Fallido

On to the next! This is the story of Fallido (foul-eh-dough). This story has a bit of a funny background. I wrote it about 10 years ago. If I remember correctly I had written it on an old piece of scrap paper and it had sat on my art room floor for a couple of months and was pretty much lost in the art shrapnel that was strewn about. Then one day a buddy of mine (Shawn) was over doing some sketching with me when I heard him laughing. He picked up the story and said “This is great!” I had somewhat forgotten about it and had to re-read it to see what he was talking about. I have to admit, I did think it was pretty funny. If it werent for Shawn pointing it out to me, it would have probably been scrapped.

Since then I had posted it on my website and even went as far as making a little book out of it (kinko style). I got some really good feedback from it (plus Im pretty sure its one of my mom's favorites...so I guess I had to do something with it) and always wanted to do something with it. Berona’s War, Book II is my chance. The original story was about a paranoid dog, since that wouldn’t work for Berona, I had to do a little improvising. Its now about a Cropone soldier.

It’s only going to be 6 or 7 pages but I'm pretty confident it will bring a smile to your face.
I am illustrating it in a very simple looking style…bold colors, cartoony character, simple background, etc. I think it will match the story much better that way.

-Jesse

Whatever it Takes

I took a bit of a different approach on “Whatever it Takes,” I just didn’t want to use the same look I have been using for the other stories I did. I wanted to give it more of a messy feel…Its more of a “controlled messiness” but messy none the less. I can see people liking this story a lot, at least I hope they will. Its only seven pages so I can’t show too much of it without giving it away, but than again, the two pages I do show makes it look like the most boring story EVER! Take my word on it…you’re gonna dig it.
-Jesse

Dawn and the Dead

I finished the pages for Dawn and the Dead and will be coloring them in the near future but since this is a three part story I want to have all three done before I start coloring them....so the style doesn’t accidentally change halfway through. I did want to go ahead and post a few of the pages (even though they aren’t colored) so you can see the look of the story. I really enjoy these characters.
-Jesse

High Ho....High Ho....

Well Christmas is over and its back to work we go! I was playing around with some sketches for a friend’s project and started goofing around. At this point it always seems to make its way back to these little guys! I'm not complaining or anything but I often wonder if when I am done if I will be able to draw anything other then a Cropone….haha.
-Jesse

The Clean Up

Here is the video of me cleaning up the previous sketch.
-Anthony-

Working Process

I got a new screen capturing software, so I've been itching to test it out. This first video is me roughing in one of the panels on pg. 3. The next video will be me cleaning it up. I'll post that when I finish, which won't be too long. Sorry its small, I should have zoomed in more while drawing. I'll get it right next time. Still learning the software.
-Anthony-

Dawn of the Nance...

We have quite a few stories in the pipeline for Book II and some of them are easier then others. However, one of the stories that I have been looking forward to the most has got to be “Dawn of the Nance.”
The idea is broken into three tiny skits that tell a little about a creature living in darkness and feeding off the souls and flesh of others. What’s not to love?
Our two main bad guys (or girls) will be Dawn and Nance…actually they are both the same character. One (Dawn) became so cruel and ugly on the inside that she literally pushed out her physical appearance and became what she really was (the Nance). From that point on Dawn basically became a “Siren” calling all passing travelers into her pit of hate.
My favorite part to the story is that everyone sees Dawn for her beauty and it ends up costing them their lives. However, the only one to “see” her for what she truly is…is the one Cropone (Yaunt) who can’t see at all. Irony…I think so! Anyway, I'm getting a kick out of it, haha.
Anthony is working on a short called “What happened to Flight 82?” which a bunch of flight squadron soldiers get separated on a mission, each branching into a new story in the book. One of the soldiers, Coffey, will lead to a Dawn of the Nance storie. This one will be a bit different to handle because both Anthony and myself will have our hands digging into it. We’re not too sure how we will do it but most likely we will each have about a 50% roll in designing and drawing the story.
Anyway, I just figured I would go ahead and post a little bit of what I got. It’s still rough but you will get the point.
-Jesse

1...DAWN of the NANCE

Rumor has it that there is a creature so cruel and malevolent that simply approaching it would wipe your existence clean from this world.

It is called the Nance and it is living proof the misery indeed loves company. It devours anyone and anything that it can lour into its reach.

It does not feed to satisfy hunger but rather trying to fill an endless pit of anger, trying to make all others as miserable as itself.

But not to worry because after all…it’s just rumor.

2...DAWN of the NANCE “A New Dawn”

The Nance, thought once to be a Cropone, was known as Dawn. She possessed an overwhelming beauty that was able to get her what she wanted when she wanted it.

But her beauty was only skin deep, for what was beneath, was truly foul and repulsive

She in fact became so cruel and ugly on the inside that she could no longer keep a grasp on her physical appearance.

Her true self, became the Nance and isolated itself in the cold confines of a cave while Dawn, a representation of her former beauty, was forced to roam the nearby area. Neither of which were who they use to be. The Nance, being the ugly face of hatred and Dawn having nothing remaining but her beauty

The Nance, so feared and repulsive, sent out such a bad vibe that most would avoid the area totally on gut instinct. However Dawn, who possesses more beauty than the eye can even acknowledge, had no trouble leading more than enough victims to Nance’s cave.

3... DAWN of the NANCE “Dawn and the DEAD”

One by one, farmers, workers, lost soldiers, children and stragglers of all sorts found themselves in Nance’s grasp.

It seemed there was no denying the temptation their eyes delivered once settling on Dawn.

Most of the time we do not wait to see past the thin shell of ones appearance. Beauty is skin deep, and unfortunately, “skin deep” is all Dawn needs.