The Rehabilitation of Princess - 3

Happy 4th of July everyone!  This entry shouldn't have been quite so delayed, but I ended up a little busier than expected.

Story by thrandrall, art by zanfadar.

The Rehabilitation of Princess - 2

Our first new (refreshed) look at the main girl herself.  If you couldn't tell from the photo on the first page, that's her younger sister in the third frame.

Story by thrandrall, art by zanfadar.

Synthean - Instructional Video 7

Well, it took a lot of work, but Synthean has finally completed restoration of our training film.  On the one hand, the results are perhaps not out of the ordinary when it comes to TransRepo Industries projects - even for the apparent period - although the success and lack of visible side-effects (beyond the obvious) is a little more surprising.

What do you think?

The Rehabilitation of Princess - 1

This would have been posted last night, but we had a bit of a lightning storm locally and I decided it would be best to keep most of my gear shut off.

I always like to go back and revisit projects from time to time.  Personally, I liked the way South Pacific Follies played out production-wise - a page at a time without a vast amount of editing.  So I'm giving it another shot.  This concept is a little more tf-focused, although there may wind up being tg elements down the road. 

Consider it a sequel to "My Name is Princess" from way back in 2011.  We'll be staying with just the pen and ink level of detail this time around - but I've already given zanfadar a good 40 pages or so of script - and that's incomplete in and of itself :) - so no idea exactly how long this'll run.

For the moment, I'll just be posting a new page every Saturday.  Like SPF, it is dialog-free, but I think it works well enough as it is - and to be honest, I'm going for a bit more of an emotional/poignant tack this time around - given a little more space/time to elaborate. 

As always, feedback is appreciated.

Cobalt_k - Portraits (1946)

I'm really getting behind with some of these posts - starting a new comic by a familiar artist on Saturday - but this spread of posts isn't necessarily intentional.  Lots going on at work and not much free time lately - although feeling a little more productive/fulfilled at work lately in spite of that.

Here we see Arianna around the end of her South Pacific Follies period - or perhaps just reliving some of the fun in the sun. 

Art by Cobalt_k.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities Conclusion

Well, I don't really see any other way this could have ended.  What do you think?

As I mentioned at the beginning - the timing of this will [hopefully] bear out in another project later this summer.  Stay tuned.

Art by Cobalt_K.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities 5

I'm pretty sure this isn't how it's done....but then again, why else would they ask if you're allergic to eggs before giving you the flu shot?

Art by Cobalt_K.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities 4

Weird huh?  Not what you were expecting?  Or was it?.....hmmmm.

Just how my mind works I guess.

Art by Cobalt_K.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities 3

Sarcasm....witty or just plain irritating?  You be the judge.

On second thoughts...maybe not.

Art by Cobalt_K.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities 2

A friend turned me on to the [sadly canceled] show "Better Off Ted" - which I watched via netflix - liked it enough that I might buy it.  Some of the characters in this strip might seem somewhat similar in look and/or tone :)  Not wholly accidental.

Art by Cobalt_K.

Cobalt_K - Job Opportunities 1

Well now - about time I start getting back to a semi-regular posting schedule.  This next piece is something I've been bouncing around with for a little while now and wanted to get it in the bag before proceeding with a few other concepts.  Oh and of course it's a TransRepo Industries piece.

If the design seems a little different - the visualized concept is not unlike a bunch of flash-cut edits (like in Edgar Wright's work) snapping from comment to comment, image to image.  Cobalt_K and I had a lot of fun with this one - at least I did.  :)

Blog Update

First off, I must sincerely apologize for the delayed response to the healthy inputs I received for the pageview count contest.  I've been on a bit of a little roadtrip since last Friday and my internet access (and admittedly cellphone access) has been a little spotty to say the least.  Certainly wetter than the last few times I drove cross-country (Aug 2014, Dec 2012, Oct 2012, and Mar 2010) - I mean in just the last couple of days I've almost been washed off the road several times - E. Colorado, N Central Utah, S. Idaho, etc.  Still, at least no snow/ice so far (fingers crossed) - it's raining/hailing outside my motel window here in MT right now :)  From my previous trips....I didn't think it ever really rained in S. Idaho - at least not like today - but then again, I've only driven I-84/86 - this is my first time doing I-15.  Gotta say...yesterday was my first time driving I-70 west of Denver though - and that was pretty amazing!

Sooooo, getting down to brass tacks, there were 2 entries actually showing 5,000,000, but one was several minutes earlier - so congratulations to Jbrey - I will be working with him to figure out which project he gets with the [available] artist of his choice.  Congrats Jbrey!  And thank you very much to everyone else who participated and who I was unable to find the time to email via my cellphone mid-drive :)

Hopefully I'll get some more pics and posts updated a little later this week with some more network stability...we shall see.

Thanks!

Hamotilok - Shoplifters

A concept that's been bouncing around for a long time - it's certainly been used in plenty of SRU stories - and I have used the shoplifting project as part of larger projects too.  That said, it's a fun little idea - definitely one to use again in the future.

Hamotilok generally specializes in petrification and inanimate transformations - which I felt fit this project a little more closely than some others.

You'd think a place like La De Baucherie Magique might get a reputation....then again, if nobody ever makes it out after a "job"...nobody gets the message?

Cobalt_k - Portraits (1932)

Continuing our project, a little style pic from the 30s.  Maybe not quite as fashionable under the circumstances, but still attractive.

Great job by Cobalt_k.

 

Danielsangeo illustrates: "SRU: Tuning Bimbos"

Unfortunately again - like my most recent Illustrated Stories posting, Danielsangeo got me the pictures a while back and it's taken me a little longer than planned to get everything formatted and uploaded properly.  My apologies.

However, I'm finally able to post an illustrated version of one of my favorite SRU stories - one I've read numerous times over the years since I first came across it - probably soon after it was first posted in '99.  I'm very happy to present:

"Spells 'R Us: Tuning Bimbos" - by Ellie Dauber.

(.doc with illustrations by Danielsangeo)

For the moment, there is one more illustrated story in the works - but I'm not sure how soon it'll be ready.  As a separate reminder - the previously noted contest is still ongoing!  

The individual illustrations are posted below as well: