Colour Tests: BATP

Did some skin colour tests for The Bachelors and the Python, even though the comic is in black and white, it’ll have a colour cover (done in watercolours of course). Also, it’ll help plan how I’m going to do the black and white in the comic, i haven’t decided on if I’m going to do greytones at all.


What do you guys think? Do you like just ink comics, or do you prefer greytones?
Would it look funny to have only a couple things in the whole comic greytoned?

Comic Clearance sale March 20th

March 20th  at Vancouver comicon we are having a liquidation sale! We want to get rid of our overstock off Daqueran issues 1-4 so while supplies last on March 20th at Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC 11-5pm we will have a buy 2 get 2 free comic sale.


We will also have other merchandise such as buttons, notebooks, 2010 sketchbook, a free The Bachelors and the Python minicomic, sketch cards, prints and much more.


These are the other convention dates we plan to attend


• May 15
• July 10
• August 28 (Comix & Stories)
• September 11
• November 13

Comic con today!

Today I'm at Vancouver Comicon! Come visit my table, say you found me from the web and I'll give you a free button :)

Also don't forget about our winter contest!

Comiccon Time again

The 2011 Comiccon dates are out and we have a table for the January 16th Comiccon.
Hope to see you there!

First Day of Winter Contest

It's the first day of winter!
We wanted to celebrate our favorite season with a fun contest.
Before we begin, let me taunt you with the prizes

First Prize
Daqueran issues 1-4 in print
a Gurukitty studios blank notebook
An assortment of Gurukitty Studios Buttons
A Tik cellphone charm
A random 8X10 print
A random Sketchcard
A feature in our Gurukitty Studios Blog
(If chosen as a winner, you will need to submit your mailing address to receive your prizes)

Second Prize (number of submissions permitting)
Daqueran 1-4 in print
A Tik cellphone charm
A random Sketchcard
A random 4X6 Print
A sub feature on the Gurukitty blog
(If chosen as a winner, you will need to submit your mailing address to receive your prizes)

The contest Theme is obviously WINTER!
What you need to do is create a winter themed image that includes any  Gurukitty Studios Characters from any of our Projects (See below for list).

Rules:
No copyrighted images, must be all your own artwork/writing
Can be any artistic medium, visual, poetry, prose, script...
You may submit up to 3 entries, but you can only win once
All entries must be posted By Jan 21st 2011
Artwork will be judged by the Gurukitty Studios crew

How to submit:
Add your image to this blog, using the "add your link" button on the application below

Characters/projects:
Some projects have more information available than others. For example, conflagration has a lot of character info, but no stories available yet, and Daqueran has a lot of story but not many character profiles. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in a comment on this bog post.

Conflagration [Characters | Information]
Daqueran [Characters | Information]
Hello, Albertosaurus [Information | more info]
The Bachelors and the Python [Information]

Copic classes

In early 2011 I (Guru) will be starting Online Copic marker classes on the CDAC. I will strive to make them universally applicable to all purposes not just illustration or crafting. They will be entertaining, stimulating and informative, and I think they're a pretty unique angle for markers.

For the most part classes will be affordable, 1 month long, have at least 1 assignment, free digital images, and a give away at the end of the class. you will receive a completion badge for your blog or website as well.

If you think you'll be interested in the classes please feel free to fill out this short form to be informed when enrolment begins.

You will not be emailed for anything but Copic classes hosted by myself.

Please help me by spreading the word to your friends for me, I'd really appreciate it!

I'll be cross posting this to all my blogs, so I apologize if anyone watches more than one blog, you'll be bombarded. 

The Bachelors and the Python

I finished the comic course with Steve Rolston I was taking, where i created 4 teaser pages to a Graphic Novel project I've been planning for a little while.

Please note, these pages wont actually appear in the finished book, as the book will be in a shorter-wider format. Also this section of the actual comic will be paced out more appropriately with more fun surprises.

Also, I have a website in the works to go with this teaser where you can see progress on the novel, I'll link it when it's done.

Without further ado, here it is! I'd love to hear your comments!

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Daqueran Hiatus and things coming up

Because of school, Christmas and generally having way too much for one person to do at the moment, Daqueran is on a brief Hiatus until January.

In the meantime, I am working on the teaser to The Bachelors and the Python which will be a black and white graphic novel, possibly grey toned, but I haven't decided about that yet. I'll know more about that at the end of the day today. I'll have the pages online and I'll try and make it into a mini comic to give away at conventions ass well, or sell for dirt cheap just to cover paper and ink costs.
So the 4 page teaser comic should be posted...well after Monday, so maybe, Tuesday night, but I still need to finish the website, so we will see.
I'll post it on Drunk Duck, Deviantart, and some others and there will be a sub page on Gurukitty.com, which you can see the graphic is already there and waiting to be linked.


In January will be another Vancouver Comicon, and we will be there, as soon as tables open up and I can secure one. We will be releasing a printable coupon that you can bring to the Gurukitty Studios table and get something for free.  So keep your peepers peeled for that!

Less than a month until Christmas, I'm very excited for this year because our mother moved into a nice new apartment with a neat view, and It's going to be a nice quiet small Christmas.

Vancouver Comiccon Nov 2010

A quick note: There wont be a Daqueran page this week because of the convention.

Well, Vancouver Comiccon is over. We had severely reduced prices because we are trying to clear out some of our overstock from the FanFairFest debacle. Some people were quite surprised at how low I was selling for, but I just have so much, and with Chapter 5 complete, I think it's time to make Daqueran into it's first trade paperback, dont you?
I'll still release the little floppy #5 for those of you collecting, but trade paperbacks are just better for conventions.

So our new product for this convention was the adorable notebooks from the last post, we have several different cover designs and they did quite well actually. We sold a lot of buttons, some comics and several prints. All in all it was quite successful, actually better than Comix and Stories, but I think that mostly has to do with the fact that we got our table much earlier this year.

I'll post a poll on the side of the blog to see what the next con's (January) new product should be.

This photo was taken near the end of the convention, so most of the notebooks are gone, but we'll make more.  It was just me at the table so I couldn't take pictures really.

Our table at Vancouver Comiccon, Nov 2010

Notebooks/ blank sketchbooks

We are both notebook junkies, we love collecting and doodling and w

riting useless junk in cute little notebooks.

So with that in mind, we've been playing with some ideas for little blank notebooks and tiny sketchbooks to sell at the conventions and we've come up with a few cute covers and formats.

Obviously, the cover art on these little notebooks will feature Gurukitty Studios artwork, but so far the inside pages are blank.

later we will be making sketchbooks containing sketches and little seen art from projects and things, but thats not going to come until we've got a good solid format.

well, wanna see some previews?

Front View

Back view

Front View, with size comparison

These little notebooks will make their first appearance at the Nov 14th Vancouver Comic Con. We will have a table there.

Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC 11-5 pm

Hope to see you there, pop by and say hi!

Oh also! Daqueran Chapter 5 is done, so I will be putting together the print version of the issue.

The pre-order is up in the Gurukitty Studios Shop.

Let us know what you think of our little notebooks!