From the Special Projects Unit
If you haven't checked it out yet, my new book is on Kickstarter now!
I've been generating a TON of artwork lately for the Kickstarter, and thought I'd do a big art dump today.
Here's the main character of the new book, Ryder. He's a detective who investigates robot crimes. And in the book the case he's dealing with is a real doozy!
Here's the Robot King.
I did a few variants you can see in my instagram post here: LINK.
People liked these two the best. He's part of a series of chess bots that are in the book.
I did a live stream of this drawing on Instagram you can watch here: LINK
I had a request from a backer to draw Ripley's Power Loader from Aliens. I thought it would be fun to try and draw it from memory. I know it doesn’t look exactly like this, but it was fun to make something that has the vibe. I think I got all the right beats.
And I got MORE requests for drawings of Robbie the Robot from Lost in Space, Gizmo Duck, BD-1 from Jedi Fallen Order, and K2-SO from Rogue One. Again, tried doing all of these from memory.
Lastly, here's a cool sticker I designed for the second stretch goal. Everyone who backs it at the Signature Edition and above will get this if we hit the stretch goal.
PATREON: I paused an 8 part series on getting a book deal while I wait for some feedback from my agent. In the meantime I'm sharing all my strategies, ideas, and the book building process of my next Kickstarter project: ROBOTS. Including raw numbers and my kickstarter dashboard info.
Patrons are seeing concept art, the process posts, the writing posts, and everything that goes into making these books. Here's the breakdown of how I made a complex cover illustration like this, with multiple characters:
Sign up now: LINK
The amount of support on my Patreon ebbs and flows, but always hovers around 125-130 people. We are now at 137! So close to my goal of 140 this month.
If you sign up this month I'll give you any of my digital artbooks of your choice. Just DM after sign up and I'll send you a download link.
You also get a 15% discount in my shop, and at the end of the month some patrons get all my working files to learn from and pick apart. Sign up here: LINK
-Jake