Submitted my idea to ThinkGeek.com

Well today I submitted an idea to +ThinkGeek  to see if they would sell my product idea on their site. So in the next 60 days 'their timeline not mine' I should know if my idea is good enough to be sold on +ThinkGeek . Wish me luck everyone.

According to their site the submission process could take up to 60 days for them to respond. To be honest I' m hoping I get some contact before that point. I don't want to give away what the idea is completely but I can share with you the logo I created for it. ~WINK~ ~WINK~

Please don't forget to vote on the poll there is only 35 days left to vote.

Until next time,

H

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

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

.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

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

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

Zombie Pikachu- Rendering

After the past two days helping family move, all I wanted to do was get back to draw and get this ball finished rolling. So tonight I wanted to do a digital coloring of a scanned in image to brush up on the techniques that I have learned but haven't used in a while.

After about 20 minuets searching +Google Images  I came across a image of +Pikachu  as a zombie. Instantly it was a winner. Now I wanted a line art photo because I had planned to paint it digitally in +Photoshop. Here is the line art as provided by www.dragoart.com.

I didn't take me long to get back into the swing of the workflow and soon I had a completed photo that I' am sure some of my friends would enjoy.

Below is a large image of the finale rendering.

(: Please let me know what you think. :)

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

Comic and Cartoon design process.

Here are a few of the visual steps I like to take when creating a new project.

I like to start with a shape for the head and draw it from each angle.

• Looking to the left and up.
• Looking to the left.
• Looking left and down.
• Facing front.
• Rear facing.
• Looking right and up.
• Looking right.
• Looking right and down.

This may seem like a lot right now but it will save you hours of time in the future if you take care of this now.

Here are many different eyes and noses to be used for characters faces.

Here are some hair styles.

Here is the characters body sheet.

                       Body sheets can include the full body from each angle that will be viewed in your comic. You can also cut the body up in to smaller pieces to give yourself a quick reference guide to use late.

Here is a full character design. (The Ghost)

                       I have found in my years of drawing that if you give yourself a base design sheet you can reefer back to it at anytime to make you drawing workflow much smoother.

                       I hope this has helped you and if so let me know. If you would like to know what the lines mean on the head angle sheet let me know and I will add an explanation.

Here is a link to my official cartoonist studio.

http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/CubicleDetail/675/Joshua-Hastings

Till next time,

Cheers

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

Past work.

Zombie Nurse - Title : Infection

Biomorphic Skull- Title : Bad Candy

Skull Tattoo design: I saw a similar picture online an re drew it .

Grim: Title : Don fear the reaper.

"We're back a dinosaur story".

Biomorphic: Title : Blue Monday

Zombie: Title : Day Z Mothers Day

Zombie: Title : Bad Breath

Zombie Girl: Title : Can you give me a "Z!"

 Hello,

       These are not all of my past works, I have a ton more that I need to get added in. There should a be a new batch of uploads weekly. Or as soon as I find more of them.

Cheers,

.H

Overview.

Purpose of the blog.

      .H is a blog about drawing, sketching, painting, comics, cartoons, illustration, digital art, concept art, gallery art, artist tools and techniques, motion graphics, animation, sci-fi and fantasy illustration, dry brush paintings, storyboards, matte painting, 3d graphics and anything else I find.

A little about me.

      I' am 28 years old, I attended +School Of The Arts until 2002 and joined the Army in 2007. During the past 6 years I have been looking into new styles of painting and i believe I have found one that I can really get in to.I have been an artist for about 20 years now and I have figured why not share my art with everyone. So here you are, I hope you enjoy.