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Hola, Minions!!

I have more San Diego Comicon News!

As I may have mentioned before, I’ll be at Small Press table n-13 and as I said in my last post, I will be taking a few of my Star Wars Recruitment Posters with me, so if you want one of those get to me early.

Wait till you guys see some of the stuff we have planned for SDCC. We’ll have some crocheted chthulhu hats, and we’re making Zombie Brain Jewelery. Those are pretty sweet. We’ll have previews of those up soon.

*** On PREVIEW NIGHT ONLY I’ll be doing free blue pencil head sketches until my hand gets tired. Whatever character you want, but if you want something obscure or super specific, bring reference. These won’t be full commissions, and must be picked up on preview night. ***

I’ll also be doing sketch card and larger commissions all weekend, Inked ($15 for a sketch card, $25 for a 9×12) or Grayscale Copic Marker ($20 for card, $40 for 9×12). I’ll be keeping it to a limited number, so get to me early and get on the list.

Also I’m kind of excited to announce my very first limited-edition print. I wanted to do something with some of San Diego’s most prominent landmarks and, of course, Zombies. I’m only making 100 of these total, ever. They’ll be 12×18 and will cost $20.

So, I got the store working. You might also note that I have made some changes in the visual aesthetic around here. More will be coming, as I gradually figure this ‘code’ thing out. Meh.

Something new in the store: PRINT SIZES!! Now, you can order most of my prints in multiple sizes from 8×10 inches to 20×30 inches! CRAZY! Just specify which size you want from the drop-down menu on the product info page. All prints cost the same to ship (only $5!) since they all ship rolled in a tube.

Next up, I figure I should post some artz. It’s been a couple of weeks, I apologize. I think I’ll post some actual ‘official’ work. This is my preview card from the upcoming card set from 5finity Productions based on Amanda Conner, Garth Ennis and Jimmy Palmiotti’s awesome one-shot comic The Pro. The Pro is the story of a hooker who is given superpowers in the hopes that she can learn to be a hero. It’s awesomely funny, poignant and great. If you haven’t read it, check it out.

This week, to make up for my extreme tardiness, I’m gonna give you 2 sketches. Again, sticking with the kid superheroes theme, I have Wonder Woman and Captain America. In doing these, I’m beginning to realize that there aren’t a whole lot of super-heroines that can easily be distilled down for a series like this. Wonder Woman is probably one of the few that even if you take her costume and “child” it down like I did here, that it’s still recognizable. Maybe Phoenix or Batgirl, but otherwise, I’m drawing a blank. If you have any ideas, I’m all ears. Who did YOU dress up as when you were a kid?

Not much else to say right now. I’m busily working on some sketch cards for 5Finity Productions, The Pro card set, and for Sadlittles’ “Dreamers of Darkness” set. Nothing I can show you right now in that vein, tho. I’m also working on some new stuff for San Diego Comicon. We recently got our books in hand, so they are still available for sale in the store.

Not much to say about this one: It’s YODA!! I’m trying out some new things with my style recently, streamlining a bit, less hatching and relying more on the strength of the drawing rather than the rendering to get the point across. I think that this pic kind of shows that pretty well.

Hola!

Look it’s still Wednesday! Woot! Didn’t get much time for sketching today, except during my office’s Mandatory Benefits Meeting (bluh). So, here’s what I did instead of listening to the insurance guy drone on and on. Enjoy!

BTW, I’ve uploaded some new t-shirts to my MySorti and Redbubble stores. You should check them out:

http://www.mysoti.com/mysoti/designer/monkeyminion or www.redbubble.com/people/monkeyminion

MySoti’s prices are lower than Redbubble’s, but I haven’t had a chance to evaluate their printing quality, yet.

Yo Dudes and Dudettes!

I’m sorry I forgot to post this up yesterday. Got bogged down with work, and barely got online at all! But, I’m here now!

This is one of my sketch cards from the upcoming “Essence of Fairyland” trading card set from SadLittles . All told, I’m doing 25. As you can see, I have a slightly different take on the idea of fairies.

YAY! New stuff!

Been a few weeks since I posted last. I apologize. The holidays/end of the year rush have been keeping me on my toes. In the next year, I’m hoping to change some things, though.

First up, I plan to post at least every week if not more. I’d like to start doing a sketch-a-day kind of deal where I can do a post about a sketch I did over my lunch break, or some preliminaries of whatever project I happen to be working on. I’m hoping that this constant sketching and drawing will help me to more easily define a style. I’ll take some suggestions over my twitter account periodically as to what I should draw for your amusement. I plan to start this on January 11, 2010. I’ll make announcements on my twitter and facebook fan page as it comes closer to time.

Second, this year, I hope to start my very own Ustream artcast. I’ve got the account, and I’ve downloaded Camtwist so feasibly I could do digital work and stream it, but I know a lot of people are more interested in my sketch cards and hand drawn art, so I need a camera for that. Perhaps, I’ll run a sale later to get myself a camera? (Wink, nudge)

While I’ve got ya here, I may as well show you this. A little bit of a step-by-step on how I created a recent commission.

Now that you’ve seen that, here’s the final image:

WOO!

Also, just wanted to let you know, Ashlie (the other, less public half of MMP) has gotten our Etsy page up and running! Be sure to go over there and let her know that you appreciate her hard work by buying something or adding us to your favorites! www.etsy.com/shop/monkeyminion

OK, I just heard the news, so I figured I’d share:
Monkey Minion Press (that’s me, folks) has just been accepted as a Small Press exhibitor at next summer’s San Diego Comicon!!! HOW FREAKIN’ COOL IS THAT?! I seriously squee’d when I got the news last night.

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Whassup everybody, so glad you’re here. It’s Dane-i-o puttin’ the flow back in your ear.

So this past weekend was the Portland Comic Book Show. This was my second year in attendance as an artist, and I just got 2 words: AWE. SOME. The show was straight up great. Even for me coming into the show with less than 2 hours sleep beforehand, it was a great show. People came, they were excited to be there, & they wanted what we were selling (and more besides, I had to promise to get a Supergirl print made LOL). I did a few sketches, and took part in my first Jam sketch (with Ron Randall & Randy Emberlin, no less!), and drew my first Alien xenomorph (on the jam). That was pretty cool for me. Hopefully I didn’t bring down the overall quality of the piece too much. Met some crazy MST3K fans, too, which was super-sweet. Great show, great fans. I’m already looking forward to next year.

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The march to 10,000.

So, it looks like I am SLOWLY creeping up on 10,000 page views on my deviant art page. Crazy. It’s kinda weird how it works, and I still don’t know how it happens. But anyway, 10,000. It’s kind of a big number, but not to important. However, 10,001? Now, that’s an important number. (Not really, but pretend, ok?) So, here’s what’s gonna happen. I’m going to have a contest for the 10,001st pageview. If you open my page and see that you are the 10,001st viewer, take a screenshot and send it to me via note. That person will win a custom Personal Sketch Card commission from me of whatever character you choose (preferably characters with an established look, if you have your own character and have pics, that’ll work, but I’m not designing a character from whole cloth).

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Well, that’s it for now.
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Hey all,

Just about caught up and I have a little time to myself, so I wanna give it to you. So, I figured I’d open up some sketch card commissions. Yay!

I’m opening 10 slots. I have to ask that we keep it to single cards for this one (read: No puzzles), just so I can get them done in a reasonable time frame. To clarify: you can order up to 3 cards, but not as a puzzle set because I’d like to get these done and out by Christmas.

Each card will be $20 fully colored, inked.

Email me at dane {@} monkeyminionpress.com to reserve your spot.

Thanks in advance to everyone!

samples:

P.S.
I still have copies of my 2009 sketchbook available.

$5 or $10 with a b/w Inked sketch in the back.

P.P.S.

¡¡¡ORTLAND, PDX, PORTLANDIA!!!

November 11, 2009 is the next Portland Draw Night!! We’ll be meeting at the Original Hotcake & Steak House at 1002 SE Powell Blvd. in Portland. I’ll probably get there at about 5:30-ish. We’ll probably hang out until 9-ish. Swing on by, eat some hotcakes and draw some pictures. We’ll probably do some speed sketching, and hanging out.

here’s the facebook link:
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November 15 is the Annual PORTLAND COMIC BOOK SHOW ([link]) at the Memorial Coliseum here in Portland. I’ll be set up in the Artist’s Alley, taking commissions, selling art and just generally being awesome. You should come by, maybe I’ll share some awesomeness with you.

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Also, I just submitted a proof of my book to the approval board at San Diego Comicon to get a table at SDCC 2010. I’m asking everyone to cross their fingers for me!

That’s it for this round. See you on the flip-mode!

Dane

Figured I’d post up some of my recent commissions:

This is a Silver Surfer Commission I did last week. This is a Sketch Card Commission and it measures 2.5″x3.5″. Drawn in Micron Pen and colored in Prismacolor markers.

The Rapahel card was done for my book that I take around to conventions. Mainly just because I wanted to. I may do the other 3 at some point in the future. The Phoenix was a commission I just finished. Both measure 2.5″x3.5″. Drawn in Micron Pen and colored in Prismacolor markers.