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I contributed to this!

Styl.us is an artist forum which I am a member of. A little while back we put together an art book with contributions from various members. After some technical snags, it’s finally ready for print! Check it out here!!

So here’s the latest Beer Advocate piece. About being a beer critic and the hell of other people- blah blah blah.

I got a job! It’s a contract gig and only for 4-5 months, but it’s cool and interesting work. For the past week I’ve been working for Demiurge Studios doing UI for a secret project that is very secret and secretly very exciting!! It’s a great opportunity and I know I’m going to learn a lot from this experience. Oh and don’t worry. I haven’t completely abandoned Outlands. I have plans for my webcomic to be coming soon!

So I got laid off last week.

And it sucks.

But one thing I’ve discovered is that contentment kills creativity.

One Art Director who can draw, paint, and animate anything for hire here!

I thought I’d show the process of creating the last Beer Advocate editorial.

Here, we start with the thumbnail sketch which is sent to the editor for approval.

I was having some trouble finding the exact angle of the starship Enterprise that I wanted (google image search failed me!), so I made my own reference in 3DS Max.

Here, I rough out the background.

Here is the pencil version of the ship which I drew on tracing vellum over a print of the 3d model.

Inked with a #3 and #1 watercolor brush.

And the final inked version! I actually did the background in Painter since it’s easier for me to get the Kirby crackle digitally, and the colors added in Photoshop.

My wife, Nancy, has started a blog about our crazy life as parents! Check it out here!

Welcome, Luke Reed 俊傑 Lau, to the internet!

Someone started a “Draw My Character” thread on styl.us

here’s my first entry. Left is a character created by Tim Taylor. On the right is my guy who I’ve dubbed Cat Zola.

Here’s the second round:

My interpretation of a character by Colin Kahn

And a guy by me:

Secret Identities is an Asian American comic book anthology that is being released in April this year. I’m proud to say that I helped out and contributed 2 pages to this great little book! Just this weekend a bunch of the people who put this thing together were at the NY Comic-Con promoting it. I wish I could’ve gone! The book itself should be available in stores around April, but until then you can check out a preview of the book here!

I just discovered this awesomeness.

I don’t know what I like better: the music, the animation, or the way they synced it all together!