arrrrrrr......

Well I haven't much new I can post. I did this for my own amusement and figured I should post something just in case somebody is paying attention. Still have a bit more texturing and touch up to do, but like where it's going.

My children's book is on hold while I work on an iphone game which will be hopefully launching this Halloween. I'd love to spill the beans on this one, but keeping it pretty quiet for now. Besides that. no news is good news right. :)

Eep Eep!

Well one of my favourite games of all time has been making alot of news as of late. Monkey Island is back!!! Not only with a re-release of the original, with a full special edition treatment, but now also with a 5 part all new Series, Tales of Monkey Island.

As a fan, I am just giddy. And having finished playing the first part last week, I think it justifies the excitement. And by the time the series is done, Ghost Pirates should be just around the corner. Did I mention I love pirates.

So in light of all this piratey goodness, and also for a lack of up to date postings, here is what my version of Guybrush Threepwood in MI2 might look like. Hope you enjoy. I know how passionate people can be with these characters and there has always been great debate between cartooney and more realistic. I'd still love to see this design for the character allong with Bill Tiller's backgrounds, but that's just me.
Cheers

Gathering Dust...

Well for the stragglers that find there way to my blog, I'm sorry I haven't been posting. I've been busy with a few side projects and have been trying to enjoy the start of summer by staying away from the computer as much as possible. I hope to post some new stuff in May. Cheers and thanks for popping by.

Also in other news, Autumn Moon's next game has just been anounced. "Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island". I had the privilege to do some design work on this game and am looking forward to seeing the final product. Here's a couple screens from a game mag.

Sally & O'Mally

Well here is my children's book characters now in technicolor as promised. I'm pretty much done the story where I like it. I'm going to get some feedback from a couple more people and then it's time to start drawing and roughing everything out. I'm thinking the covers and sleeve will be rendered like this but the interior might be done a little simpler. Not sure yet. Maybe even watercolor. I haven't committed to an idea yet which is good as I have a couple little projects that just popped up before I get going on it. Hope somebody out there likes it. My kids like the characters. That's totally a "My mum thinks I'm cute !" comment isn't it? I'm shutting up now.

Cheers.

JL

P.s. There's some weird pixelation going on when i post this image for some reason. The .jpg looks fine here but when I post it it gets muddy so my apologies. :)

Children's Book

So I think these will be the 2 main characters for my childrens book. Any comments/feedback is welcomed as always. Before it is brought up, they will not be crosseyed the whole book. I'm still massaging the design a bit but I have a couple colored versions I'm pretty happy with that I may post this weekend. Just trying to decide what level of finishing I should do that is both conductive to the look and style of the book, but also conductive to me getting it done. :)

a few more sketches

Here's a few more quick AVS sketches.

Been working on both writing and illustrating a childrens book lately. So many things to consider. Hardcover vs softcover. Size and dimensions. Paper texture and quality. Special printing. Combination gloss & matte. How will it look on the shelf. Will it fit good in little hands. Maybe I'm thinking too much. This is unchartered territory and even though I'm more or less making it for my kids, it'd be nice to get it out there. The written part is pretty much complete, and I've pretty much nailed down the 2 main(and pretty much only) characters. Maybe I'll post the sketches this weekend for some feedback.

Enough rambles...enjoy.

Shorty...I mean Shrowdy von Kiefer