Pre-Production

I know, I know, it's been a LONG time. I have been doing a lot of art though and do have some stuff planned that is going to make the next few months very hectic for me but very awesome for those few that actually enjoy my art.

School has been kicking my ass lately. I'm doing really well, but I do a LOT of work and still don't do enough. But, I am finally learning! Thank god for Elio Guevara! He's my character and object design teacher. He's REALLY talented. His blog has some awesome stuff in it. He's really taught me how to draw.He gives excellent criticism and actually TEACHES unlike my other teachers. I can't wait to scan the stuff in my portfolio when he gives it back.

Anywho... I have decided to finally do a comic... FOR REAL THIS TIME! Shea and I worked out a vague idea and I designed some characters (via the awesome pre-production techniques Elio gave me). I'm having a hard time designing the last character, but he'll come along.

Basically so far I have this:

It takes place in the future, in a steam/cyber-punkish world. Organization 1 (it has yet to get a name) is a huge assassin's guild that has been around for thousands of years with small parties at different points in a City (also unnamed). We focus on one of these parties (also also unnamed). The party consists of 4 guys and 2 androids:

Jax - Human; a sarcastic obnoxious guy that doesn't take his job seriously but is amazing at his work when he actually tries. Spy.
Xavian - Human; The leader of the bunch. He spends most of his time on his computer sorting out targets and payments from clients. He used to assassinate but lost his arm and now has a hard time doing his job. Secretary/Leader.
Devon - Human; Jax's little brother. He is very obsessed with his job and comes off as inhuman or heartless because of his eagerness to assassinate a target. Assassin.
Kantor - Human; was roped into the guild because of his linage and really isn't into his job at all, most of the time, unless it is a large mission, he stays at the base and cooks and cleans. Jax calls him 'mother'. Cheff.
Kalintz - Android; Built to kill, Kalintz is cold and deadly on the battle feild. He is an experiment put together by the guild to create the perfect killer to reduce loss of human life from the guild. To fund the project they teamed up with a company that wanted to create the most humanoid android they could, so he is also a test for computerized human emotion.
D20 - Robot; D20 adds a cutesy element to the normally dark focus of the comic. He is Xavian's computer and helps him with two-handed tasks, processing invoices, and finding the perfect dating site. He has no human emotions or desires and therefore comes off as airheaded.

The main conflict in the story lies at the hands of Organization 2 (ugh, I know), a newly formed group that highly disagrees with Organization 1's actions and wants to thwart them. So you have the two large groups at war with a central focus on a small group of assassins.

There you have it. Concept. I am having a hard time designing Kantor, but am in LOVE with everyone else... especially D20, which makes me sad because he doesn't call to be drawn much.

Once I am done designing the characters, I will ink and color all of them in a nifty pose and splice them all together into an awesome group of badass looking dudes... until then, I am swamped with work and Character Design home work. This time I need to design a character that is a total 'dude' but is also a monkey or a bear. I think I am going to try to make him something like a marmoset or a red panda... stretching it, I know...

Anyway, I'll keep you posted on Comic (shoot me now). Thanks for reading!