Big Ol' Update!!!!

So, It's been forever since I updated this crappy blog. But here's the long and short of it:

Shogun Rising! -Still in production. We have a new art Director/Producer, added pages, new stuff (which is all amazing) and the cover-art is finished. We're having some Hick-Ups with coloring, and I may be taking over the colors for the last half of the book, but as it sits, we are slated for a FALL 2014 RELEASE!

I am offering a "De-Luxe-artist-package" Which includes a copy of the book, with a signed, unique sketch in the cover by me, and a one-off print of my digital Process page of your choosing, which includes visible pencils under my inks, on the template page*
*Comes with a signed letter of authenticity stating no other work-prints of your page will be produced

Here's an example of how Work-Prints will look So, let me know if you'd be interested in THAT!

I'm still working with Ben McPherson and American DreamLabs, But all that stuff is Hush-Hush, so we'll move along!

My Writing is on hold while I'm bogged down with all my work, but I am still planning, and plotting my stories, and have even managed to squeeze in a couple of pages for a personal Graphic Novel I'm calling "ADRIFT" -I could telly you more, but why ruin the Mystery, right?

PHOTOS OF SHOGUN RISING WIP'S!!!!!


I think I'm just going to start posting my Facebook Statuses here at the end of each month. I'm much better about updating there. -So check out my Facebook, and my Instagram!

Thanks for following, and for all your feedback, Ya' Kreeps!

A million things have happened....

I got contracted to draw ANOTHER comic book, with a deadline of 8 weeks from now, and 2 days ago I had a very interesting Business meeting with American Dream Labs -As you can see in this photograph:

Yes, that is a giant Robot....Best Meeting ever.
I was asked if I knew animation. I told them no, but I was willing to learn, and would get them an animation by the end of the week....again, it's been 2 days, and I already got them this rough pass. -They did not know with whom they were talking.
In addition to all that, I'm still actively working on Shogun Rising, and it's going great.
Go figure. -The beginning of this year, I was literally begging for work, and now I'm inundated with it.
-Life of an artist.

-Keep it rubber side down!

Month of Fear

I'm contributing to "Month Of Fear" a weekly art challenge hosted by Kristina Carroll, (Host of "Month of Love") and held here on blogger! I'm happy to have been asked to contribute, and hope that I don't screw up.
Anyway, follow me, and all the contributers all month long, by following the blog, right here:
http://monthoffear.blogspot.com/2013/09/welcome-to-month-of-fear_27.html

So you may have noticed that my plan to get an app on my phone to solve all my not-posting problems failed miserably. -Honestly, I want to post, I just truly don't have the time to write blog posts, between Shogun Rising, Commissions, making time for the Mrs. just living, working my weekend job, working on my "secret project", Black Rows when I can (never) and now contributing to "Month of Fear"....Time just slips away!

I am sorry, and if you want to follow my work, I'd remind you to check my Instagram, facebook, and tumblr, - places where I can just upload an image and walk away!

Thanks again, Team.
-Until I get another break!

-B.

Here is a sneak peek of a panel from Shogun Rising! This is just the beginning. Pencils/inks were done by me, with Color by Cynthia Sheppard, Art Direction by Marc Scheff, and the writer/creator is Jon Mayor.

and here's how my pencils look before I send them off to color:

It's been a good experience working on this Comic. I'm learning a lot, and the team is a really nice group.
I've been working from about 10 am to about 4 am (sometimes around 6 am) every day, but that's the way I like it.

on another note, Speed Week is coming up in fewer than two weeks, and I still don't have my bike done! I've been cramming every minute I get into that, but with a Job, a wife, and a Bike all needing my attention, I am stretched pretty thin. and being 5'11" and under 130 lbs, I'm pretty thin already!

Anyway, here's a shot of me testing out my new handlebars on my bike. Hopefully, I get it done by speedweek.

A couple of Covers I did for my Portfolio. More can be seen on my website: bryndoneverett.com

New stuff, and nonsense!

I have started a tumblr! -
http://bryndoneverett.tumblr.com/
I know what you're thinking "why would he do that? He already neglects his blog and all his facebook accounts" - which is true! I do neglect social media...because i am older in my heart than i am in actual chronological years, and i resent social media, because I think it is a massive time suck, and takes me from work...I didn't even get a facebook account or start texting until about 2 years ago.
Anyway, i believe I have solved these problems. How? I got apps!
Yes! Now I can do all these social media things from my phone, which means I can just talk in the direction of my phone while I work, and it will be converted, through the power of magic, to text! Thus, (hopefully) making the whole process easier, and less time consuming.
Have I mentioned I am (most likely, its still...wobbly) the pencil artist on an upcoming graphic novel called Shogun Rising. It's about samurai hold-outs in modern day zombie-infested Tokyo; and there's a love element...honestly, that's all I really know, because even though I'm attached, I'm not "officially" on board....anyway, I'm cautiously optimistic about the whole thing.
Other than that, there isn't too much going on work-wise, I'm just trying to finish up all my other gigs before the project kicks in full tilt, because that's going to make for some LONG days of work when it does!
If for some reason you aren't following me on instagram yet ( @Bryndon_everett ) you really should. I update that thing DAILY -no joke. And lately I've been showing off process work, which is all kinds of fun to me when I see other people's process, so if you dig that sort of stuff too, go check it out!
I'll hopefully be back to post soon, we'll see if the app thing works out, huh?

COMIN ATCHA' HOT!!!
Alright, It's no secret that I love Comics.....Look at this blog, for crying out loud!

Well, Since I broke my arm, I landed a gig coloring comics for a company in India, of all places!
In addittion, I have been a lil' bit busy with commissions, advertising, and infographic work, but all the same, I have ALSO decided that I am going to try my hand at landing a Comic Book Cover gig....YES! Ambitious, and insane, I know. But I want it so badly!

Here's a preview of a few of the cover's I've done to bolster my Portfolio:

Anyway, Thanks for reading my crappy little blog. - I gotta get back to work!

 

Holy-Dammit-Christmas, things are crazy for me, right now.

I got a new studio, new computer, and with the new year, I have changed my Studio name, from Secret Fort Studio, to Draw and Fire:

Fancy new Logo!

I broke my left wrist in 5 places last Friday (feb. 15th, for those keeping track) I also snapped a Rib. I did it snowboarding with my oldest friend, Mr. The Tye.

Me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-u-Dqpvwh4

To help raise money for my Uninsured self, I have been taking commissions for $20-$50, and selling prints on the SUPER cheap.
Here's a commission I did for a Fellow Vintage motorcycle lover, and friend.
I'm selling 5x7 prints of it for $20

If anybody would like to commission me, or if you're interested in a print of ANY of my works, please just email me! -The same goes for any employment opportunities. -No gig's too small!

Black Rows

 is still moving forward, Here's a page of Linework:

And Finally, I'm working on a Mobile Game With an Outfit in SLC, I can't tell you much about the project, or even show you too much, but here's an early Environment Concept I did for them:

Time for the Monthly update!

And my, how things are happening. I recently sold another piece through Gallery Nucleus, and did a book Cover for an Author in San Francisco.... The book isn't really my cup-o-tea, but I am a capitalist, so as long as the check clears, it doesn't have to be anybody's tea!

Here's the cover:

Now then, on to what you all have come for: News on Black Rows!
Yes. There is news. I am working hard, On the Comic, Freelance Side-Work, and helping my in-laws at their business, not to mention Home, and Auto Repairs, and Just life. Even though I always feel a little buried these days, I always make time for Black Rows, and am INCONSTANTLY on the lookout for more work.

Black Rows is progressing Very nicely, and I am very happy with the results. I am fielding publishers, and have Illustrated 12 Pages this month. It doesn't seem like very many, but when you factor in everything else I've been doing.....it's still not good. But by Mid-February it should be much easier to make time for the Comic.
And now, for your obligatory Preview!


Blammo! -How fun is that Wide-Angle perspective? That's become a little bit of a theme in the book, making appearances on 4 pages so far.... so watch out for more of that.

-Till next time!

It's been a while. 

This morning I did a mini-Interview for Varoom Magazine, about my illustration in Popshot Magazine....Lost? Doesn't matter. the point is, If you want to see my work in British Illustration Magazines this Season, you have two chances!

-What's the British equivalent of "HOLLAR?"

ALSO, Let not your hearts be troubled. There is movement on Black Rows.... You know, this Blog's seemingly inexplicable namesake? I'm currently working on yet another facelift. (Which will Hopefully the last.)

Still Just trying to find a style that communicates the story, and also grabs people.

As you can see, it's the same old Black Rows, just with a new Style....

 newly redesigned page 2 panel 1.  Original panel

 The problem with being a specialist in mimicking other styles for advertising and marketing purposes, is sometimes you forget to just use your own style. -I'll tell you this much, it goes WAY faster when I just relax and have fun with the drawings.

I still haven't even decided how I'm going to color the new stuff, if at all, but the plan is to re-submit the Comic to Publishers EARLY 2013. I am Bound and determined to make this book happen.

Anyway,

Thanks to everybody who's stuck with me here. Be sure to keep spreading the word about Black Rows, and like the Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Rows/166167746774992

The Newest issue of PopShot Magazine is out, and it's got one of my Illustrations in it; Now isn't that fancy!
-You can see the joy in my eyes, Can't you?

It was nice working with Popshot. They were really nice, and gave me free reign to come up with an Illustration for a flash fiction piece they were publishing. The Magazine is thick, I and chock-full of writing and Illustrations of various styles and mediums. If you're a reader, or if you just appreciate Art, you may  wanna check it out.

They actually had a preview of the magazine on their website last month, but I forgot to post a link to it, Anyway, here it is now!!
http://www.popshotpopshot.com/blog_2012_september_05.jpg
Better late than not at all, right?

It actually arrived at the perfect time,  all my hero's and friends are sketching and shaking hands at NYCC, as I wish so desperately I was doing. So, while my Facebook, and Instagram have been flooded with crazy good Comic art, it was a nice distraction to have my own lil' accomplishment to reduce the sting.

April and I have been working Like Clydesdales on our new Diggs, and it's coming along Very nicely, IT's just eating up ALL of our time. Morning to night, we're there, tearing down walls, tearing up carpet, painting, landscaping, drilling hammering.....We are little Go-Getters. It's been fun, but really cut into the Comic-Making time. We're planning to be finished by Halloween though, and things will be back on track.


Here's a panel preview for your eyes. Maybe next year I'll be at NYCC, Right?

Let's make this official: I have indeed been working on another Graphic Novel. It's working title is "Hunter," It's a Western, It will deal with a lot of crazy existentialist, stuff, and will be just Crazy-Boss....Can you tell I'm Excited about it?
It's been a labor of love, and something I've had to cram into any time I can find, but it's been surprisingly fast moving, all things considered.

I've been leaking teaser images all over the place; Instagram, my Personal, and Professional Facebook pages, Cghub.com, and the like; So, if you're not following me on those, DO! -Not because I feel a particular need for followers, but because I'm trying to get people riled up about my new dip into Comics.
Anyway, Here's a little Process progression for you, from a panel I was working on tonight.

And a couple of shots I posted on my Instagram, You can see more by Following me!

Keep watching the Blog for Updates, huh?!

.....curious? 

Time for my monthly update!

I just Submitted my piece to Popshot Magazine, and it's scheduled to go into print on October 8th....(I think) This is my first time getting my work published in a Magazine on it's own merit...It's not the first time I've been hired to create work for a magazine, but it is, on it's own credit, and not for advertising or something like that, Anybody Familiar with my work as a Pinstriper, and Hot Rod Builder has seen me in "Kustom Kulture Magazines" under my Pseudonym.

I'm also still working for Spyderwise Media, doing graphic, and Iconography Design, but trying to find something a little more.....Stable?

My Beautiful wife and I just bought a house, so the studio is moving again, and life has been every kind of crazy because of it.

 I have been working hard to finish up my  work with Andy Velasquez. This final part of the project has taken a lot longer than I had expected it to, but I am going to be sad to have it end. Andy's a really good guy, and really easy to work with. -Check out his latest title release through Cryptic Games: Neverwinter.
It's an MMORPG, so, not my thing personally, but if you like 'em, go look, it's pretty popular.

Speaking of MMO Video Games, Be sure to check out the title Guild Wars 2, which just dropped last night.; My pal Horia, and his Old Man, and about a million of the greatest game-artists on the planet worked on it so it's gotta be good!


I think that's it for this month, but there's always more happening ALL THE TIME in my life, so keep your eyes here.

-Bryndon.

Sheesh! -I  haven't updated this blog in quite a while, have I?

So, here are some relevant headlines: I've set up a Facebook account for my artwork, you can see it here: http://www.facebook.com/BryndonEverett.Art

My new Website is up and glorius, thanks to the efforts of Michael Kramer of Sciosphere. Among other things, It's got all kinds of new sections, and a new, Extra-Amazing contact page which I think is just the topps. you can eyeball all these new, amazing things in the same 'ol place, here: http://www.bryndoneverett.com/

I even got a new, fancy phone, and an Instagram Account....I am all sorts of Digital-Age these days, No?. Anyway, I've got one, so follow me, I'll follow you, and we'll go around in circles.....because that's how that would work. My Instagram name is "bryndon_everett"      -Incidentally, That's also my real name.


I have been accepted to be published in the British Art/Literature Publication PopShot Magazine later this year, and I am very excited about that. -The theme is going to be a challenge for me, but I like a challenge, and .....well, more on all that jazz later.

I have been working a lot on Graphic Novel / Storyboard projects lately, and thought it might be fun to hammer out a quick personal one to show my process



Step By step.....almost. This does exclude the Inking Process, but it's ALMOST all there.....alsright fine, here is a bad photo of the inking process, and a shot of the materials used:


As you can see, Step one = red prismacolors, blue Verithins,
Step 1.5 - INKING,
Step 2 - Greyscaling (Which this time I did digitally, not with Tria Markers)
Step 3 - Colorwork. This is the most time consuming part, and I really need to learn flatting.
Step 4 - Shading and Texture....Obviously there is a lot involved with each step, including color halftoning, rendering, overlaying -TOO much to list here, but I thought it might be fun to see the broadstrokes (so to speak) of my process.

AND the final piece, bigger, and with the Title at the head.


For anybody who can't read Ukrainian, (Pssshhht...who CAN'T, these days?!?) I leave it to you to guess what it says.

-Go see all my Cyber stuff!

Thanks for sticking around; Until next time,
-B.

Another of my Gallery Nucleus pieces has sold. "Have we been introduced" will be heading off to Australia this coming week. If you have your eye on it's sister piece, "Her heart is in the wild" Don't hesitate, it may be gone!

New Work:

"Back to the Father" 5X7....times 3 pencil, ink, and marker, on paper.

"Heartache" -100% Digital

"Time to Die" -100% Digital,

This here is the final version of my latest piece for Gallery Nucleus.
It's 5X7 watercolor, pencil, ink, acrylic, Tria, AND Prismacolor on medium paper....THAT is a lot of materials on one small piece of paper!
I'm sending it out in the morning, but I'm not sure when you can expect to see it for sale on their website, either way, it's going to be $50, with proceeds benefiting The American Red Cross.

Been working hard, as always.

Literary piece

 Just clearing my head

Quick Digital Sketch for a Traditional media Gallery piece (more info to follow)

 I've had a busy few weeks, and haven't had time to draw much at all, so I've been making up for lost time.

These are only a couple of the pieces I've been working on. The girl was drawn on "Painters Paper" I bought a huge roll to do my floor, and ended up with loads left over. I like working on it. It's really inexpensive, very resistant to wrinkling from paint, doesn't bleed with markers, and is pretty resistant to creasing.....It's really nice, but terribly dark!

Ths second piece is done on leftover old newsprint from my Days at Gnomon (Man, I can't believe how long it's been) Anyway, I sketched it out, inked, and painted it, then decided it needed a little something extra, so, I scanned it in, and plotted out the lettering around him, and then put the piece through the printer to get the letters around him.....Kind of a lot of effort for a sketch, I'll admit, but I really like how it came out, and now I know how to do it for future works, so it works out all over.

I also decided to re-draw one of my own digital works in traditional media. Again, I used the Panter's paper ($10 for 60 sq.ft. at HomeDepot!) This is how it came out: I'm pretty happy with it. I again used the scan-and-print method I devised earlier to ad the blue behind the subject of this piece.

I've also been working on a couple of commissions and contract pieces, but I'm not yet allowed to share those, stick around though, maybe soon.

Newest piece. I sketched it all quickly-like just to hash out the idea, but then, in a fit of insomnia, I ended up taking it too far. It's just office-style paper cut down to 5X7, So it wrinkled up from the paint.....I kinda like that it did though....I think it kinda' ads..
In fact, I like it so much, I've decided to sell it off, $30 including shipping -OR, I'd throw it in absolutely FREE, if you buy one of my Gallery Nucleus Pieces - That's 2 for 1 on my artwork, Y'all!

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pin/13663