THIS WEEKEND, June 4th - 6th, I'll be heading to Charlotte, North Carolina for Heroes Con!!

I'll be set up in Artist's Alley at table 613.  I'll have all of my usual swag, including copies of several of my books, original artwork, and a few of my older sketchbooks.  Also, this year for the show I've got two limited edition prints made exclusively for Heroescon.  Check them out below.  (Please note that these are just initial jpegs and not the finished prints)

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I'll also be taking a limited number of sketches each day.  This year, because of how fast my list has been filling up, I'm going to try and stick to head and shoulder color pieces.  I want to make sure that everyone that wants a sketch can get one. I'll be asking $30 for sketches. Since I'm trying to stick with head and shoulder shots, I wanted to ask less than usual in order to give you guys a deal.

Drop by and say "hi" if you get the chance. I'm looking forward to seeing you there!

Thanks

-Jeremy @ 1:02 AM No Comments »

Hey everyone--

Sorry to have been away so long.  May kind of killed me, schedule wise and I'm just now getting things back on track.  Between a couple of tight deadlines and an unexpected hiccup putting the art book together, I've been chasing my own tail.

The bad news-- Unfortunately we've had to slightly delay getting PORTAL out.   We were setting things up to come out as both the softcover and hardcover sizes.  That didn't end up being as easy a thing as planned and we've had to go back in and completely rescale and reset everything.  Having to balance that with the "day job" drawing a couple of issues in May kind of messes things up.  That ended up setting back production and what looked like getting it to the printer in early may has now turned into getting it to the printer in mid June.  I'm really sorry for the delay.  The book WILL be out soon.

I'll have another update in a week or so once we've got it off to the printer letting everyone know what's up.   I really appreciate your patience.

Thanks-

-Jeremy @ 12:31 AM No Comments »

After much ado and a few delays, the special hardcover edition of "PORTAL" is available for pre-order!!! The pre-order period will last until MAY 31st and will be limited to an edition of 125 copies.

The special edition hardcover of "Portal", is a 400 page, 8.25 x 10.75in, black and white sketchbook. All pre-orders will be signed and include a 4 x 4in brush and ink vellum head sketch featuring the character of your choice. I'll be accepting payment either via paypal, cashiers check, or money order of $50 US plus $5 shipping and handling. I am willing to send outside of the US, though the shipping will of course be a bit more.

To place your order, please email me here with the subject heading "PORTAL HC PRE ORDER". Please specify your chosen method of payment and who you'd like for your sketch. I'll email back confirming the order and easy payment instructions.

Given the amount of interest I'm probably looking at about one month to get all of the books out once they're back from the printer. I'll send them as I complete them, so it might be less, but lets say a month just to be safe.

Thanks so much for all of the interest in the book!

-Jeremy @ 2:26 AM No Comments »

Hey folks, C2E2- Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo is THIS WEEKEND, APRIL 16-18, and I'll be there! I will be set up in Artist Alley at Table # O1 (that's "O" as in oscar).

As usual, I'll have original artwork including everything from ARKHAM REBORN to BERSERKER, comics and trades, and a ton of other fun stuff. I'll also be doing sketches.

This year, because of how fast my list is filling up, I'm going to try and stick to head and shoulder color pieces, so that everyone can get one. I'll be asking $30 for sketches this year. Since I'm trying to stick with head and shoulder shots, I wanted to ask less than usual in order to give you guys a deal. IF I'm not busy and you're interested in a full sketch image, please feel free to ask. I can't guarantee that I'll have time to do it, but it never hurts to check. :)

I hope to see you there. It's going to be a great time!!!


Thanks

-Jeremy @ 12:05 AM No Comments »

Well, with tonight's post, that's a wrap on my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". Thanks so much for the positive response and comments about the book. I'm really glad everyone digs what they've seen so far.

We've ended up having to do a couple of last minute tweaks on the book, so I'm not going to start the pre-order until next week when I get back from C2E2. However, here is all of the final information on the book and how I'll be doing the pre-order.

"Portal", is a 400 page, black and white sketchbook. It will be available in both 7.4 x 9.6in softcover and 8.25 x 10.75in hardcover editions. The books will be priced at $25 for the softcover and $50 for the hardcover. As a special deal, for anyone who pre-orders the hardcover edition through me, I will sign the book and include a 4 x 4in brush and ink vellum head sketch.

I will start taking pre-orders for the book on MONDAY April 19th. If you are interested in pre-ordering the hardcover edition send me an email with the title "PORTAL PRE-ORDER". I'll be accepting payment either via paypal, cashiers check, or money order of $50 US plus $5 shipping and handling. I am willing to send outside of the US, though the shipping will of course be a bit more. Please specify your chosen method of payment and who you'd like for your sketch. I'll email back with either my paypal info and the address to send the payment.

Given the amount of interest I'm probably looking at about one month to get all of the books out once they're back from the printer. I'll send them as I complete them, so it might be less, but lets say a month just to be safe.

Anyway, like I said, I really appreciate all of the interest in the book. I hope you've enjoyed the preview. I'm putting up a couple of nice scans of the cover. One of the full image and another with a detail of the face. Enjoy!


Thanks!!

-Jeremy @ 10:09 PM 1 Comment »

It's day...er, well, NIGHT seven of my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". Tonight's samples are from the 2000-2003 PARADIGM section of the book. I thought I'd make up for being a few hours late by posting a couple of sets of pages again.

It's never easy for an artist to look back on past work. I did the majority of digging through the stacks of artwork for the PARADIGM section with gritted teeth. I know a lot of people love the book. Hell, I have a lot of fond memories of working on it. Still, picking out stuff to put in an art book, from that period just isn't easy. In the end, I managed to put together a good cross section of work from the series. Honestly not a lot of PARADIGM exists, any more. I did manage to pull together a few REALLY embarrassing pages from our first attempt at the project. I think those should be a treat for true PARADIGM fans. I'll be cringing somewhere in the background, but you guys should dig it. :)

Alright, well that pretty much wraps up the majority of the preview. Tomorrow, I'll put up another image or two and the information on how you can pre-order the special edition hardcover for the book. Until then, I'm going to get back to the drawing board.

Many thanks to those of you who've followed along for PORTAL preview week!


Thanks!

-Jeremy @ 10:52 PM No Comments »

It's day six of my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". I'm running a little bit late, tonight. Sorry about that. For today's preview I'm putting up a sample from the Leading Man section of the book. It features several possible cover design variations and the finished pencils for the first two Leading Man covers.

Thumbnailing out a cover can be a fun and at the same time ridiculously stressful process. Finding the right balance between good design and eye catching visuals isn't an easy thing. In the end, after several designs, I think I hit on a couple of really nice, iconic images. I'm really happy with the way these covers turned out. Especially issue one. It's easily one of the strongest covers I've drawn in my career.

Be sure and check back tomorrow for the penultimate "PORTAL" preview...wow...that's alliterative. :)


Thanks!!

-Jeremy @ 9:59 PM No Comments »

It's day five of my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". Today I thought I'd put up another process page on a cover a did way back in '07 for my buddy Tim Seeley's book HACK/SLASH. It includes the progression from my quick thumbnails all the way through to the inks.

As usual, there are a couple of elements to it that bug the hell out of me, but on the whole, I like the way the cover turned out. I'm particularly proud of Vlad and the house in the background.

If you haven't already heard, HACK/SLASH is making the move over to Image Comics. If you aren't already reading the book, be sure and check it out. It's a ton of fun and deserves your support.

Be sure and check back tomorrow for another preview. More fun stuff is on it's way!!

Thanks!

-Jeremy @ 8:11 PM No Comments »

It's day four of my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". Today I thought I'd toss up a a couple of samples (technically four pages) from the 2004-2005 section of the book. Battle Hymn is easily one of my favorite projects from my career. It came at the right time and really kind of got me to thinking that maybe I could draw just about anything. I'm damned proud of the book. Here are a couple of pages featuring character designs for the Artificial Man and a couple of pages showing both my goofy assed thumbnails and the finished pencils on the book. I really wanted to throw as much stuff into this art book showing the progression of the page, as possible. I hope you enjoy it.

Check back tomorrow night for part five...assuming blogger doesn't drive me so crazy that I throw my computer across the room. :)

Thanks!

-Jeremy @ 4:01 PM No Comments »

It's day three of my week long preview of my upcoming art book "PORTAL". Today's sample is from the 2010 section of the book.

One of my New Year's resolutions was to do a little drawing outside of comics. As part of that I decided to put together and host a life drawing group here in my studio space. It's been a great experience and a chance for me to just artistically let go. Every session we try and bring in a different model of varying age, gender, race, and shape. In addition to that we try and add an element of costuming and theme to it. Kind of takes it beyond standard life drawing and adds a bit of fun. Even though this stuff is pretty loose and different from my comics work, I'm really fond of it. I hope you dig it too!

Alright, that's it for tonight! Check back tomorrow for another preview!!


Thanks!!

-Jeremy @ 9:14 PM No Comments »