Introducing Alijim

So last night I was looking up at the moon and I got some ideas for little aliens. And without further ado here is Alijim.

 (He likes +DUBSTEP ) 

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Joshua

Updates!

Hey Everyone,

 It has been a few days sense my last update and I'll right let you know why. I have been trying frantically to find a steady job although the economy is on the rise unemployment does seem to have changed any only gotten worse. I have been working on a comic that I ' am sure most have you have seen here on my blog and as of late I have put it on stand-by not only because I don't have the time to focus on it, I also don't quite like the way it is turning out.

 So in the future I will complete the comic and I will be releasing it for free instead of on +Kindle  due to the amount of time it is going to take me to complete. As of right now I' am spending a lot of time in +Adobe Illustrator  drawing and coming up with new things daily.

(Here is a little cartoon I have been designing and working on for a little while now.)

(Here are some sketchbook entries.)

Let me know what you think of the toon and I will be posting more art here very soon.

Also check out my +deviantART page @http://hastingsillustration.deviantart.com/

Until next time, Cheers,

Joshua

Hey everyone Zombie Captain America is complete!

So after a few grueling days I have completed my Captain America Zombie illustration. Here are a few images for your viewing pleasure.

This is the finale image after rendering.

Zombie Captain America Iphone case

Oh but wait I got more for you.

We got baseball T's

Hoodies both zip up and pull over.

And oh yes we even have stickers.

 So go and get your hands on your today. There are many other products for this image but these are the ones I'am going to be purchasing for myself. Any questions comments or concerns please let me know.

Cheers,

Joshua

Progress Update! Captain America Zombie

Well it has been a very long night. Got to play some pool and get some more work done on The Captain. Here is the current state of the illustration.

I should have it completed by tomorrow but that is if the entire day goes my way. I' am finding that I could be doing this a lot faster if I had a tablet with a stylist. I was looking at +Windows 8 Tablets but with a price tag of around $900.00 USD I just don't have those kinda funds right now. So I'm stuck taking days to complete illustrations that I could complete in hours or less. Maybe I'll start a +Indiegogo  or  a +Kickstarter Campaign let me know what you think.

Joshua

Current work in progree: The all american zombie.

This peice will be avaiable on hoodies, t-shirts, iPhone cases, iPad cases, Cards, etc....

Here is the current state of the illustration.

Once the illustration is completed the sketch lines will no longer appear in the image.

Let me know what you think. Gotta go pick up a pool table in the meantime.

Joshua

.Hastings Community Project

                 With my new store up and running it got me to thinking. Right now I only have two of my illustrations uploaded to the store. Seeing as I'am not a great thinker and cannot come up with thousands of ideas completely on my own all of the time.

                  Now don't get me wrong I do have my own ideas and here is one for the community. I have started a .Hastings Community Project page in Google+ . what does this mean for you, well keep your pants on and I will gladly let you know.

                  What I would like to do is build a community of artist who can submit their sketches to me. I will then take the sketch and turn it into a illustration and apply to a product in my store. If that item should ever sell, the individual who provided the idea/sketch will then be paid 50% of the profit. Now there will be some guidelines and terms to adhere to so please visit the .Hastings Community Project page for all of the details.

I hope to see you all on there soon.

Cheers,

Joshua

Zombie Link first attempt.

Well I spent quite a few hours on this today so my buddy could have it . Not quite happy with it yet , but I' am liking the concept. So check it out and let me know what you think.

(Zombie +Link Zelda  By: Joshua Hastings)

Cheers,

Joshua

Have you ever just felt the need to color?

Well today I had one of those feelings so I got on Google and tried to find something to color. After coming to +deviantART  I found artist Bomu and his line art of  Gynoid for SVV Line Art.

(Here is the original line art.)

(Here is my rendering.)

Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Joshua

Page 1. The rest should be available on Kindle in the next few days.

Well after 3 or 4 attempts to color my comic I have decided to take a suggestion from my girlfriend and well with in ten minuets I had completed one page with very little hassle.

Here is the first page of the comic, Let me know what you think of the art work. The entire comic will be uploaded to +Kindle  and you will be able to purchase it there for you reading pleasure.

(Page one: Issue one: Day one)

I was previously asked by a reader as to what the comic is about and to be honest at the time the answer I could give was it's about funny things happening. Well Ill give you some insight as to the back story for issue one. Stanlee and Matt have just moved into their new apartment and in the course of them getting settled in they manage to meet there neighbor from across the hall.

As always let me know what you think. Soundtrack that was pounding in my ears while I colored my comic can be listened to here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKFPQzireLo It's +Knife Party  

Ultra Music Festival 2013

Cheers,

Joshua

Another Rendering

After I posted the rendering of Pikachu as a zombie, my friend Ian Wilson requested that I would do a zombie version of Link  from Zelda  for him. Before I decided on a design I decided to render a Link for fun first. Here is what ended with.

(Line Art as provided by : http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/143/7/a/Link_lineart_by_panzergal.jpg)

(My Photoshop rendering.)

Please let me know what you think, and once the zombie version is complete I'm sure ill post it on here.

Cheers,

Joshua

Comic Pages 3 - 4 ruffed out.

Hello again,

          Well I got pages 3-4 ruffed out today as well  and here they are. I' am trying to get half of the entire comic ruffed out today.

(Page: 3)

(Page: 4)

 Well I hope you are enjoying these if so let me know. Until next time.

Cheers,

Joshua

Comic Project Pages 1 - 2 ruffed out.

Hey everyone,

        Well I got pages 1-2 ruffed out today and scanned in so I figured I would let you all take a look and let me know what you think so far.

(Page: 1)

(Page:2)

        Let me know what you think, more work is coming fast and should get uploaded soon. All of the work is done by myself so getting everything that I do uploaded takes time out of getting it done. Well until I have more for you .

Cheers,

Joshua

Camera is down ! But I shall update anyway.

         Okay so I have been drawing for two days now and my camera is down (Bummer). The main character designs are drawn and are currently being colored. Once the character designs are scanned I will make sure to get them in. The current names for the characters are:

1. (Main Character) Stanlee
2. (Stanlee's Roomate) Matt 
3. (The girl across the hall) Sally

        There will be more characters but the story line focuses on these three. There is no love drama, family sit down dinners, or any talking animals (SMH) also no cliff hangers, flashbacks (unless necessary), or +Conway Twitty  songs. You'll just have to check it out purely because you want too.

         Moving on.

         Storyboards for the first full comic are half done right now. The entire comic will be 39 panels over 9 pages. Once the comic is scanned in it will be colored then a few copies will be printed. These copies will be sent to winners of an up coming contest I have planned. The comic will be turned into a PDF and will be available on your Kindle for $1.99.

          If you would like to reserve a copy of the printed comic please email me with your information and I will contact you back within 24 hr.

          Well I'm going to get back to the storyboards.

Cheers,

Joshua

Kindle Direct Publishing

Hello again,

         Well thanks to a friend of mine I was directed to +Kindle  to figure out how I could publish my comic on my own and upload it via +Kindle . Now I have looked into this for a few hours just to make sure I have everything understood and I believe I do.

          Once I have a comic finished (This means scanned in and colored via +Photoshop or +GIMP ) I will be uploading them to +Kindle so that you may purchase them for your viewing and reading pleasure.

           More updates include +Pintrest, and comic title.

           Firstly you can find my +Pintrest profile here Pintrest Account. I will be adding all of the pages as they are getting worked on to +Pintrest so you can keep an eye on the work. I will make sure to keep updating the blog and give you any new information as it comes up.

New Comic TITLE! = "I don't know yet"

(Have to at least get one page done before i know what it will be called)

P.S) The amount of pages for the comic as of right now is 10 pages at the least.

Cheers,

Joshua

New Comic Book ! " The Funny Pages™ "

                            This comic will be made up of multiple short stories. The story will be confined to these restraints, If the story can be told in one page then the following page must also be summed up in the one page. In order to use a two page story, the story must begin on the left page and end on the right. The reason I chose to plan out the book like this is because every page you look at is a story. 

  Here is the second addition to " The Funny Pages ™ "

I apologize for the picture quality, here is the dialog  in the order it would be read.

1. HA  HA  HAHA HA
2. O-Kaaaay What's so funny?
3. HA HA  HA HAHA HA  HA HA  HAHA
4. What! What the fuck is so funny!?!
5. It's  It's It's  It's It's It's  It's It's  It's
6. It's what?
7. It's Ur Face!

I hope you enjoyed that, Let me know what you think.

Cheers,

Joshua

New Comic Book Project.

                           Hey there guys and girls, after having a long day with the girlfriend we came up with a very cool concept for a new cartoon. The full concept is still being ironed out but in the mean time i thought I would take one of the characters and make a comic book of short bits with that character.

Here is the first page of this comic.

                           The comic follows a ghost from his perspective. The people in the bits are people visiting the haunted house is search of ghosts. In the first page the ghost is sleeping and the light is flipped on and he is woken up. He then finds a ghost investigator that turned on the light. 

Page 2

                       Clearly upset the ghost decides to give the investigator what he is looking for. With the night now off the ghost is free to sleep A-GAIN! Muhahahaha No!! anyways. If the text is to hard for you to read pleas let me know and I will post the text .

                       Let us know what you think more comic bits coming soon.

If you would like to submit a story to be drawn out head to the contact page.

3D Transparent crystal ball tutorial.

Drawing a transparent crystal ball.  Tools Needed

• Pencil
• Clean eraser (For highlights)
• Smooth nylon brush (For blending)
• Digital camera with view finder
• Tripod/Mount
• Light Source

Steps

1. Focus a camera on the 3D shape you desire to draw. (Make sure the shapes complete view is within the surface you will be drawing it on.
2. Once you are happy with the angle at which the shape is placed while looking through the view finder, start to trace the outline of the image while looking through the view finder.

[In this video I decided to make my outline of the shape slightly bigger because the closer my pencil tip got to the object the tougher it was for me to see the line on the paper through the view finder.]            3. Work on the darkest areas first because they will be small and will not take up most of the                    object.      4. Next fill in your mid grays and heavy grays. The gray should become darker as it gets to the          object. (Keep it gray don't turn it black.)      5. Before you begin to blend the mid tones in the sphere blending the dark tones into the          mid tones.(This will leave pencil residue on the brush to make lighter tones easier to bring in          later.)      6. Start to blend the outer ring of the sphere, also rub your brush in curing motions in the          sphere to show some depth to the 3D object.      7. Once you have blended all of your shadowed areas so that they fade from darkest to white,           flip your pencil over and with the clean eraser and a firm grip draw in some solid white lines           following the curve of your shape.
         Make some minor touch ups and you should be able to look through the view finder again and see a 3D image. I hope this tutorial helped you if it did let me know. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them.

3D Apple drawing.

        So after watching some video's of +Tracy Lee Stum  which can be viewed on +YouTube  of her 3D side walk chalk drawings, I decided i could give it a try. Due to the fact that I do not have a contract to do this on a city street i choose to go with something i had in house.

        Here is a couple shots of an apple I had around the house that was drawn with pencil while looking through a camera view finder. The task was not simple at all due to the fact that you have to re-learn how to draw the objects shape.

        I spent a lot of the time focusing on where the light would hit the object. I have to say that I' am quite happy with the finale result. Although I do not have the current ability to do the city sidewalk chalk drawings like +Tracy Lee Stum I' am confident that if I was given the chance to do one of these great pieces of art I could accomplish it.

       Below is the +YouTube video I watched of +Tracy Lee Stum  preforming her +SIdewalk Art  so check it out and see if it inspires you to try this fun style of art for yourself. If you have any questions on how to apply and preform this method feel free to ask and I will be sure to add it to the Tuts section of the blog.

Cheers,

Joshua

How to Pitch an Idea - More Specifically, to Applits.com

                 A few months back I used to submit ideas for application development to an online company named +Applits. I found I really enjoyed +Applits business model and how easy the entire process was. All you needed to do was, submit your brilliant app ideas during the submission phase of each month's competition (that's now!). 

                During Voting Week, app enthusiasts everywhere come together to vote on what app they will develop next. If your app idea receives the most votes, They develop the app! You win cash and a percent of profits after release. 

                 So now that you know what +Applits  is head over and submit next great app idea, who knows you might actually win and get paid just for having the idea.

                 The reason I bring this all up is because this month I have submitted an idea for application that i feel many artist would enjoy and many other people alike. The voting week will begin in 18 day 17 hours and 28 minutes from the time the post is added.

                  My application idea is currently pending confirmation and I cannot give any information on it until voting week. But if you would like to submit an app idea of your own then read this full blog post by Joshua that explains " How to Pitch an Idea - More Specifically, to Applits.com " Visit +Applits  Blog  Post Here.

Cheers,

Joshua

Video's.

                  Well I have managed to have one video posted so far of this current project. I would have a complete video but the camera I' am using is a +Samsung USA  and is about 10 years old. With a future new camera I will be sure to have video +Tuts and video progress of my paintings posted soon.

                  Now the other day I was getting my blog registered with all of the major search engines. As I was doing this I came across a young women with the same last name as myself and was also an artist.

                 Her name is KATH HASTINGS and on here blog she has these awesome "Iconic Toxic Drums" Paintings.

                                  I wanted to share a few of the ones that stood out to me with all of you.

        
                    Now these are just the few that I picked out that I enjoyed, but don't just judge on these two go and take a look for yourself at her other works.