Victus, Speculative Relationships, Engagement, AND Otomo

Things have been busy here.  Very busy.  Most exciting at the moment: I got  the proof for the Speculative Relationships anthology that we Kickstarted last month!

INCREDIBLY excited!  The books printed and delivered en masse is the next step!

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VICTUS #3

This issue is taking me a bit longer.  But… not to brag… but it’s because this is some of my best work yet.  I’m really excited about the new things happening in the book and new techniques I’m exploring.  Here are some peeks:

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OTOMO SCANS

I scanned in some stuff from the Katsuhiro Otomo special issue of Brutus Magazine, which my awesome friend from Japan (Rinko Endo) sent me.  Some really cool stuff in there:

So amazing. Everything about Otomo mesmerizes me.

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VACATION WEEKEND

I went to Starved Rock this weekend with my fiance’ (oh yeah, I GOT ENGAGED).  Here are a few pics:

We also went to the soon-to-be-closed-but-amazing-hotdog-emporium Hot Dougs…

And I guess you probly wanna see the ring…

I designed the ring in collaboration with the amazing custom jeweler Heather Oleari.  I’ll try to do a post about that design process at some point in the near future.

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FAN ART & OTHER STUFF

As usual, I’ve been up to my ol’ fan-arti-ing

Diehard from Prophet, Colors by Gerald Proctor

No, from The Spread

 The main character in Reid Psaltis’s Kingdom/Order

And a Simon piece to promote the awesome Cupcake Award

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And finally I’ll leave you with a moment of zen.  Barry Windsor-Smith’s beautiful colors, accompanied by a new Run The Jewels Track…