June 23rd, 2016
A new pic of Chun-Li from Street Fighter has been added to the gallery! It’s been a while since I scribbled a Street Fighter and Chun-Li just seemed like the right character to draw. I also added the original sketch to the Black Panther pic I drew earlier this month. I still need to get test prints of both pics before adding them to the prints section here.
Chun-Li here will probably be the last color pin-up I finish before the All-AmeriCon convention in July. Cue the flyer image!
Note that I said that’s all for line art, because I plan to get at least one more pixel art print ready. I finished a few new sprites in-between all the new line art pics I’ve done for the past few weeks and some will probably be used in those prints. I’ll keep you updated on what I’ll have at the convention, but I’ll try to have some free coloring pages and flyers to give out, plus previews of new stuff to show if you stop by my table.
I’ll be back next week with more stuff! **claps and points like Chuck Barris**
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Tags: All AmeriCon, Capcom, Street Fighter
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June 13th, 2016
Yesterday was my birthday and I spent most of it working on the background for the full-color Black Panther pic. He’s a character I’ve wanted to draw for a long time, so it felt really good to finish his pic on my birthday. I also added some TMNT sprites to their gallery page here. These hit ScrollBoss in the Free Comic Book Day update in May and were so rushed that I didn’t take any progress steps while doing them. Still, they managed to look okay. Also: the Pac-Man and Lego Batgirl pics are now available as prints!
Reminder: the All-AmeriCon 2016 in Warren, Ohio is less than a month away!
I’ll have prints to sell, flyers to give away (and, fingers crossed, free coloring pages again, if I can get them printed). I’ll also have some printouts of stuff that isn’t on this site or ScrollBoss yet, so check that out, too. There’s a kick-butt artist’s alley every year that has every taste covered, lots of cool comic and toy dealers (where I try not to drop all my profits) and top-notch cosplayers rolling through. It’s a great time every year, so stop in if you can!
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Tags: DC Comics, Lego, Marvel Comics, Namco, tmnt
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June 8th, 2016
The Lego Batgirl pic is done (the ’66 TV show version) and on a background similar to the Lego Spidey pic from 2014. I also have a preview of the Black Panther in flat colors, mainly because I’ve wanted to draw T’Challa again for YEARS, but none of the attempts worked out.
Both the Pac-Man pic (from last week) and Batgirl pics will be available in the print section once I get test prints of both. I’ll be back with more newness next week (or sooner)!
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Tags: DC Comics, Lego, Marvel Comics
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May 31st, 2016
Finally, an update! Today’s newness is full-color art of Pac-Man and a black & white pic of Lego Batgirl (my own 60’s TV version) hit the gallery hard enough to knock a bit of the dust off that place. Gotta start being productive and get some new prints ready for the All-AmeriCon convention. The Pac-Man pic will be available as a print after I test it out.
I’ll have a table there again with both line art and pixel art prints along with some more stuff that won’t be on this site, ScrollBoss or Beans vs. Cornbread yet, so roll by the table to check it out, even if you don’t want to buy anything. I’ll also have the free 20XX Party Flyers to give out, too!
I was at the Warren All-American Comics shop on Free Comic Book Day and a news video captured me in full-on sleep deprivation mode:
That was after over a week of barely sleeping while trying to work on some free coloring pages to give out and stuff for the
a ScrollBoss update and then getting about 3 hours of sleep.
I haven’t been very active here this year, but I’ve gotten a lot done with ScrollBoss. I’ve got the an early version of the new image generator up and running, with a ton of new or updated pixel art to go along with it. I’ve also been learning to use Clip Studio Pro (which I’ve used to ink all my new stuff) and Anime Studio (old examples here and here). I also drew and colored a book cover that I can’t show yet. So, yeah, I haven’t been sittin’ around eatin’ chocolates and not conditioning.
I’ll be back with more soon!
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Tags: DC Comics, Namco, Pac-Man
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December 1st, 2015
The prints on both this site (and ScrollBoss) are on sale for Cyber-Week, which lasts until Sunday, November 6th. 8×10 and 8×11 prints are $4.50 each while the 11 x 17 prints $8.50 each.
ScrollBoss’ update yesterday wrapped up November’s business yesterday by adding Illmosis character sprites to the gallery on ScrollBoss and making a new SFA3 portrait for Karnov, just to make sure that I’ve properly celebrated Karnovember. Today’s update adds a new sprite to go with the cyber theme:
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November 6th, 2015
This isn’t an 11th Anniversary post as much as it’s a “this place isn’t dead” post. I haven’t updated since the All-AmeriCon and a lot has happened since then. So this post is going to play catch-up and talk about what’s next.
Sprites were made and posted on ScrollBoss, including a lot of horror characters for another DangerTerrorHorrorThon that wrapped up on Halloween.
Updating the sprite group pics on this site to add sprites is too time consuming, which is part of why they haven’t been updated in months. ScrollBoss’ sprite galleries are easy to update, but lack the features that the I made for the art galleries. I’ll stick to adding single pieces here (including pixel art prints) until I can make one merged gallery system.
I did some commission pixel work, but you’ll have to wait to see the ridiculously fun background I made. The biggest thing was buying Anime Studio 10 with money I made at the All-AmeriCon and then, for once, following through with trying to learn a recent art program purchase.
It’s easier for me to learn the ropes of the program using pixel art, so that’s part of why my focus has been on that. The program can also use Manga Studio/Clip Studio files, so that’s even more incentive for me to learn those program and transition to having fun with drawn art in the program.
I was going to talk about things I plan to work on, but that never works out well for me, does it? Example: plans to do a big group of Illmosis character sprites for this update fell off when my sinus problems decided to hit me with a truck, and my concentration is so shot that even typing this post is tougher than it should be. That didn’t stop me from getting a Nutroll sprite finished. I’ve been working on some character redesigns and revamps while doing the pixel art sketches, like Exponent over there. Her hair color change is thanks to how a major TV show decided to have a redhead who can make duplicates of herself. I also shortened her hair in hero mode so that her silhouette looks less like Mindsight’s. Honestly, I dig the purple hair, so it all worked out. I’ll be making more Illmosis sprites this month and I’ll add them to ScrollBoss in a special update.
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Tags: anniversary, Exponent, Nutroll, pixel art
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July 14th, 2015
Scarlett, the first G.I.JOE character I’ve drawn, inked and colored in a long, long time, now has a pic on the site. I also added the Gotham villains pixel art group shot I previewed on ScrollBoss a few weeks ago. Both pics have been added to the prints page. I also added the 20XX site party flyer that I’ll have on hand at the All AmeriCon comic convention. It’s mainly the 2014 flyer, but with a preview of an upcoming ScrollBoss character. Her sprite will part of this weekend’s 15th Anniversary update for the site.
I’ll be in Artist’s Alley at the All AmeriCon convention this Saturday (July 18th) in Warren, Ohio. I’ll have the new pics with me, along with previews of new stuff I’ll be adding to the sites. I’ll probably be drawing linework for sprites I’ll drop in the ScrollBoss 15th Anniversary update, so you can see me scribble while suffering the effects of sleep deprivation. Besides the always-packed Artist’s Alley, there will be cosplay contests, toy dealers (I’ll try not to spend all my scratch there) and special guests Michael Golden (Micronauts, G.I.JOE), Renee Witterstaetter (writer, colorist, editor) and Darryl Banks (artist and one of the few good costume designers from the ’90s).
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Tags: All AmeriCon, DC Comics, G.I. JOE, pixelart
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April 9th, 2015
This easily qualifies as an unfinished business post. That Flash pic adds a background to a picture I drew and colored two months ago, but Gilius himslef was originally done last year (part of “The Revenge of 1989” for the ScrollBoss site) and the new-style Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sprites started with Raph last December. If you recognize the background for those TMNT sprites on their gallery page, consider it a preview for something I’m working on quietly. The Flash pic has been added to the
Prints page and the Gilius pic will join it once I get a sample print to see how it looks.
My own copy of the
ScrollBoss Minus World Skull shirt from TeePublic.com came in the mail yesterday, right along with a new batch of prints. I didn’t realize this until I hunted down the old scan to clean up and vectorize for the shirt (and other projects), but that graphic is now over 10 years old. It goes back to when I redesigned the ScrollBoss site before moving to Dreamhost. I wanted something creepy-but-still-goofy for the Twilight Zone-style vibe
that section of ScrollBoss went for at times. That section will have yet another change in the future, but that’s a whole different story.
I’ll be at the Warren, Ohio location of All-American Cards & Comics on Free Comic Book Day (May 2nd), but don’t let that cause you to avoid the place. I’ll be selling prints and will have some unposted pics and sprites to show for anyone who stops by.
Categories: Illmosis updates, Site News by James Beaver
Tags: DC Comics, pixel art, Sega, superheroes, tmnt, video games
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