--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Inkwell" <inkwell_01@...> wrote:
>
> Aw...No mention of the TRS-80, Atari-400, or
> the fantastic TI-99....Oh well.
Or the all-powerful Aquarius system...
>
> Each drawing going to have the standard
> background info format?
>
> Title:
> Date:
> Artist:
> Inker:
> Category:
> Size: 10X8, etc.
> Medium: Pen and Ink on paper, etc.
> Notes: (reason, etc.)
>
> It would be interesting to have, but seems like a lot
> of work to compile since the mid-'90s.
Well the artist of the pieces is pretty obvious, so I doubt if I'll post that. Skunkworks folios are the only folios to NOT use titles (betcha never noticed that, huh?). I'm listing the release date of the folio, since many pictures are not dated. I dod all the inking on the folios (except "Animated"), so that wouldn't really be worth adding. Category? What does that mean? Sizes? All my old stuff was drawn 8.5" X 11". The media used for the folios IS listed at the introduction page for each folio. I may add the size information; good idea on that one. Here's the info on the front page of the Skunkworks 1 folio:
"SKUNKWORKS I (Untitled). Originally published in 1995. Still available in hardcopy format.
I first drew this portfolio after sketching out some skunk designs for possible publication in a comic called "Genus" which was published by Antarctic Press (later published by Radio Comix/Sin Factory). I believe I submitted 3 different pictures, in both color and greyscale, and sent them in an envelope decorated with artwork of the skunks (what better way to get attention?). A picture was finally published in Genus issue 15, and it was an image of Onyx (used on the table of contents page).
I unveiled the portfolio at CFEast in 1995. Sales were very good, and I decided to meet with Ed Zolna (who now operates Second Ed.com) to see if he'd be interested in carrying my work. Deals were worked out, and he has been my primary distributor ever since (with a brief distribution period by Rabbit Valley, Bronzebear and Alley Cat).
The original images were drawn on 20-lb. paper, and inked with technical pens. They were colored exclusively with colored pencils. This was actually my first attempt at simplifying my work into a more cartoon-ish form. Older artwork (from the 1990's-1995) was actually more detailed, but I was trying to go for a simpler appearance with this portfolio. That view would last until 2001, when I began increasing the realism factor in the portfolios.
FUN FACT: The skunks were originally supposed to be black and cream colored, but the paleness of the cream color was too difficult to see on the white paper. A "properly" colored version was drawn on the envelope, which appears in the "Extras" section."
>
> ....aaaaand...You gonna include any high-school stuff? ;P
There might be some stuff like that on the third CD, or at least some stuff that was drawn shortly after high school. Remember, man, I graduated around the same time most of the new fur-fans were born! Most of my high school artwork was either aliens, monsters, cars and other vehicles, blow-apart diagrams of concept vehicles and robots, and pictures of extreme violence. In full color, no less!
>
> I look forward to the cd's...
>
I look forward to getting them all completed. If everything keeps on schedule, I should have all 3 CDs and the Skunkworks website up by the end of this year. (I recently finished the "History" section of the website, which includes world history and info about the governments, economy, social status, etc.. It's all text, and is 58K in size. Lots of typing there!)
--JMH
Received on Tue Oct 20 2009 - 16:53:59 CDT