Things are progressing quite well with work. I can't give too many details about it other than it's about ninjas in an alternate reality. A reality with nazis. Oh, yes. Mary Jane to Nazis. Talk about shifting gears. The first arc looks to be about 40 pages. I'm working with increments of 4 and 8 in order to make it easily printable and magazine friendly. Hey, any little bit counts, yo.
The breakdowns are almost done. It went through a few edits while I forced myself to draw and story tell from right to left. It was more challenging a task than I originally thought, btw. It's not just a matter of flipping everything but making sure it flows and keeps the eye active in the right direction. I can now say I'm comi-dextrous.
So, yeah. That's where I'm at after 4 months. I'm not sure whether that's good or bad but at least I'm not drunk in a rice patty somewhere. Although I did come close to it this weekend...
A piece of art:
TAK
The breakdowns are almost done. It went through a few edits while I forced myself to draw and story tell from right to left. It was more challenging a task than I originally thought, btw. It's not just a matter of flipping everything but making sure it flows and keeps the eye active in the right direction. I can now say I'm comi-dextrous.
So, yeah. That's where I'm at after 4 months. I'm not sure whether that's good or bad but at least I'm not drunk in a rice patty somewhere. Although I did come close to it this weekend...
A piece of art:
TAK
10 Comment(s):
Realms of Nowhere said...
That sounds pretty interesting, Tak. You know what would be even better? A ninja Mary Jane killing Nazis. That would kick inmense amounts of ass...
Jose said...
Shit Yeah!!!! I may never see the comic you're making and I'm excited!
Keep the sketches coming and remember to post pics of Japan I love'em.
el bizarron said...
Sweet drooling goodness. Ninjas and Nazis - does it get better than that? Now if I could magically learn how to read kanji.
Alex said...
Sweeet! Glad to see you back in the saddle again, bro. Can't wait to see more. How are the deadlines in Japan, in comparison to Marvel's?
Al
Dat said...
Ninjas and Nazis? How can this go wrong??? lol
TAK said...
Kudos, all. Alex - I dunno. I have no deadlines yet and everything thus far has been self-imposed. From what I hear, it's not all that different if you're working on a monthly.
ADC said...
ohh, very nice man! Can't wait to see some new pages from ya!
I have some "art" on display at a comic illustrator art show downtown tonight. Should be fun. Good people. Good drinks. though I'll most likely constantly wondering the score of the Leaf game while I'm there...
becky said...
New work from you is always good news! I'm so happy I found your blog-- I don't usually do much internet exploring, but tonight it paid off :D
Glad to have met you at SDCC by the way, I've loved your work for a while!
andre said...
awesome! Break a leg on those pages! :D
I like the linework in that sketch. Makes your art look more european maybe? Very cool!
TAK said...
adc - hope it went well. Always good to keep in the T.O. loop.
becky - I found yours the other day but was too chicken shit to post anything so thanks for postin'! Enjoyed your art as always. Eager for ECR2!!
andre - I have no health insurance right now. I ain't breakin' nothin' for nobody!