November 6th, 2012
I still feel like I got ran over by a Mack Truck factory, so I have one thing to show for this 8th anniversary day: a sprite of the Ice Cream Man. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to work on my own characters, so it felt really good to make this sprite. Click the small pic to see the gallery page and the hand-drawn line work it was made from. Expect more updates this week as I catch up on the sprites from the ScrollBoss Halloween update and throw some new things in the mix.
Categories: Illmosis updates by James Beaver
Tags: anniversary, Ice Cream Man, pixelart
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November 2nd, 2012
There’s a lot of lost time to make up for, so let’s pick up where we left off. The last time I was here, I was posting sprites from the 12th anniversary of ScrollBoss and this update finishes that up. Samus Aran from Metroid, Tyris Flare from Golden Axe, skeletons from Golden Axe and some criminal goons from Double Dragon have been added to the galleries with the first three of those having work progress animations that show many of the steps I took to make them.
I’m still behind on bringing sprites here, because there was a two-part Halloween update on ScrollBoss. Castlevania fans might enjoy it because both updates were filled with scratch-made sprites from the early games of that series. Those sprites will eventually find their way here, but you should really see all the different color sets that can be applied to some of them in the GFX Generators.
I’m still not able to post any pictures from the commission work I recently finished, but I’ll let you know when the project is out there. It’s not the kind of artwork I’m usually known for, but I still had some fun with those pictures.
BTW: the commission caused me to miss the deadline on something I was supposed to start in October. If you still have the 2012 Illmosis flyer, the secret URL was just updated with new info and a shot of a supporting character who hasn’t been posted anywhere else yet.
Categories: Illmosis updates, Site News by James Beaver
Tags: Double Dragon, golden axe, Metroid, pixelart
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August 22nd, 2012
(updated 2012/08/23) I’m currently working on the line cleaning for the last of the 100 pages I drew for the current commission project and it looks like I’ll be working on another 100 pages right after that. There probably won’t be time for updates with new material for yet another month, but at least it’s for a good reason. I put a quick page together for the Contra sprites I made for this years ScrollBoss anniversary.
Speaking of ScrollBoss, this weekend will have a very, very, very small Street Fighter-based update for the Graphic Generators. Lots of new palettes, a few newly-added arcade sprites and at least one new sprite edit.
The UnderCity Game Fair, an event for tabletop RPG players and more, will be in Youngstown, OH on September 1st. I won’t be able to make it, but some cool artist friends of mine will be there. Check out the details on the
Undercity Game Fair website!
Categories: Illmosis updates, Site News by James Beaver
Tags: contra, konami, pixelart
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July 21st, 2012
First, the 12th Anniversary ScrollBoss update hit this Thursday, even if the hands of fate and timing of extra day job hours conspired against it.
New scratch-made sprites based on well-known games like Metroid, Double Dragon and Contra stand side-by-side with lesser-known gems like Konami’s Crime Fighters 2. Check them out in the Custom Sprite Galleries or have fun with them in the Graphic Generators to make your own screenshots like the ones up there. In case you didn’t know, Nutroll, Passion and Twofold have sprites in the generators, so give them a shot, too.
The main news is that you won’t see any site updates for about a month because I just got a paying assignment to draw cute pictures. At least this is a delay for a good reason. I’ll still post elsewhere to let you know that I’m still alive, but I’ll be VERY busy until this is done.
Thanks to everyone who has already said nice things about the ScrollBoss update, because you helped make this a better week than I thought I’d have.
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Tags: pixelart, scrollboss
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July 13th, 2012
First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who put the All-AmeriCon together and all the people who came out to enjoy it. The event keeps getting bigger and better each year as the word gets out about how much fun it is. There were even some cosplayers this year and that’s when you know you’ve got a convention going on.
Today’s update puts the recent Nutroll pic and the 2012 flyer into the gallery with extra information along with a new picture of Maceo (or Maceon, I’m still undecided on his first name) doing that thing he does as only he can do it. As the 2012 party flyer mentions, the War Begins Again starts in October, so you won’t have to put up with the annoying teasers for much longer.
The 12th Anniversary of ScrollBoss hits next week on Thursday, July 19th and I’ve been stockpiling quite a few sprites for the update. It won’t be huge, but it should be interesting. Expect a mix of well-known characters, semi-forgotten legends and a few obscure characters. I posted a sprite of Chin Taimei (from Technos’ “Double Dragon” game for the NES) in this Tumblr post, so check it out there and follow both the ScrollBoss and Ill Side-Mission Tumblrs if you want to. I just enabled them with Disqus comments, so you can leave comments, too.
By the way, I’m not sure how I’ll be handling this, I will be selling prints through the site this year… somehow. Until I get a print store set up on the site, anyone who wants to buy prints should contact me and we’ll work out some sort of Paypal/snail mail stuff. Anyone who buys prints will get a free party flyer, if you like that sort of thing.
Categories: Illmosis updates, Nutroll updates, Site News by James Beaver
Tags: Nutroll, the war begins again
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June 29th, 2012
Here’s something that I just made B&W prints of for the All AmeriCon convention in Warren, Ohio this Sunday:
And here’s something from the “War Begins Again” project:
I f@#$ing hate that guy.
I’ll have gallery pages for the new stuff next week.
Categories: Illmosis updates, Nutroll updates, Site News by James Beaver
Tags: All AmeriCon, Nutroll
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June 26th, 2012
The 2012 party flyer is ready, but I could only get a few printed. I’ll have these at my table in the All AmeriCon convention this weekend. See that part on the flyer that’s been blurred/mosaic-ed out? You’ll be able to read it on the print version I’ll have at the convention. I’ll have more about that later.
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Tags: flyer, the war begins again
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June 22nd, 2012
The picture of Rogue is now fully shaded and is not as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rockin’ chairs. She seems really okay with herself right now and I’m happy for her. Click that little pic over there to check out the gallery page.
I’m still getting ready to set up shop at the All-Americon 2012 convention on July 1st (the Facebook page for the event is here), but I don’t have a flyer yet. I’ll try to change that this weekend. Also, having to fix the sites after getting hacked also destroyed the time I’d have used to get a minibook together for the show, so I’ll just have prints to sell. Quite a few artists will be there along with tabletop gaming companies, toy sellers and more. The turnout keeps getting better every year, so don’t miss it this time. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll have enough sleep to do some decent sketches at this convention. Probably not, but I like to dream.
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June 15th, 2012
Still trying, still de-rustifying. Rogue was drawn days ago, but I redrew her face and added the X-patch yesterday. You can see that earlier version on the gallery page. Just click the pic to hit the page.
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Tags: Marvel Comics, X-Men
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June 12th, 2012
I’m currently trying to get this ring rust (or Cosmic Rust) out of my system, so I picked a special, pain-in-the-butt character to have done today. It’s janky as hell, but I think I’m getting my TF-drawing groove back.
“Birthdays are the right of all sentient beings.”
Thanks to everyone who sent birthday well wishes from various places, because you definitely made this day better. As Brawn would say, “Mushy, but true.” There’ll be more drawn art posted later this week, so stay tuned.
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Tags: birthday, Transformers
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