Yes, that's Kali, again, from the pin up I posted quite a while back. I've been working on a new lay out for the first Galactic Gun pin up, going for more natural pose; something that looks less arranged for something more convieniantly suggestive and believable. Also of note is the refining of her look from the proto-manga looking block form to the more curve based cartooning I'm using now.
A little while back, I got to talking with some friends about putting together a themed bar; based off an article I found that was lamenting, in the Denver area, the lack of decent Irish styled pubs. Through a series of twists and turns I came up with a sort of Steam punk-ish themed place called "Livingston's Dark Safari Lounge". You can see the initial logo design to the right.
And here we have Samus Aran. (I told you she's gonna pop up every now and then.) This started as a test for some new art pens I got a while back. Nice ones. From Japan. That, in total, cost me over $100. Pens, it seems, I can't figure out how to use.
It's 3535, and man has moved to Mars, used it up, and left it for bigger places. It's the Reno, Nevada of its time; as tourist traps and casinos dart the barren red landscape. Those left behind to live there do so in poverty, paying (Sometimes quite literally) through the nose for breathable air. One professor's discovery could change that... if he hadn't just been murdered.
There was only one snag, for me, in this book; the over use of reds. Everything is red, everywhere. I can see where this is used to show the Martian environment. And, in exterior shots, it works very well. But it seems a bit off, visually, for interior shots, as well as being a bit much, over all.
Quinn is a goof up pizza delivery guy who has just made a delivery to the wrong address. Krunk is a recently framed and disgraced police officer. They both have one thing in common; the hot thieving space babe Neoki, who is on the run from criminals she was supposed to steal an idol for.
Inspiration comes from the weirdest places at the oddest times. Proof of that is sitting there, to the left. You remember that Pac-Man post a did a couple of days previous?
No? Go ahead and take a look. It's okay; I'll wait here until you're done.
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So, that silly movie trailer got the old gears turning, and last night I sat at the art table and whipped this out. What is it? Well, it's the first visual work up for Neverland Transit Authority's next comic; "The Runner."
Set in a not too distant future where cities stack on top of each other and sprawl out for miles like twisted labyrinths, the only way to move sensitive information and packages is through a system of licenced specialized couriers; trained and prepared to move what you have to where it needs to go by any means necessary. Johnny Mann is one such runner; employed by Priority Allied Couriers. (P.A.C.)
Johnny has just been given an ultra-sensitive assignment; to move a package from the Nippon Imperial Union, across the Pacific Ocean, and to a firm in the United Pacific Coast; a small nation formed, after the fall of the United States, from the former states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada.
But, danger lurks as ever step, turn, and twist is a high stakes race to complete the job, and stay alive. What secret does he carry in his satchel? How do they know his every move? And who is the mysterious woman that is tailing him at every turn?
The Runner... "In the city of tomorrow staying still will eat you alive."
