Devil

Been up to a lot. check it out on my other blog! - http://www.fishhookstudio.com

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The Black Mardik

In progress post of the new species of Mardik that will show up on the blog soon!

Here is some info on the species:

“The black mardik is the second largest tree climber in Yabun forest as well as the second largest mardik. These mardiks are social and live in large troops of up to 30 members. The whole of the troop is made up of smaller family troops, each governed by a dominant male and female. Dominance is decided through some intimidation but is mostly carried through bloodlines and offspring. This species is the most numerous species of mardik in Yabun Forest. While each female only has one cub at a time, she can give birth up to 6 times a year. Black mardiks are great mothers and even better babysitters. The entire troop collectively looks after the young that is produced over the year. Because there is so much help with looking after young, breeding females can focus their attention on feeding and having more young.”

Also, visit Fish Hook Studio #1 for some sketches of a 6 page sequential piece I'm working on...

Carry On

December is finally here and I'm officially finished with college! It seemed like forever and no time at all. I'll miss seeing everyone in the program all the time. I really did have an amazing time but Im glad to be done with it...

On to other things.

I've begun more writing on the Morae River recently. I'm really wanted to dive deeper into families and explore different species and how they are evolving in the area. I'm starting with the mardiks and will be introducing three new species on the blog hopefully later this month. I'll also be generating family tree graphics for the families I'm exploring. For right now I'm exploring Pernixids - the family that mardiks and balas belong to. Most of the species on the blog now will be getting makeovers and adjustments as I move deeper into Solturna. I'm hoping to generate more plant species as well and start to put them into families as well. Plants seem to get neglected...

The project has become a lot bigger and I'm hoping to shed some light on where Orcura sits in relation to us. Many viewers have been asking about it but I am a bit reluctant to give it all away at once. Either way, Im glad to be working on it again. It really is where my head is most of the day but I did need a small break to think about where I wanted to carry the project.

Expect new dinosaur work on brynnart.com soon as well as some other projects in January.

the photo above is one I took going over the golden gate not too long ago...I've only been over it twice in the 4 years I've lived in the bay area.

Slayers

For a COW that was closed earlier than stated. I had no clue.... oh well.

Our Nature

Its been a while since I've updated! The Morae River was featured on io9.com recently. That was quite a surprise! The book seems to be selling pretty well so far, although I'll be taking it down at the end of November. I initially wanted to take a break from the project but it really isn't letting up - as in I can't stop thinking about it. I'm assuming this is a good thing and I'll keep working on the project although I'll be slowing up a bit due to other projects.
Also, the Morae River show went great! Thanks to everyone who came out to see the work! I really appreciate all of your support! I'll be opening a store online soon to sell some of the prints I have from APE. I'll make an announcement through all of the various web portals I frequent once that is set up.
I'll be posting some new work on brynnart.com and this blog once the art "goes live" so keep an eye out for that.
This Tuesday I'll be giving a demo at CCA in Bob Ciano's Typography for Illustrators class. I'll be going through how I color animals for The Morae River in photoshop. I will be filming my process and will hopefully have it on here and HeyTutti.com. That should exciting, I don't think I've ever talked about how I work so it should be interesting.
I'm starting to get some work done for "Tiger Tea" - a children's book I had an idea for a while back. I had made a smaller dummy of the book and am now looking to finish it. I won't be uploading too much work from it until the final sample book is created.
Most of my time is now going to filling up FishHook Studio.com which has been suffering from neglect. I might even drop it all together and squeeze it into brynnart.com to make things simple. I'll have to think about it...
Other than that I'm just trying to get to December. The image above is just a random drawing I decided to take to color...it isn't really finished. 

APE is around the corner and Im getting excited to be around an amazing collection of people this weekend. The Morae River book won't be ready for APE but It will be here for the show at the end of this month. Its really starting to look finished now and Im excited to hold it in my hands. I will have prints and a few smaller items for sale at my table this weekend. If you like comics and art, I recommend you come out and see whats up. It's going to be a really great event!
The Morae River exhibition will also be hosting a donation which goes toRiverNetwork.org, an organization that helps restore rivers in America. Im hoping it all works out, I should be receiving all the paperwork soon to make it "official".
Midterms are almost over but are taking up more time than I'd like. Im ready for this semester to be over...

Info on the image above can be found here ---> Miku

Sabulo

The Sci Fi show at the glen was a success! We had a good turn out and way too much fun. Thanks to all of my friends who came out to support us!

I’m currently working on the foam-core boards for the Morae River show coming in October. They take some time to construct and format but I think the final presentation will look similar to a museum display. Some of the work is going slower than I’d like but most of it seems to be falling into place.

I’ve also decided to actually fill up a sketchbook this semester. You can expect to see more sketch work on here soon. I have a tendency to be afraid of sketchbooks and leave them half way through. The result is a lot of sketchbooks in my studio, half filled and wasted, as I don’t really return to them.

Classes are going well so far, my last 18 units! They are all very interesting classes but all have an enormous amount of reading to get done every week. I just have to keep up…

Science Fiction

This upcoming Friday the Red Tail Mardik will make a “mini-appearance” at “The Glenn” in El Cerrito. I’ll be showing with some very talented artists and so if you live in the area I suggest you stop by. The Glenn is part of the El Cerrito’s Stockton Art Stroll in which viewers walk down stockton to visit multiple galleries. So if you can, come out, see some art and bring some friends!

Howl

Another doodle. I took an old face and gave him a body.

Im currently laying down layouts for my show and its turning out to be a tight squeeze for all I would like to include. I have a lot of text that needs to be legible for the average sized person and so hanging everything at eye level is a good idea. This is proving to be quite the task. Printing all of the drawings and text will be interesting.

Im nervous about Tuesday. I don’t really like to fly. I’m always a wreck on the plane and I can never sleep through it. I am looking forward to some time to relax though. This summer has been pretty crazy and has gone by way too fast.

I start my final semester in exactly one week…

Blue

A doodle to keep me distracted from work I should be doing....