Antler Boy Status and More Development Art
Antler Boy just crossed $67,500 this morning! Big THANK YOU to all the new backers this week pushing Antler Boy towards 70k. There's only FIVE days left in this campaign so if you know someone who wanted to back but is putting it off shoot them a little reminder that the clock's ticking.
I wanted to update you guys earlier this week, but I got sick, and my wife and kids got sick, so sleep and rest was in order. But I'm 100% now and working away on the book!
Secret of the Spacecave
Here's the latest Secret of the Spacecave pages:
Hugo Earhart Story 2
The story is written out and I've begun some concept sketching for a new character:
Antler Boy Development Art
Wanted to show you some art from the making of The Antler Boy story. Here's some of the first sketches of the character and me trying to visually figure out what this story could be about. I knew I wanted to do a fairy tale, but wasn't sure exactly how to tell it. All I had was a boy cursed with a set of antlers and he went up against some monster of some kind.
Out of these ideas the story developed into a tale of an encounter with a witch where the boy helps her and return is given "Blessings upon his head" for the grace granted by him that day. I also knew I wanted to push my style with this story so I drew this test panel to figure that out:
Well, his blessing turns out to be more of a curse, and at it's core the Antler Boy is about how you deal with bad luck. We're all hit with bad stuff in life and I wanted to tell a tale with how to turn those liabilities into good fortune. When the Antler Boy is faced with a giant attacking the city the cursed antlers turn out to be quite the asset as you'll read in the story.
And lastly, here's the process from thumbnail drawings to final art.
Again, please share this with everyone. I got an email from someone yesterday who just discovered Antler Boy. They had not heard anything about it beforehand and were so excited to have found it before the campaign ended. So there's still plenty of people out there that want this book, but don't know about it yet. If anything just send out a link to this update. That should pique some interest.
Ok, that's all for today! Thanks everyone. Bye!
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Comments
Creator Anton Peck on May 11, 2012
Congrats on passing the $70K mark, Jake - your project is a HUGE inspiration to my own. I can't wait to get the Antler Boy book!
Creator Paul Newson on May 11, 2012
The more I see in the updates the more excited I get to see the finished product. I'm really looking forward to it, I'm glad you chose Kickstarter to share your work Jake and glad Im lucky enough to be a supporter :)
Creator jordan on May 11, 2012
Ever considered doing a Lucy Nova / Space Cave crossover?
Creator Jake Parker on May 10, 2012
Oh yeah Dax, the Sketchbook section in the book will be healthy.
Creator Dax Pagan on May 10, 2012
I know you've got a sketchbook section in the book... I hope it's fairly extensive, and includes a lot/most of the stuff you've been showing us so far... those earliest sketches (love the frogs) and the witch meeting test drawing are Must Includes...
Creator Benjamin Prevas on May 10, 2012
Jake, I look forward to these chock-full-o' goodies updates as much as I am looking forward to seeing the final product in my mailbox. You are an amazing artist. Thank you!
Creator Tommy on May 10, 2012
Thank you for the awesome updates! I'm going to spread the news some more on Facebook and hope you get some more backers before the kickstarter ends.
Creator Ria Little on May 10, 2012
Wooooow! Beautiful work! Thanks so much for showing the steps.
I too have the book 'tales from Outer Suburbia', loooove that look of art and the whymsical concepts.
Creator Nor Sanavongsay on May 10, 2012
Really loving this style! Great work Jake!
Creator Suzie Q Sailaway on May 10, 2012
Another ridiculously awesome update! Thank you. :)
Sorry to hear you were all ill for a bit there-- glad you got the rest you needed. Concept sketches are really fabulous (winged character looks really neat) and I dig the muted/chalky tone in the panels you've shown.
Creator Mary Sullivan on May 10, 2012
The finished drawing of the antler boy and the encounter with the witch painting are beautiful. The style of these paintings (? or drawings) is very much like one of my favourite artists, Shaun Tan, (check out his book "tales from Outer Suburbia"). I know that I will love this book too!
Creator Tony Nap on May 10, 2012
Cannot wait to get this book, looks amazing, I have been posting about this on facebook for a while now, hope it helped. Also looking forward to your next book or anything you happen to do!!!!
Congrats on this