DusterBoy Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. That female martial artist is brilliant, Storn and those teeshirts are the business. (And I hope they do good business ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Man, that Serpent's Teeth art looks beautiful on a black T. If they didn't make me sweat like a pig, I'd buy one in a heartbeat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Storn, I'd bet you could sell a bunch of those Serpent's Teeth T-shirts at DragonCon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Folks, there have been several events in motion behind the scenes at Studio Storn. I am about to embark on a 3 month (or so) project involving a comic book/video game that I am NOT at liberty to discuss. But it is a ton of work. I also have been working on a facebook game, helping with art chores on that. And several covers have made it to my desk. So. I am raising the price on my private commissions from $45.00 to $60.00. I have several reasons for doing this. 1) So, while I absolutely LOVE doing private commissions for folks, I need to slow down the rate of which I've been receiving them. A price increase will do that. The demand on me sometimes gets in the way of taking on publisher's paying work. 2) I haven't raised my rates since I've started to doing this (I lowered the prices when I very first started this gig). 3) I feel that I spend more time on each commission than I did when I first started, and there is a higher degree of polish and finish on my commissions and that takes time. While I am fast, a living wage is in danger of being a barely making it wage the more time I spend on these. If and when my business gets sparse, I might lower my prices. I wholly admit this is an experiment and I expect folks to be a bit bummed about the price raise. So I might have to change my mind. I really appreciate all the acceptance and support and work I've gotten over the years and I don't do this lightly. So. Now that is out of the way, let me lay some art on y'all. This is a superhero group of past commissions gathered into one group shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. All good, Storn, but I really like the Jester superhero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. And here is my teaser art, "The Beast". I haven't inked in some time for a project that is to remain black and white. I ink all the time for my "superhero style", so it was fun to go back to an old friend and ink this up as a piece of black and white artwork. Love this picture. The great thing is that there's nothing really to give scale, so you can just throw in sword, human, figure, house, or anything of known size and making this thing from 3 to 3000 foot tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. I think the rate change is a pretty good idea Storn, over on DA your work would garner easily $60 a pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalelf Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. You know, I think a team shot of heroes really brings the group alive. It also helps me see them as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. You know' date=' I think a team shot of heroes really brings the group alive. It also helps me see them as a team.[/quote'] cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Things have been really, really busy here at Studio Storn. I just spent a wonderful extended weekend in Ohio and Michigan. My step-grandfather passed at 89 in Dayton and he had a wonderful life and a wonderful family. I love 'em to pieces. So, please, no condolences. So, we passed through my old haunts in Michigan on the way to the memorial. Had a wonderful time with Eric, Rick and Neil, my old gaming buds. Had an awesome time at the memorial seeing family I haven't seen in decades. It was a very happy time! And oddly, the best service in Ann Arbor ever! Way better than when I actually lived there. Kudos to Zingermans and Red Tractor BBQ. Just the nicest folks working there. Millie, my wife, loved Ann Arbor. Getting back to the studio has been really busy with my NDA project and wrapping up other projects. So I have not been posting anything. I've got a couple of things to lay on ya. First. I don't do many logos... but Darren Watts asked me to do this one, because I've done Apes for him before. He is starting up a publishing company called Silverback Press. Here is a link to Silverback's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/SilverbackPress And here is the logo: Next up is a private commission I of a character I believe is in a 7th Sea/ Legends of 5 Rings game.... so I went sorta fantasy-ish in that direction. Lastly. Another LPJ Portfolio of my clip art work has come out. This one is fantasy, some pics are much more fully illustrated than the single figure, no background thing. A preview is available here: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/100689/Image-Portfolio-Platinum-Edition-17%3A-Storn-Cook So. Yeah. Posting from me is going to slow down a bit, as I won't have tons of new art to show as I work on the new NDA project. Millie's daughter has moved in with us, she will be going to school at Tompkins Cortland Community College for free, where Millie is a professor. And we might have to seek a bigger house. I so love moving. I know that I have one painting that has been done for a couple of weeks, just waiting on the client to get his ducks in a row, so I can give him some free guerrilla marketing. And I will hopefully get some of the smaller commissions out here and there as we go along. Check back in a few days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Brilliant pic of Dr Silverback, Storn, and your dual-wielding lady rocks, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Folks, there have been several events in motion behind the scenes at Studio Storn. I am about to embark on a 3 month (or so) project involving a comic book/video game that I am NOT at liberty to discuss. But it is a ton of work. I also have been working on a facebook game, helping with art chores on that. And several covers have made it to my desk. So. I am raising the price on my private commissions from $45.00 to $60.00. I have several reasons for doing this. 1) So, while I absolutely LOVE doing private commissions for folks, I need to slow down the rate of which I've been receiving them. A price increase will do that. The demand on me sometimes gets in the way of taking on publisher's paying work. 2) I haven't raised my rates since I've started to doing this (I lowered the prices when I very first started this gig). 3) I feel that I spend more time on each commission than I did when I first started, and there is a higher degree of polish and finish on my commissions and that takes time. While I am fast, a living wage is in danger of being a barely making it wage the more time I spend on these. If and when my business gets sparse, I might lower my prices. I wholly admit this is an experiment and I expect folks to be a bit bummed about the price raise. So I might have to change my mind. I really appreciate all the acceptance and support and work I've gotten over the years and I don't do this lightly. So. Now that is out of the way, let me lay some art on y'all. This is a superhero group of past commissions gathered into one group shot. Not happy news but you gotta do what you gotta do and you're upfront about it. *Tips hat* And that is a pretty awesome looking team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted April 4, 2012 Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Can I just say, people should appreciate that getting a piece of commissioned artwork like that for $60.00 is an absolute steal. If that's taking you less than 5 or 6 hours of dedicated work to compose, draw, and color, I'm going to be both surprised and envious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted April 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Can I just say' date=' people should appreciate that getting a piece of commissioned artwork like that for $60.00 is an absolute steal. If that's taking you less than 5 or 6 hours of dedicated work to compose, draw, and color, I'm going to be both surprised and envious.[/quote'] It varies, 2 to 3 hours, generally. Occasionally I will have one that takes 4 hours plus for whatever reason (lots of detail on a fantasy figure or I'm just being stupid and can't draw that day). Occasionally, it will be 45 mins total... the pencils fly and the color scheme might be really simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. My hat's off to you then, that's quite a bit faster than I could manage for a piece requiring a similar amount of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. *phew* It has been awhile since I've posted anything. I've been doing my art and I've had things to post, but I've been trying to put to bed the first 8 pages of the comic I'm doing for Time Tribe. Why I am bringing this up, is because Time Tribe has just launched their kickstarter looking for some funding. Here is the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1361047337/the-time-tribe-episodic-time-travel-adventure-game But just to give you some background, Time Tribe is a video game. I'm doing some artwork for the in-game comic book, where pages will be unlocked as the player proceeds through the game. It is a game aimed at kids and teaching them history as the 4 young kid protagonists have the ability to travel through time to visit various eras. I could tell you more but the link will be a lot more clear and succinct than my poor writing skills. Luckily, I have other skills. Like drawing. And my clients have given me permission to put up 2 pieces of artwork. Actually, I will be putting up 3, as 2 images are of the same thing... the gift shop. The first sketch I did was not the right angle and when I got a map of the actual mansion where the kids live and explore helped tremendously, so I wanted to show my evolution to the 2nd one. They really needed a ground floor view for the video game in-scene. Unfortunately, I never finished the gift shop as I had to move onto painting some NPCs and get started on the comic pages. And here is an example of the digital color over pencils style I'm using for the comic pages. This happens to be page 13 (we are doing them out of order because certain pages are needed in-game more dearly than others). So. There you have it. A taste of what has been consuming much of my time over the last month or so. Hope you are intrigued. If you have kids, really consider backing Time Tribes... I think it is an awesome way to spark some interest in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Looks good so far. But I am wondering about the 3. Panel of the comic: Why does the boy run against the wall/picture? There seems to be nothing to trip him or distract him. Or is he just clumsy and this makes sense in context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. He is just clumsy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. The comic project for Time Tribe took quite a bit of time. Then I took some time off for mini-vacation and then launched into an oil painting for a cover that I will share here in a mo'. So I've been terrible about posting and showing artwork, partly, because I didn't have much I could show. Now that Time Tribe is in the can, I can share a finished page with y'all. And the cover of When In Rome written by Kate Jackman. I have another oil painting that is almost done of a group of D&D characters in a group shot... already created in my single figure pics an posted here. After that, it is back to chipping away at my backlog of character commissions and trying to catch up. So, here is page 17 of Time Tribes with the "money shot" of the kids running off towards adventure! And here is the cover to the upcoming novel "When in Rome"...which from what I've gathered is actually the name of the main character. And it is a sci fi novel, despite most of the trappings being more renaissance. So. I will try to get art and posts up more frequently now. I never really went away, I've just been very busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Busy is good! We missed you though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. And the cover of When In Rome written by Kate Jackman. And here is the cover to the upcoming novel "When in Rome"...which from what I've gathered is actually the name of the main character. And it is a sci fi novel, despite most of the trappings being more renaissance. So. I will try to get art and posts up more frequently now. I never really went away, I've just been very busy. I have to ask. If Rome is the name of the main character? This sounds like the title of a porn novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. "When in Rome, do the Romans." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. "I'd hit that!" Great work, as usual, Sotrn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatus Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Fantastic! Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. Rome looks plausible and not preposterous. That doesn't happen often, or often enough, in cover art. Lovely piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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