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Warm-Ups 3

Some warm-up sketches from this week.

Left to right: The Walking Dead, The Hobbit, Mars Attacks!

Drawn & colored with Prismacolor brush pen & markers, Micron pens and Higgins black magic ink on 9x12" smooth Bristol.

Check out my Big Cartel store to purchase my warm-up sketches (they sell fast, so watch my Twitter feed for new postings).

-Otis

Warm-Ups 2

Some warm-up sketches from this week.

Left to right: Bioshock, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Alien.

Drawn & colored with Prismacolor brush pen & markers, Micron pens and Higgins black magic ink on 9x12" smooth Bristol.

Check out my Big Cartel store to purchase my warm-up sketches (they sell fast, so watch my Twitter feed for new postings).

-Otis

"How It Should Have Ended" Update

I haven't posted anything about the How It Should Have Ended shorts that I've worked on for the last few months, so I thought I'd remedy that by posting some artwork and links to the last four shorts I created the artwork for...

This is the Demon Dog "puppet" that I created for Ghostbusters: How It Should Have Ended:

These are some Splicer "puppets" that I created for Bioshock: How It Should Have Ended:

These are two of the Altair "puppets" that I created for Assassin's Creed: How It Should Have Ended:

And finally...this is one of the "puppets" and its corresponding background that I created for Pulp Fiction: How It Should Have Ended, which came out this week!

BTW... the HISHE team also put together a "behind the scenes" video for my work on the "Pulp Fiction" YouTube subscription tag. You can see it HERE!

Thanks for reading and for watching the series! I'll keep you posted about my next HISHE short...

-Otis

Cutting Back On Ustream Artcasts...

After a month or so of returning to a format of two artcasts a day, one at Noon and one at 8PM, I have decided to return to only doing the 8PM show four times a week.

I do not make this decision based on a lack of interest in doing the Noon show. On the contrary, doing two shows a day is a good thing for productivity. Unfortunately it has everything to do with computer troubles. Yesterday I was confronted with a "kernel panic" and got this message from my Mac:

It may have been from some trouble I was having with downloading a file via Firefox, which kept crashing over and over when I tried to download. But a Facebook commenter told me that it had happened to him and it was due to his computer fan failing. And this made me think of how much harder my Mac's fan seemed to be working while broadcasting with Ustream after upgrading to the Lion OS.

So, in an effort to give my Mac (an essential tool in my work) a break, I'm cutting back on Ustream artcasts.

Thanks for watching and I hope to still see some of you in the chat room during the 8PM CST broadcasts!

-Otis

Warm-Ups 1

Some warm-up sketches from this week. I might start doing these regularly during the work week.

Left to right: Master Blaster, Venkman & Slimer, Hellboy and friend.

Drawn & colored with Prismacolor brush pen & markers and Micron pens on 9x12" smooth Bristol.

UPDATE: I fully intend to sell any of these warm-up drawings to anyone who wants them. I will be adding them to my Big Cartel store. In the meantime, if you're interested in taking Master Blaster off of my hands (sorry, Peter/Slimer and Hellboy are already sold), go HERE. Each piece costs $20 (+$3 for U.S. shipping or $6 for International) and I only accept PayPal payments. Thanks!

-Otis

Recent Personalized Digital Commissions

I've done a number of commissions recently that all had a personalized touch for the buyers. Enjoy...

 

All of these pieces were drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4 using a Wacom Cintiq 21UX.

You can watch recordings of me working on (some of) these pieces on my Ustream channel HERE.

Digital Commission: Old Friends, Long Gone

This is a digital commission featuring an old Jedi, two dead Jedi, a wannabe Jedi and a droid. True, this image may make little sense when it comes to canon. But, well...that's Star Wars for you.

This piece was drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4 using a Wacom Cintiq 21UX.

You can watch a recording of me working on (some of) this piece on my Ustream channel HERE.

-Otis

Final Oddly Normal 2.0 Kickstarter Campaign Update!

There are just three days left to the "Oddly Normal 2.0" Kickstarter campaign! I can't believe how fast the clock has run down. It really does feel like I was nervously launching this project yesterday.

I'd like to make one final push to get the word out about the campaign. I would ask everyone to please post a link to the project page on their Twitter, Facebook or blog pages: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/otisframpton/oddly-normal-20

Obviously I've already reached and exceeded my goal. I'm thrilled beyond words about that!  But I'd love to get as many books into people's hands as possible.... and remember, if you pledge $25.00 or more you get a special printed copy of the final book!

Thanks in advance for spreading the word!

One last thing...on Tuesday (the last day of the campaign) at 9:00AM CST, I'll be doing a 3 hour webcast to count down the final hours. I'll be finishing the poster I've been working on and maybe showing off some roughs for new pages. I hope to see some of you in the Ustream chat room: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/otis-frampton-live

Thanks for everything, folks. This has been a great experience for me and I can't wait to start showing off my work on the new book!

-Otis

Digital Commission: Indy Community

This is a digital commission featuring a mash-up of two of my favorite things..."Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Community".

This piece was drawn and colored in Photoshop CS4 using a Wacom Cintiq 21UX.

You can watch a recording of me working on (some of) this piece on my Ustream channel HERE.

-Otis

Escape From Planet Nowhere Page 29

A new page of Escape From Planet Nowhere has been posted at planet-nowhere.com!

Go HERE to see the new page!

Go HERE to start reading from the beginning!

-Otis