--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> ...as in "dimwitted". But we'll get to that in a few minutes. So,
> okay, I realize I've not been online much for the past month. Truth
> to tell, I've been rather busy with a few RL projects, amongst other
> things, and haven't been able to do much in the furry market aside
> from kicking out a bunch of rough drafts for future pictures. Which
> brings me around to the primary intent of this portion of the post!
>
> Would you folks be okay with me uploading a few rough sketches, as
> compared to finished artwork? It'll be a while before I can complete
> these pictures, but I thought it'd be kind of cool to put up some
> preliminary drawings (at least for anyone who's interested in how I
> draw a character). These pictures are prelims, as in, not polished
> up like the pictures from the "Ladies in Red" folio. The majority of
> the sketches I've done recently are of the Caterwaul crew, since I
> have plans of redrawing and re-releasing the books in the near future
> (in fact, work has already begun on the pages of volume one).
>
> On the mechanical side of things, I'm making some good headway on
> putting the cruiser together. I've got a little glasswork to finish
> on the rear fender, as well as some wiring on the front end. I've
> found a place which makes and sells Hypercharger kits and 2-into-1
> exhaust for the bike, but I'm torn between tweaking it for power or
> making it more fuel conservative. I may hold off on purchasing any
> more engine upgrades until after I've logged on another thousand
> miles or so on the current mill set-up.
>
> Also, I was pleased and surprised to take home the first place
> award for the "modified metric" class at the recent big bike show
> here. "Metric", in this case, meant anything not made by Harley.
> This also meant that section of the parking lot was the driest and
> most oil-free (my obligatory jab at Harley). It was a cool show,
> even if I got burned to a crisp by the sun.
>
> I will be starting an auction on Furbid within the next 2-3 days,
> and this will be the LAST AUCTION I will hold where I will auction
> off any of my pre-existing originals. Future auctions will likely be
> for specialty artwork or work/prints by other artists.
>
> The website is progressing along, but it's taking longer than I
> thought to do the "characters" section. The text part isn't that big
> of a deal, but having to draw and color a head shot of every
> character I've drawn is a rather daunting task. I had no idea there
> were so many different characters!
>
> "Team Player" is in pre-production now, with the bulk of the work
> focusing on layouts and rough drafts. After all the changes have
> been made, the images will be cleaned up, redrawn, and then set up
> for the final versions.
>
> "Bigger Than Life 2" will be available before the end of next
> month. I've been holding off on releasing that folio, since I wanted
> to debut it as close to the MFM convention as possible (which I will
> be attending). Of course, chances are, some fucklog will scan the
> entire thing in and post it online for the world after 3 copies are
> sold. But hey, this folio is limited to only 100 copies ever being
> printed, and there will be no more printed folios after that, so if
> you want to get one, don't dawdle. I don't know how long they will
> be available.
>
> Also, I won't expand too much upon current online events, but let's
> just say it's amusing watching dogs searching for bones in the wrong
> yard, and we'll leave it at that. :D It _is_ quite "chuckly" though.
>
> So, I will now return to work and will try to get online by no
> later than Tuesday to find out if you all are cool with the "rough
> sketch" idea. Talk to you all then!
>
> --JMH
>
I'm always up for prelims, ESPECIALLY ones involving Caterwaul :D
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Received on Sun Jun 10 2007 - 10:44:28 CDT