Collaborate?

In no way am I tying myself to anything hopefully with this blog post, as at the moment this is all hypothetical… But I am currently flirting with the idea of maybe seeing if I can hook up with other artists in the future to work on new projects.

Firstly, I’ve been thinking for a while now it might be cool to start writing some smaller stories, and have other artists draw them. Either short stories, or a larger story that several artist work on in instalments, I’m not sure which yet. But I am considering either launching a new horror character and getting other artists to draw it, as Babayka-Lives is (and will probably always be) my number #1 priority, and I don‘t have the time to draw a second comic-book. Or maybe I’ll just simply write some short horror tales for fun, and have different artists drawing them.

I am also up for maybe doing some more Girls and Monsters type pin-ups down-the-line, too, sometime if any models are up for providing the reference and starring in a horror pin-up.

It’s always good to get in with other artists and being open to collaboration. I think that’s something I learnt from my art-college days. And that is something I’ve always liked about deviantart. You can talk to other artists, and most (sadly not all…) will be open to chatting back. I do feel sometimes multiple artists can achieve something just one artist on their own can’t.

Again, I’m not 100% saying this will happen… But right now I wanna be able to put together a list in my head of people who would be up for collaborating, and can be called upon if\when I move forward with any future projects. I guess right now, I’m just asking for people who are interested to throw their hat into the ring, as it were. To get in contact if they’re up for collaborating and just say “Hi” and introduce themselves.

If any of the above sounds tempting, people can either drop me a ‘Note’ on my deviantart page, or contact me via Email.

I look forward to maybe hearing from some of you. I do plan to draw more girl\monster pin-ups, and maybe launch a second webcomic at some point, so if you are a model or artists, please do consider dropping me a line. Even if it’s just a few words to let me know you’re interested.

Fetch The Hose.

Since it’s been all business on here lately, here’s a little ‘slice of life’ moment I thought I’d share, since it’s been a while.

Was out-and-about the other day in town looking around, and I thought I’d check out the graphic-novels in the local bookstore. I head into the bookshop and up the escalator only to find two nerdy looking young guys already there. Not being a very big graphic-novel section, I decide not to try and squeeze my way in, but rather I thought I’d just check out other sections of the book shop, and then circle back when they had moved on. And so I did, although it soon became clear, no matter where I stood in this pretty large bookstore browsing, I could not get away from the sound of these two geeky guys discussing all things nerdy, in loud voices, as it seemed pretty important to them that everybody in the store hear their words of wisdom on all things geek related. After a while, it became clear these guys weren’t going anywhere, and if I wanted to check out the graphic-novels, I had to squeeze my way in for a quick peek. However I soon learned this plan was not gonna happen, as when I returned to the graphic-novel section, I soon saw that by now, the geeky guys were both sitting cross legged on the floor in front of the books, with several graphic-novels open in front of them, and had unpack some take-out food they’d brought in with them, and were having a kind of indoor picnic. It was a weekday, and although these guys looked young, they had to be of at least college student age.

I think Amazon secretly pays creeps like these guys to go into bookstores and wear out the books until they’re shabby, cover them in greasy fingerprints, and block people from viewing them. They should keep a hose in store for people like this.

The Art Of The Booty.

I seem to be drawing a lot of female bottoms lately in my artwork… First there was Catch Of The Day last month, and now this above panel. When did I start turning into Paolo Serpieri?

Be sure to tune into Babayka-Lives to catch the latest update tomorrow. Who knows? There may even be another sexy bottom shot coming your way this Saturday in this week’s instalment (Spoiler Alert… there isn’t.)

Support Via Shout Outs.

We’re now officially, as of today’s update, 12 instalments into Book 2: Babayka Land. During the last few months, we’ve seen a female, Canadian, hockey player met a grisly end after a failed attempt to flee Babayka’s lair. Met the three main antagonists of our story. Had some spooky Babayka lore around the camp fire. And even finally got the name of the remote, abandoned village in Russia where Babayka-Lives takes place. Needless to say… I hope readers feel Book 2 has gotten off to a rocking start. Plus no spoilers, but there’s also the Summer break epic cliffhanger for people to look forward to. Let’s just say I plan to start this summer with bang.

If you have been impress by and enjoying these opening scenes of Babayka Land, though, and have read and enjoyed Book 1: Brides Of Babayka, please do consider maybe giving Babayka-Lives a shout out (no matter how large or small). Even if it’s as little as a name drop when someone next asks you what you’re currently reading, to something bigger like taking to the net and giving this webcomic a virtual thumbs-up and shout out via blogs, journals, twitter, facebook pages or however you express yourself online. After two years and 114 updates, I’m still getting return readers tuning in every week, so there must be people out there getting something from this web-series.

Shout outs (both online and in the real world), feedback and reviews are a great way to support Babayka-Lives, and really do help. If you have been enjoying this comic over the last couple of years, please do consider showing it some love. A massive thanks to any and all that do or have done before.

Babayka-Lives is updated every Saturday, and as always can be found at Babayka-Lives.com

You can also contact me with any feedback or inquires at Babayka-Lives email address HERE.

Catch Of The Day: Coloured.

For those that like their inbred, hillbilly cannibals in colour, here’s ‘Catch Of The Day’ coloured.

I don’t often get as much of a chance to flex my creative-muscle when it comes to colouring my artwork as I’d like, but I just couldn’t resist with this pin-up. This image is a mix of watching too many 80’s slasher movies as a kid, as well as a bit of a throwback to the old 50’s EC comics era, and I wanted to reflect that in the colours. As a nod to old horror comics, if you zoom in, you’ll see I’ve started experimenting with using colour halftones in this pin-up. I didn’t want to overuse them, and make the colour job seem gimmicky, but they’re there if you look for them. I also like that with colour, you’re a lot more aware that this scene is going down outside in the woods at night than maybe before.

I forgot to mention last time, I kind of see this pin-up as my take on the classic ‘Monster Carry’ scene from older horror movies. The giant, scary creature, creeping through the night, with a beautiful damsel in his arms (or in this case, over his shoulder.) Only here, hopefully more updated.

I am actually trying to develop this scene and character a little farther… you’ll be happy to know the monster in this pin-up now has a name, and even a nickname. I very much would like to draw this character again.

Ghost On Ghost Action.

At first I wasn’t sure if this Grudge vs. Ringu trailer was real or just some parody, but I think it’s official.

I have mix feelings about this film. On one hand I never thought we’d see a J-Horror ‘vs.’ movie. On the other hand, it’s been so long since anyone put out a monsters ‘vs.’ film, I’m kind of up for it.

More Lore.

It’s time for more Babayka back-story around the campfire this Saturday, as we dig deeper into what happened when Krayvengrad’s most notorious resident came to stay.

Check out the action at: Babayka-Lives.com

While it’s hard to tell sometimes, I get the feeling readers have been enjoying these current lore heavy instalments. People like a good monster back-story, I reckon. If you’re a long term reader, it’s nice to get some answers to things that were hinted at from earlier on in the series.