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The Keeper’s Warrior Illo 1

Mar18
by smudge on March 18, 2014 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Art
The Keeper's Warrior Illo 1

The Keeper's Warrior Illo 1

Got the first illustration done for the Keeper's Warrior; Warrior's first arrival to the Village of Echo Cove via ship.

I'm really happy in how it turned out. Admittedly, I probably spent too much time noodling on it. And since it's been a while since I've really worked in Manga Studio, I think I spent more time trying to remember where all the tools I used were than anything else. lol

Thanks all who joined me for the LiveStream. I'm hoping to LiveStream all the illos for the novella over the next week or so. Also, I've left an archive up and it will remain up for the next month or so in case you missed a stream but wanted to check it out. I do warn you, they are very dry, since I can't talk nor ready any chat messages as I'm working.

└ Tags: Christina "Smudge" Hanson, illustration, inks, Manga Studio, smudge, The Keeper's Warrior, Warrior
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Dual at Midnight

Mar17
by baron on March 17, 2014 at 9:41 am
Posted In: Baron's Art
Dual at Midnight

Dual at Midnight

So from the initial B/W rough sketches (link) we get to the final color piece.

Now, once again it was made clear by the client that they were looking for a more Hollywood feel to the picture so I made some decisions that are reflected in the final piece. One those lanterns are pumping out probably more lumens than they should but it helps to make the figures stand out. Two the street sweepers must have just gone over the bridge before sundown because the cobblestones are amazingly free of the debris, dung, and general garbage that apparently littered European streets in cites at this time.

Several things I was particularly happy about in this piece. One is how the mist is rising off the river at night. Two how the city skyline came out in the final piece, and three how figures interact with each other. Of course the piece is my usual color pencil, marker, gouache, technical pen on cold press Bristol board. Final image size was 16"x 22".

So from start to finish this is how I created a final color piece. Not all pieces require this much work. Some require much less. Some require much more, but it give my watchers a little look into part of my world.

Prints: Available on DA ~ Available on Zazzle
Original: SOLD

└ Tags: Baron Engel, bridge, cobblestone, fencing, fox, lantern, mixed media, night, river, stone, Three Musketeers, Whitepelt
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To Kill a Dragon

Mar15
by smudge on March 15, 2014 at 1:41 am
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

So, my other project I've been diligently working on is a newish comic book... in full color.

To Kill a Dragon (no logo)

To Kill a Dragon

After a devastating attack by the assassin Venianim on the King's airship, a lone survivor wakes up confused and mute after falling into Nadine's apple orchard. With the entire kingdom in an uproar, only this strange, quiet man holds any knowledge on what happened that day and where the Great Dragon 7th, the assassin's real target, has disappeared to. Now both friend and foe want him, and the race is on to who can find him first.

I've actually had this completed in black and white for some time now as it was an entry to a contest. But since I never heard back from the contest holders, I must assume I didn't win anything and thus the rights reverted back. I do hope to rewrite the ending as I think I can do better now, but a good 2/3rds of the book is pretty much ready to go. So I've been busy teaching myself to digitally color, slowly working out a way I can do it quickly, yet not destroy my hand in the process. That last part is kind of important, but is still eluding me.

I hope to have the first issue, of four, online and ready for readers come Wednesday. And where online shall people be able to read this tale of Dragons and airships? Would you believe Crunchyroll?

^.^

└ Tags: Artist Alley, Christina "Smudge" Hanson, comic book, Crunchyroll, smudge, To Kill a Dragon
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This is Smudge, gloomily moving forward

Mar10
by smudge on March 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Smudge's Journal

Been fighting some pretty bad depression this last couple of months. A lot of it revolves around stress over money, or lack there of. But no small part is also due to my allergies and this past winter flu season. The flu shot this year did not help. To fight it, I've been nose deep in busy-work.

Currently I'm stalled with SM-EW due to a delay in Sunnyvale sending us our business license. Without that, we can't get the DBA. And without both of them we can't set up the bank account. And everything else revolves around getting the bank account. GRRRR! Maybe complaining about it here will mean it'll show up in the mail today.

I've also been busy coloring an older, unpublished project for a new outlet. It'll be a 4 issue, roughly 12 pages, bi-monthly comic called "To Kill a Dragon" (working title, org. "Hand of the Dragon"). Right now, I'm coloring page 13 of the first issue. Will post some sample pages once I get the re-lettering in. While I still need to rewrite the ending (was unhappy with the first version), all the other art and writing is done. It just needs a little more polishing and some color. Only problem with this is that it's really beating on my hand. After about an hour, I am really feeling it. This is all being done digitally. I guess me and pure digital art just don't mix. But I will see this through, one page at a time. I have no idea how good, bad, or indifferent this will do. But if I don't try something new I can't move forward. After all, all the old ways and channels are no-longer working. Adapted or die time.

I'm also deep in getting the illos done for the novella I'll be PODing soon. Hopefully, I'll have a couple I can post online soon for all to see. I'm nervous and excited about it all at the same time. Nervous mostly because it's had very few beta readers, and as par typical, they were good with basic edits, but not much useful criticism. I miss Gerald. He'd rip my stories to shreds, making the paper bleed red. I have yet to find a beta reader who would do the same. So, I'm sending this off into the wilds hoping I've prepared it for the best that any one person can, praying that others like it as well. After all, I'm pretty fond of Warrior and Keeper at this point.

So where does this leave Ebin & May? Kind of up in the air actually. I need to focus on stuff that has the possibility of making some income. At this point Ebin & May has no chance of ever doing that. I do want to finish it, but if I have to make the choice of working on a project that can bring some much needed income in vs. one that has none, guess which gets pushed tot he bottom of the "to do" pile. There's a lot more here than I can really go into nor talk about. For now, Ebin & May has to be squeezed in around the edges and that's the best it's going to get unless something radically changes.

One of the other 'projects' I've been trying to work on is getting my bicycle repaired. It seriously needs some TLC, but the money has been lacking and this whole house (including myself) suffers from "we'll get to it later" syndrome. Today, I finally got off my butt and went down to the hardware store and bought a single inner-tube and a bike pump. It was all I could afford atm. But it will allow me to check that I have the wheel size correct. Maybe next month I'll have enough to buy a second tube. After that, new road tires (the ones currently on the bike are permanently pancaked on one side), a new chain, headlights (they ticket you mightily if you don't have them around here come dusk), and a cheep bike rack so that I can use it instead of the van to get groceries and stuff. Should get the seat and shifter looked at, but those are much more low priority things compared to the wheels and chain.

Anyway, that's all I can really go into at this time. Lots of things happening behind the scene that I can't talk about, unfortunately. But I am trying to forge ahead.

└ Tags: bicycle, business, depression, Ebin & May, Hand of hte Dragon, SM-EW, smudge, Smudge Marks &Engel Werks, The Keeper's Warrior, To Kill a Dragon
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Now offering prints.

Mar06
by baron on March 6, 2014 at 9:08 am
Posted In: Baron's Journal

Hello to all our watchers. As Smudge Marks and Engel Werks slowly comes to life we have started the process of making prints and other consumer items such as mugs, mouse pads, etc. available for purchase either through Zazzle or Deviant Art.

Our intention is upload offer one new image a week until we have established diverse library of available images. Not all images will be available on all items, and as new images are brought into the inventory we make further announcements.

Now we will not be making every image available for prints or merchandising at this time, nor do we have no plans to make any of the fan-related art available is due to issues of licensing and copyright issues. In a few cases we no longer have the original art or print quality digital files.  Some cases images will not be available on consumer items because we consider them inappropriate for public display.

However are there any images that you’ve seen posted by Smudge or myself in the past that you’d like available for purchase as reproductions. If so let us know.

Note. If see an image on the Zazzle store front but it is not available as a consumer item you want, please contact us and we’ll see what can be done.

At this time the images we now have available are:

Dragon’s Treasure

Dragon’s Toy 2

 

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