Kalwa and Amber Books

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They are finally here! Kalwa and Amber vol 1 are now officially published in paper back. These books will be sold at Tuscon Comic Con this weekend at the Green Raptor Table. I’ll look to selling them on the etsy shop too, but they will make their debut at the con.

Both of these are manga sized books done on lovely high quality, gloss paper. None of that novel like cheap stuff seen on other manga. Kalwa vol 1 contains the first four chapters of the story along with a small art gallery, which includes a special guest art by KGFantasy and an exclusive art that I haven’t posted to the website yet. It also includes and introduction and some behind the scenes work including old sketches and backstory on the original concept when it was first created back in my High School years. The book will cost $30

Amber will contain the entire first story seen on this website, it will feature two illustrations in it’s art gallery and small essay on the character’s creation. The book will cost $20.

In addition BOTH books contain new dialogue and updates to the artwork NOT seen on the websites. As is tradition in manga, what you see on the website is the first version, kinda like manga in a magazine and the published book is the final work. We will also have a couple of fun goodies and freebies at the table this weekend. So if you are in the Tuscon area this weekend, swing on by, I’d love to meet you.

Johnathan Crane

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Riding off the coat tales of the Rodrick Kingsley art from July, here’s Johnathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow from Batman’s rogue’s gallery. He also happens to be may favorite super villain in all of comics, provided one doesn’t count Cobra Commander. When doing unmasked pictures like this, my goal is to show the madness underneath the mask. Characters like dear old Crane here really just wear masks to hide their identity, but the real face of evil is what lies underneath…

Kalwa Haunted Mansion Crossover

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This was originally uploaded to the Kalwa website last month as the new Haunted Mansion movie was coming out. I’ve been a long time fan of the mansion and it’s mythos, so I kinda went nuts that month with art (did another one with the Owl House). Also these are Kalwa and Zack’s new outfits which will be debut very shortly after the Japan arch concludes.

TuscON COmic con

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Its officially time to announce that I WILL be at Tuscon Comic con next week on September 1st through the 3. My booth is booth AA052.

Products I will be selling physical copies of Kalwa Vol 1 and Amber World’s Greatest Mer-Thief. These will be manga sized books in black and white. Kalwa vol 1 will include the first four chapters, plus special behind the scenes information on the development on Kalwa all the way from the original concept first created in High School. It will also contain an art gallery with select pieces including a brand new art piece I haven’t posted online yet and a guest art piece by artist KGFantasy.

Amber will contain the entire first book and an introduction of Amber’s creation, as well as a small gallery of art pieces. In addition BOTH books feature new dialogue and arts edits NOT SEEN on the online versions.

In addition I’ll be selling some old buttons and art from previous conventions as well as a mermaid poster book of my art. It’ll contain eight mermaid art pieces from the past few years (including recently) all of which can be clipped out for wall hanging, or kept in the art book.

So if you’re in the Tuscon AZ part of town this Labor day, stop by my booth. I’d love to meet you and have a nice chat.

Kalwa and Kohaku

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I’ve fallen pretty far behind on a number of things to upload. I’ve had con prep and a little personal issues that have held me down. So now I’m trying to unload it all over several uploads. Starting with this crossover between Kalwa and Kohaku from Dr. Stone. This is their second crossover, think the other one is on the Kalwa website. So far I’ve loved Dr.Stone season 3 and just kinda sad I got to wait till October for the second half.

Rodrick Kingsley

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Shedding some light one of Marvel’s most underused characters, Rodrick Kingsley, the original Hobgoblin. Truly he’s one of Marvel’s best villains given how skilled he was at manipulating people in order to cover his tracks and use his Hobgoblin activities to better his bank account. Sadly once the character’s identity was revealed he got a proper send off and all future Hobgoblin stories just seem more interested in preserving the legacy of the character’s mysterious identity either by introducing a new Hobgoblin or having muliple ones, or even retconning old history. So Kingsley seems to really just get shoved into the background or played as an insignificant joke at times.

Owl House/ HP LOVEcraft Trilogy

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A trilogy of artwork I did featuring the Owl house crossed over with the world of HP Lovecraft, mainly his monster god Cthulu. The first picture was done late last year and the latter two were completed this year, with the final one being done last week.

This originally started as a simple joke, but there were some comments on facebook noting it could be a real crossover that would make sense, so the latter two pieces were made much more serious and a bit more mature. The second image was done BEFORE the Owl House finale and even just before the second special. So concepts such as Stringbean and the time-skip at the end hadn’t yet aired, resulting in the creation of an original adult Luz design in a more apocalyptic world.

Luz and Amity Wedding

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Luz and Amity from the Owl House officially getting married. I’ve had this idea in my head for such a long time but I just kept putting it off amongst other projects and finally decided to save it for Pride Month in June. Kinda takes me back to a much earlier art of Twilight Sparkle and my OC Tai, which was my first drawing with a Wacom Tablet.