the colored back ground. Take a close look to see if you can find all the little references to the first chapter.
This cover may be my favorite thing that I've drawn for Northpark thus far. I think it turned out really great, and it's going to look really good on the stands. I'll post some of the process from the cover tomorrow. As far as production goes. I got a comp done. There is still a lot of fixing I have to do before it's ready to print, but it's really cool to see it all printed out. I can't wait to get back to work on it again tomorrow. Here are some pics of the comp. 
I've turned the Neworld production office into the NWU printing press. I'm working on a comp copy of Chapter 1 of Northpark. I'm still planning on drawing a new cover for it first.
I'm planning on having Tess' Hair style change periodically. I did a bunch of different sketches, the color one at the bottom was the final design.
In case you missed it. Here is the cover to Chapter 2 of Northpark Underground. Also my original sketch for the cover.
Here's a present I made for somebody for x-mas. It was quite and undertaking, but I think it turned out pretty good. Here is also some process pictures and the final product.
Section 2.1 is up. It's the beginning of chapter 2 and Tad's fate will finally be revealed. Stay tuned to the blog all week for looks at the process of making Chapter 2. Check out the new section! LINKAGE!
The last couple years, my family has been doing kind of crazy Christmas cards, and this is this years model. It's kind of a whole family production. My brother took the pictures, and I did the layout. Unfortunately no one is flipping the bird this year.
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Here's the final version of the Mario Painting. The scan is kind of terrible, but you get the idea. Also check out details as well.
Here's another process picture in the Mario Painting. I added the rest of the colors and started adding in the background. Now I've just got to finish the back ground, and retrace some of the black lines, and I'm done. I should have a finished product soon. And here's a picture of my room and my stuff.
I've started making my own custom sketch books, and here is the one I've been working in. Sporting a whole bunch of NWU emblems, as well as some of the stickers I've had lying around.
I've been watching all my Wes Anderson movies recently. I forgot how good Rushmore is.
