Moving!!

I've been too quiet on the blog he past week or so! I just bought a house (closed on it last Friday), installed laminate flooring over the weekend and am preparing for the movers to haul my stuff tomorrow. My lease for my apartment expires at the end of the month, so I'll be moving a bunch of stuff between now and then, but will hopefully get back on a regular update schedule!

Over at the Ursula Wilde Production Diary, I just introduced new series artist JunBob Kim. Check it out.

The Weed of Crime Bears Bitter Fruit...

My first Shadow commission, and boy was it fun! The inclusion of the autogyro was inspired by Dave Stevens' Shadow stand-in character, Jonas, from the Rocketeer mini-series, Cliff's New York Adventure. In my mind, Cliff Secord is piloting that whirlybird.

The Shadow's a blast to draw. Speaking of pulp heroes, I need to try my hand at Doc Savage some day, I think...

Comics Now! #2 in stores, well, NOW!

The second issue of Comics Now! hit stores this month. Based on the first issue, it's a top-notch magazine that I can't recommend highly enough.

Issue 2 sports a stunning cover highlighting an in-depth look at villains. Additional features focus on crime comics and pulp heroes.

Of interest to readers of this blog, is that the pulp heroes article talks about Athena Voltaire.

I haven't seen a copy of this issue, but I'm really looking forward to it.


So remember to go to your local comics shop and tell them "I want my Comics Now!"

Some More Canterville Ghost Artwork

I wanted to post these sooner, but there were a few rounds of revisions.

It's shaping up to be a fascinating project. It's a period that I haven't illustrated much of, so I'm definitely learning a lot.

COMMISSIONS

I'm frequently asked if I'm available for commissions. The answer is yes—especially if you're patient. I don't do this full-time (yet), so I balance my time between my day job, freelance work, creator-owned material and commissions.

I don't do work that's sexually explicit, or gorifically violent but everything else is fair game. Simply email me at atomictikistudio at gmail dot com. If your request is something that I can't feel I can do justice to (it's happened a couple of times before), I'll let you know. Better to save you money and me time, than for both of us to be unhappy.

Here are a few examples of my pencil and ink commissions.

PRICE LIST

Single Character with minimal/vignette background
Pencils $85 (each additional character $50)
Inks $150 (each additional character $100)

1-4 characters are drawn on 11 x 17 two-ply bristol board
5+ characters on 14 x 17, 12 x 18, 17 x 22 or 18 x 24 two-ply bristol board (my choice of size, usually depending on composition)

Single Character with full background/montage
Pencils $150 (each additional character $50)
Inks $250 (each additional character $100)

1-4 characters are drawn on 11 x 17 two-ply bristol board
5+ characters on 14 x 17, 12 x 18, 17 x 22 or 18 x 24 two-ply bristol board (my choice of size, usually depending on composition)

For pencil work, I'll email you a jpeg of the completed piece for your approval. Tweaking is doable at this stage. Payment is due at the time of approval. I'll UPS the piece off within 1-3 days of receipt of payment.

For ink commissions, I'll email you a jpeg of the pencils before I start inking. Upon approval, I'll ink it and send you a jpeg for approval. I 'll UPS the piece off within a 1-3 days of receipt of payment.

Shipping and payment procedures don't apply if we have a predetermined arrangement regarding picking up at a convention, etc.

Commission Gallery

More from The Canterville Ghost

Here's another page from the Canterville Ghost adaptation I'm working on for Classical Comics.

It's been slow-going at first as I find the feel for the characters and the story —no amount of preliminary work ever seems to prepare me for the sense of "stage fright" as I start on a new project. This one is no different.

But it's starting to come together.

And every page I sit down to draw is met with an increased sense of giddiness.

I love it when that happens!

Over at both the Athena Voltaire Blog and the Ursula Wilde Production Diary, I'm still basking in the news that AV will return. Updates to happen tomorrow.