What’s going on in the TRDL studio, you ask? I know you did.

Now that I’m back from my honeymoon and a year’s worth of wedding planning is out of the way, I’m back on the art full-steam… or as full-steam as I can be when drawing is my moonlighting thing. But anyway, here’s what’s happening, briefly:

1. Finit-e Graphic Serial: The first chapter is done: pencils, inks, scanned and ready for color. I’m drawing chapter 2 now. The plan is to stagger the work, so when chapter 3 pencils begin, I start coloring chapter 1, and when chapter 4 is penciling, I post chapter 1, and so on. This way there’s some queued material to share. Additionally, since I have no formal training in full-page coloring, I need time to get my palette worked out for the book. It’s intended to be pretty muted. So, I have been experimenting with the look I want, and I’ll soon know whether I can accomplish it, or if I’ll need the talented hands of a bitchin colorist (ahem, Bob!) to assist. Anyway, progress, all you doubters. Progress!

2. Commissions: I have a current commission queue of 17 images. This may seem like a lot, but don’t be discouraged, if you have a commission you’ve been thinking about. Get in line. I work on several simultaneously, so depending on subject matter and complexity, I can bang through my list pretty quickly. I expect to see the current three I’m doing now out the door by the end of the week.

3. Art Jams/ Personal Images: I have 6 images either penciled or inked, being finished now, most done while in Mexico, and a few from before the wedding, that are for various art groups. I also have 14 TRDL original characters in process, pencils, inks and a few in base colors. It should be obvious, for regular forum readers, that I work on several projects at once. I’m excited about some of these, so i want to get them online soon. Villainy, too!

4. Collaborations: I have 4 collaboartion projects underway, which involve working side by side with another artist, virtually, to produce a combined piece of art. Bob Sparhawk just finished coloring a piece we did for an erotic art group, which I’ll be adding to the Deviant Illustration Vault today, and I have another being colored, and 3 where I’m working with another penciler/inker on a hybrid piece. I love these. And, of course, I’m continuing to work withmy fellow collaborators in our picture this! virtual studio…

5. Design Work: I’m working on logo/mascot design for two clients right now, on a limited basis. I keep this kind of work to a minimum, because there’s lots of production time spent for reasonably small end product, as is the case with most commercial design. But when there’s a good reason to do it, i like to keep my hand in it.

So, you can see I’m kind of bored, nothing to do…

Stay tuned for more TRDL stuff coming soon!

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Related posts:

1. Finit-e Serial: Update
2. TRDL Update: Finit-e Graphic Serial Scene 03
3. Finit-e Chapter 4 is Almost Here