Big hair troll girl is not amused.

Day 3 of Inktober.

Inktober! Days 1, 2, and some thumbnails.

  So, I'm attempting to participate in Inktober (http://mrjakeparker.tumblr.com/post/62695493968/inktober-starts-next-week-thirty-one-days). Basically an inked drawing every day for the month of October. Here are my first two and the thumbnails I did while watching TV to get a jump start on the month.

Cthulhu ABC's

So I am starting the planning phase for a Kickstarter for my new project: "Cthulhu ABC's". I am currently doing my homework, ie: reading source material, books, and relevant articles, studying successful Kickstarter campaigns, crunching the numbers, getting quotes from printers, having conversations with artists and friends who have traveled this path, doing promotional artwork while completing the writing, and starting the buzz up on social media sites, notably my Kennon James Illustration Facebook page (here).

The book itself has been in the works, on and off for about 5 years. I remember sitting behind my table at a convention in Dallas when I came up with the idea and started jotting ideas down on a yellow legal pad. Since then I have written and rewritten most of the text that will be in the final book.

 While a Cthulhu/Lovecraft inspired ABC book may not be the most groundbreaking original idea ever, I have really enjoyed writing and illustrating it and think some other fans of the genre may enjoy my take on it too. Besides, more Lovecraft in the world is a good thing.

Over the next several weeks (and months?) I will post updates to the book and progress reports and will hopefully launch the Kickstarter soon to help fund the book and bring it into reality. I hope you follow me on this journey.

-Kennon
August 2013

Punk and dog.

EGG

"EGG" - Originally published in the webcomic Mohagen : www.mohagencomic.com

#3

#2

#1

I'm starting a new, probably unrealistic and far too ambitious, project to draw a monster a day, every day for 2013. We'll see how long this lasts. That being said, here's #1 with his junk hanging out.

Stretch

"Stretch" for Illustration Friday.

Mohagen #100 detail.

Detail from Mohagen #100. You can read Mohagen here: www.mohagencomic.com

"Cthulhu on a Bicycle" T-shirts!

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Cthulhu on a Bicycle

I will be doing shirts of this one. Stay tuned.

Medusa Con-sketchin'

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. In my blog-posting absence I have been drawing topless medusa.
See?

Original Art and Prints for sale!!

In attempt to generate some extra cash for San Diego Comic Con I have posted lots of original art and prints on my Etsy site. Check it out here.

Frost Giant sketch

Here's a sketch I did for someone at Comicpalooza last year. He was nice enough to see me at this year's Comicpalooza and give me a CD with the scans of it. Thanks dude!

Phrenk - the first 8

Here's a preview of one of the characters I've been working on - Phrenk the troll alchemist - from Slugfest Games' Red Dragon Inn 3, the newest installment of that game due out this Spring/Summer. (click to see it biggie sized)

Shape Challenge #1

I did this as warm up today. It's a weekly exercise for a group I joined on DeviantArt called Design-A-Character. Each month there will be a different challenge that goes throughout the month, with variants every week. This month's is "Shape Challenge"- every Monday a new set of shapes are put up and the exercise is to create characters with them.
This is very similar to a game I played with my friends as a kid. It's pretty fun to get back to it.

O/RB Character Design

A character sheet for a personal project I'm working on.

Trolling - part 2

So here's the troll Phrenk in his final revised version. Blue, not green and laden with various potions to prey upon unsuspecting imbibers.

Trolling

So one of the first things I've been working on this year is a new character for Slugfest Games' Red Dragon Inn 3. His name is Phrenk, a troll alchemist. These are the first two waves of roughs, the first being quick pencil roughs to wrap my head around the character, the second being a tighter concept based on the art director's suggestions (basically B with D's nose) and a little color to show the AD what I was thinking as far as color-scheme. Originally being green in my rough, Phrenk is now a light blue. Stay tuned for more.