New York Comic Con 2017 Next week


The official countdown has begun. I will post updates from NYCC 2017 next week.

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Artist, writer, sculptor, drawing comic books, storyboards for film and television, character design for animation, illustrating children’s books and painting for 30 years. Walk with purpose.

The Beyond - Official Trailer Release Today!


Check out the official trailer released today for the Sci-Fi movie "The Beyond". This film looks pretty cool. It seems to have similarities to Quantum Enigma comic book so I thought I would post it here.  


Gravitas Ventures has picked up worldwide rights to The Beyond, a sci-fi thriller written and directed by Hasraf "HaZ" Dulull.

The company is eyeing a December release date.

The Beyond marks the directorial debut of Dulull, a VFX wiz who spent 12 months shooting and working on this passion project. The feature film is based loosely around Dulull’s 2014 short film Project Kronos. The story chronicles a (fictional) groundbreaking mission that sends astronauts — modified with advanced robotics — through a newly discovered wormhole known as the Void. (The project was previously titled The Void.)

The Beyond was produced by Dulull’s production shingle HaZ VFX, Scott Glassgold’s Ground Control Entertainment and Sector 99.

Dulull wrote, helmed, edited and handled most of the VFX, with support from the VFX houses with whom he had relationships. Paula Crickard (Calloused Hands, Winter) and Lee Murphy produced with Dulull.

Glassgold and Craig Cohon served as executive producers.

Gravitas' recent releases include Katie Holmes’ directorial debut, All We Had, and Elian, executive produced by Alex Gibney.


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Every Apollo Launch From 1967 to 1972


It's something I had to share because it's just too cool. Back to QE soon.



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Original Ultraman Episode 1


This really has nothing to do with Quantum Enigma in anyway, but, I thought Ultraman was cool when I was a kid and now the first origin story episode is on Youtube so I had to share it. Check it out before it's gone.





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Quantum Enigma Storyboards

Here is a close up of the board below.

These are some of the storyboards used for the short film promoting the Quantum Enigma comic book.


Storyboards are essential in any film, video or animation shoot. I have been doing storyboards for years, and this little production is no different. It really helps everyone involved with the project to be on the same page. The storyboard above was originally going to use a lot of NASA footage from their archive for a short film contest. We later scrapped the idea for this part of the story.


It helps to explain not just the action, but the narrative as well as camera angles etc.


I will post more here once they're scanned.



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Watch Cassini Dive Into Saturn: UPDATE!


On Friday, Sept. 15, 2017 NASA's Cassini spacecraft will conclude 20 historic years in space, collecting data as it crashes into Saturn's atmosphere and burns up like a meteor. Nasa is live streaming the event below. 


Check it out! You can read all about the history of this spacecraft and see the data and images collected here.


Below are some of the last images taken by Cassini before entering the atmosphere of Saturn.








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Space X


Space X has published a video showcasing their explosive rocket failures, and it is awesome.





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New Comic Book Panels From Black and White to Color


Here's a little update on some of the artwork panels in the Quantum Enigma book. If you don't see post's everyday, you have to know that these things take time. The panel above started off as a blue pencil sketch, then I ink it. From there I will do a little halftone wash on the shadows to get off on the right foot.


I am a really a traditional artist and I usually like to do everything by hand. In this case I needed to save a little time, because this is a big series for me. I scan the artwork in and digitally paint it. I will usually wait to do a final pass once all of the other panels are done, that way I can color correct everything to match throughout the book.


These panels are in no particular order. I chose these because they are interesting  and further along than some of the others.


It is interesting to see these images go from a 2d black and white illustration to almost a 3d looking image with just a little paint.


Here you probably recognize the ship from the live action Quantum Enigma teaser video.


Before I start on any paint, I create a mood board for the entire book. This idea gives the whole thing continuity so it looks and feels like it comes from the same place. A mood board really sets the stage for everything else down the line.

I started a whole tutorial series on How To Make Your Own Graphic Novel on my other comic book site Prisoner of the Mind if you are interested.

I will have more work coming soon...



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