Webcomic Anouncement

No Fanart Friday this week kids.  I've been super busy this week packing and getting ready to go back to Savannah.  Sunday's gonna be fun!  So to make up for it I thought I'd get you up to date with my upcoming webcomic.

Here's some exciting news...

After working all summer to get the site designed and my comics buffer ready for the upcoming quarter, I have a launch date for the comic!

It will launch on Friday, September 16th and will be updated one page every Friday.  Throughout the week I may add some fun blog posts as well as keep the blog you're reading right now going.  Right now the website is very bare-bones, but it gets the job done.  So expect every Friday to get both a new Gallant Adventures page as well as a Fanart Friday to start your weekend.

This comic is going to be very silly and a lot of fun.  When I came up with the idea of the comic I just asked myself, "What did I love as a kid?"  And I put it in the comic.  Adventure, mischief, some princess rescuing, along with silly humor and a simple fun style.

I'm having a lot of fun working on it and I hope you guys have even half the enjoyment I get out of it.

Fanart Friday: Mega Man

MEGA MAN LEGENDS!

This game had a lot of influence on me as a kid.  Most people know it as Mega Man Legends, Mega Man 64 if you were a Nintendo fanboy like me, and it was a beautiful game.

"HUH-DERRR"

Well, the art and design was beautiful anyway.  The character design is what really captured my imagination as a kid.  Like I am with almost any form of entertainment, I don't pick it up unless I really like the art.  Even if the game, movie, or whatever is total crap.

Just for a minute I want to talk about something that has had a little controversy a while back.

 

There it is.  I think people got a little too upset about this being scrapped.  Don't get me wrong the idea of a new Legends game would have been cool, but the set up for the story is what had me worried.

I'mma let you finish, but first I'm gonna spoil some things.  The end of Mega Man Legends 2 is very odd, because Mega Man,"Trigger," is stranded on another planet, or the moon it's been a while since I've played, while Roll and Tron work together to build an extra-terrestrial craft to bring him back.  Kind of a bitter-sweet ending where two girls fighting over the same Mega Man, the generic anime cliche I used to love as an adolescent, have to work together to find him.  It was a funny little ending that gave wiggle room for a sequel.

"Shut-Up Data! Everyone liked you better when you couldn't talk!"

Back to Mega Man Legends 3 I don't think it would have been that interesting of a game for me.  Tron and Roll are busy being a two-woman space program and our title character is lost in space; who's going to be our protagonists?

These two.

That's my main concern, my favorite characters don't seem to have a active "roll" (*snicker) in the game.  Tron and Roll will most likely just be in the game to tell you where to go next to find the next maguffin for their rocket. These two will run all over God's green earth "digging" for parts to help the girls build the White Base so they can go save our main character.  They're cool designs and everything but I feel like my favorite characters are just going to be put on the side lines.

"Oh Paul, you cantankerous conservative, don't you want to meet and fall in love with new interesting characters?"  No, this generation is so keen to be wallowing in their own nostalgia. Why should I be any different?  Plus it would be on the 3DS and that just sounds awful.

Also, when working on this week's entry I noticed something interesting.

'til next time.

Fanart Friday: David Tennant

The 10th Doctor from BBC's Dr. Who.

I like Dr. Who, it's the cheesiest sci-fi I've ever seen.  I really enjoy David Tennant and I also enjoy Matt Smith.  I'm not going to get involved in that whole war though, Who fans are rather...insane.  There was a part of me that didn't even want to watch the show because the fans were absolutely pants-on-head retarded about it, but for this piece I decided to watch some and I enjoyed it.

The show is ridiculous to say the least though.  Space traveling spitfires with laser beams attached to their heads, space whales, renaissance vampires, and silly...silly, silly, Daleks.  I'm sorry I can't take them seriously with that testicle wrenching shriek.

EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!

 And now, here's something we hope you'll really like.

And here's a painting I did before I even knew what Dr. Who was.  Suck it Who fans!  

This is from 2008 when I was learning photoshop.  I had tried out a workshop in ImagineFx magazine and ended up making this. 
 

Fanart Friday: Flight of the Conchords

"I love that photograph"

Gotta go! NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!

TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAIiiiiiinnnn.....              

*ting.

Fanart Friday: Harry Potter

 

Neville Longbottom is a badass!  Not in the movie.  In the movie he's accidentally a badass, in the book he's a full on Snake Plisskin badass! Based this one on the late, great Frazetta if you couldn't tell.

So I've been in my studio for three days straight working in WordPress.  Getting ready for this webcomic!  I'm excited, WordPress is pretty cool once you start to get the hang of it.

Here's a peek at the banner.

And here's some concept work.

TTFN!

Fanart Friday: Batman Villains

I LOVE the Joker! 

He's the best villain ever created in my opinion.  Twisted, demented, and just fun to read about how he's going to mess up Gotham's day.

 

I feel bad for not doing a real full illustration.  To make up for just the portrait I made it a full on painting.  Later this weekend I'm going to do some Harley Quinn art or some other villain for repentance.

Here's some sketches to help cope.

Late Night Painting

 

Got bored late at night and decided to paint.

Here's some paint.