JaMiE BaKeR: fallout

Here is a character from the next SEPHILINA (Squid Girl) story that I have already thumbnailed out. The adventure is called “Buck BuKurk and the ship of women” and I hope to get it done in time for this year’s Comic-con.

If all goes according to plan I will have an issue of NERVE BOMB containing a few short stories featuring different characters. I haven’t decided whether or not to give Rocket Rabbit a rest for a bit, but he may be in there too…

But before I can resolve those questions I have to finish a jumbo sized pile of elephant illustrations first. Stay tuned!

As you may know (if you’ve been to this NEWS page before) I am currently working on some illustrations for a book about elephants featuring LIMERICKS written by my Dad, all on the subject of pachyderms. These are a couple more sketches for the book.

This sketch below (when coloured) will be in a book I am collaborating on with my Dad (written by him illustrated by me) and it illustrates not only the page it was intended for but the urgency being applied to me to finish off the job!

When not storyboarding away in the East Bay, I am trying to finish the sketches for ALL the illustrations for a book of limericks about elephants written by my Dad a few years back. I got roughly half of them done back at that time but then ran out of steam… However I am building up steam again now. Dad put a fire under my arse by finding a REAL publisher for the book, and they want placeholder sketches for all the pics by this December, and final colour illustrations by next February. If all goes well the book will be published next August by EXISLE PRESS of New Zealand.

UPDATE: The final colour artwork, based on the above sketches can be seen HERE.

Samples from a project that I have been working on for a while have been added to the newly expanded and re-arranged “comics” section, under the COSMO link on the side menu. It is tentatively titled “Cosmo: Dog from Planet Rex” and will hopefully some day become a children’s book, or perhaps a comic. Also, in the “Folio” section there is some more new stuff, so look around a bit.. The Links page has some new entries. Check out Ralph McQuarrie’s official site. Speaking of links, I’ve added a “Banners” section to the main menu, so if anyone wants to link to me and likes to use banners, I now have a few to choose from. I will add some desktop wallpaper patterns, and other downloadable stuff later on.