Henry

I'm currently working on a personal project to experiment with my digital illustration skills. It's a comic I've titled "Henry". Here are the first six pages.

 ~James

New Arthur Pages

Well the new page of Arthur: The World's Strongest Boy is up on the tumblr (here). There's a new page every Monday, so be sure to follow the tumblr or bookmark it or what-have-you. The latest page was a lot of fun to draw. I have a soft spot for splash pages, and this one had some interesting characters. As always, type and inks are by Andy Hood, script and colors are by Billy Martin, and pencils are by me. Below I have the pencils for the latest two pages. Enjoy!

 

 ~James

Arthur project

If you didn't know already, Me, Billy Martin, and Andy Hood are working on a new project together called Arthur: The World's Strongest Boy.
Page 2 of Arthur is up. You can look for new pages every week! Here's the link: LINK! The pencils for it are posted below. The script/color is by Billy Martin, the pencils are by me, and the inks/type are by Andy Hood.

~James

A Piece of the April

Hello all! Now, first things first, I want err'yone to be aware of my new website (you may have spotted a link above to the right) called Kaminskivision. It's my online portfolio site, so feel free to drop a comment there and tell me how you like it or just to say hey. My facebook fan page, twitter, and tumblr are also around if anyone didn't know or is interested. I try my best to update often.  Also here's some new fan pages on the face of book which everyone should like as well, fellow cartoonist society member and awesome illustrator Michelle Miller, and fellow cartoonist society member and awesome illustrator Chris "Patch" Patchell's "I Put the Can in Cancer" book fan page.

Well, here's a chimp to break this self-promoting schtuff to get the real meat of this post.

Anyways! I just wanted to post the most recent COPOUT comic I've done. With the year winding down, I wanted to push this comic a little more than I usually do with the COPOUT stuff. I got the idea to do this comic while walking home after a night at the bar around 3 am. The original idea was to have as many bread puns as I could fit, but I eventually realized that would have been incredibly stupid (however hilarious to me). So this is the current end product, it still needs some more editing in the inks. Some of the faces are a little wonky and need some touch-ups. Oh, and 100 internet dollars to whoever spots the line lifted straight out of Star Trek. Is it bad that most of my knowledge of 30's gangsters comes from Star Trek?

2012 Ely

Poster art by Andy Hood

Every year, my school's/University of the Arts' illustration department holds a juried exhibition of the senior students' thesis works called the "ELY Exhibition". Here's the website's description:

 "This annual competitive exhibition features the work of the entire senior class of Illustration majors, giving them the opportunity to show their work to thousands of people. Endowed by its namesake in 1964, the William H. Ely Award for Excellence in Illustration is a juried exhibition featuring work ranging from CD jackets to concert posters, magazine spreads to elaborately ornamented surfboards. Cash prizes are awarded for the top three entries."

This year was judged by 3 artists: Jon Bartlett, Joe Devito, and Dan Blackman. There were 4 prizes given out and 4 honorable mentions. Every piece submitted to the gallery was extraordinary and everyone worked their asses off. Unexpectedly, my pieces were chosen for first prize.

A major congratulations to John Thomas, Kelsey Niziolek, Leah Romero, Michelle Miller, Nancy Hill, Crystal Ben, Andy Burger, and, well, everyone! It was a seriously great show.
I know I've uploaded some of the progress on these, but here are my 4 finished pieces:

~James

Coloring the cover, and pages 7 and 8.

Coloring the cover right now:

Almost done! Can't wait...

Pages 5 and 6

New pages. Getting it done, son!

ELY page 3 and 4

Posting this a little late, but here's the progress on the comic. Keep in mind that the colors need massive revising.

~James

A Very Merry COPUT Comix-mas

Hey everyone!
The COPOUT crew and I are putting out our Winter-spectacular entitled: COPOUT Comix-mas Crumbler. We'll be passing them out for FREE today in Philadelphia on 2nd and Arch Street. Come stop by and pick up your free copy!

I've got a two page comic right in the front, here it is:

ELY Comic

Doing a comic book for the ELY Illustration Exhibition at UArts. Here are the first 2 pages. Some of the color still needs some changes. I'll throw the sketches up on here too, just so you can see them from infancy to near adulthood. Soon they'll be collecting social security. They grow up so fast.

~James

Something Fishy this way Comes

A piece I did lately as a promotional pin-up for a comic I'm working on. This piece had a long journey from sketch to the final. Was a lot of fun though.

Sketch

Spaced final

Here's the final colors for the Spaced Out illustration. Went with a throwback color-scheme. On a side note, I found out my dad is in the hospital again with a bleeding ulcer. They stitched it up and stopped the bleeding so he's getting better now but needs bed rest. Send some good thoughts out to him if you get a chance.

Strength and Weakness

Here's a piece I did depicting intangible opposites (to which I chose strength and weakness). I'm thinking on adding a color into each. Was a lot of fun to do actually. I began my internship with the Applehead Factory the other day which seems like it'll be a lot of fun and a great learning experience. I'll post some more stuff soon.

Strength

Weakness

 Here are the sketches for both. The type got axed in the strength one because I think the panels speak for themselves. So rather than me beating the crap out of a dead horse, I decided to go more silent. The "Fight" dialogue still worked as a compositional element and I don't think it took away from the page.

COPOUT Artists Adventures

If any of you don't know by now, I've been part of a comic organization with a group of friends/illustrators/comic-enthusiasts called COPOUT Artists (Comics Of Philadelphia Organized and United Through Artists). And tonight was our 5th successful comic printing, which this month featured Billy Martin (www.billywaynemartin.blogspot.com) and myself. We printed and handed out 200 free comics. Much fun was had with the group handing out the books ending in a celebratory drink at a watering hole. Many new blisters on my feet were created. Here's my four-page story included in the book.

And here are some snapshots from printing etc.