Computer Problems...uuuuggghh

So I finished the inks on the next piece for Testimony of Palidos.  I scanned it in, and pieced it together.  Cleaned it up.  Then I ate dinner came back checked email, and tried to get back into photoshop to color the comic, and....my computer crashed....it crashed bad.  If I cannot get the data off my hard drive i may have lost a lot of work and files I need.  Sooooooo.  i need to get the graphix machine fixed. And that means I need to save up to get it.

This will not get me down though.  I still have all the inked art, and can continue to ink and work, I just cant color, letter, and get the old files if i can. ....

Thank you all for your continued support.  Gotta have a black belt attitude to keep a postive one.  Keep moving forward, and roll with the punches.

I have a lot of things going on at the Church today and I think we are going to Deck the Halls, or House tonight,

Maybe I will try to find a way to let you see the progress yet this weekend.

James the down but not out imaginator

Happy Thanks Giving, update

Hello all you cool people who have stopped by.

I had an amazing Thanks Giving Yesterday, and today was been good as well.  We sure have a lot to be thankful for.

So what have I been up too?  Well I have been a busy beaver.  I wish it all was art, but that is not the case.  As you all know I helped my Dad move, and with that move I took on some more responsibilities at my church.  I have been BUSY with those responsibilities.  They are worth it though.

I have still been working on Testimony of Palidos, though on a slower pace right now.  Having a day off let me get the inks finished for some more art to post, as soon as I get it colored.  Looking forward to moving along with this.  I have some fun stuff planned.  Action, adventure, dragons, magic, and did I mention dragons.  Anyone who really knows me knows I love dragons.

I have also slowly been working on some art for the Angeldreams comics for Visionland studios.  That also has been  fun as well.

Trying to balance this all out with all my other responsibilities can be a challenge  but so worth it.  For those who do not know, I am a husband, father of four, a Sensei ( Martial Arts Instructor) and super involved with my Church.... and I hold a full time job on top of that.  Just so you all know.   So the art is a passion that keeps me sane.

I hope to have some art up today or tomorrow  but we will just have to wait and see.

James the imaginator.

Dwarves

I wasn't able to get the next page done for "Testimony of Palidos" but I did get a page done and posted on Dwarves. Just so you can understand them a little better.

Testimony of Palidos

Hope you enjoy.

And don't forget to take a moment and vote for us. 

Vote Here

Thanks
James

TWEET TWEET

Hello,

So Strait Arrow Graphix has joined the dark side...yep we joined Twitter and can now tweet....Not sure why, but we can.

So you all can join us at twitter now.  If you tweet...

James.  https://twitter.com/StraitArrowGfx

Mid Week Update! and I am feeling sick

Goodmorning...ish

Well today I am feeling not so good, head cold allergies something.  I struggled through yesterday thinking I was better, but when I got up this morning I felt horrible.  So I called the boss and told him I was going to take some meds and go back to bed.  That is exactly what I did.  I still got up 3-4 hours later feeling like I stinking MAC Truck ran over my head.

Yet in the world of web comics I trudge on.  Monday through Wednesday I don't usually get much done on the web comic front as I generally teach martial arts.  I did get some done Monday though, and hope to trudge through some today.

We have had some cool comments on the web comic "The Testimony of Palidos".  Some that stick out in my mind is that there is some suspense as to what is coming next.  I even had a guy tell me he really wants to now what did this guy Palidos do to put him in this predicament   Well I wont give you guys too many spoilers, but I will tell you we do get out of this sanctuary / court room and see some action.  There will be all sorts of battles, all sorts of beasts and monsters ( yes for those who know of my love of dragons there will be a dragon or two. )  There will be magic, and dark magic, and there will be plots withing plots.

This adventure story is over 7 years in the making.  When I created the world for the "Disciples and Destroyers" ( which the Testimony of Palidos is only one adventure of) I took time to create a world.  Some of these races I have fleshed out cultures, scripts, and belief systems.  When I was thinking about doing a comic in this world I actually have three or four comic arc's I would love to do.  It was really hard to decide  which one I was going to choose. I did in the long run choose "The Testimony of Palidos" because it involved a party of Several different races.  So it was a good one to introduce this world.

One thing I will tell you is that we see a centaur in these pages already.  They were not a race I had fleshed out yet, but were in the world, so choosing one as the court bailiff was a new idea, but I was looking a the script and thought, a human up there just doesn't seem as intimidating. So I thought hey a centaur would be intimidating.  I sure wouldn't want to fight an armed centaur.  So we have one.   

Keep the letters coming, and hey even toss in some fan pics, and maybe I will post them.  You are all an encouragement to me.  I am having a blast, and am glad to be able to use my God given talent in a way I always wanted too.

James the down but not defeated Imaginator!

If you haven't looked at the comic this week, or haven't voted for it you can now vote right on the comic page and this link will take you there.

The Testimony of Palidos Web Comic

Just click the blue button on the left that says TWC  Thanks



 

Web Comic Site web design updates

Followers of Strait Arrow Graphix,

Well the last major change we made to the layout of the Web Comic Hosting Site ( ComicFury) was done so we could make the changes Linda and I made today.  One thing we wanted to do was Tie this blog to the  Web Comic Sites blog button.  Originally the Web Comic Site button would take you to their blog system.  Since we already had a blog set up we wanted this blog site to be the portal to all the other sites that Strait Arrow Graphix utilizes.  So With GREAT effort Linda was able to do that

We also wanted to put our Top Web Comics Vote button on the site. Again Linda came to the rescue with her super abilities to steal web code and insert it where we need it.  So now you can click the TWC button on the actual Web Comic site to Vote for it.

The other thing we changed were the buttons that navigated the comic book pages.  When we went with this layout the buttons for the previous, next, first and last buttons were nasty green arrows that made Linda want to scream.  So for the protection of ears everywhere I drew up some sword buttons to put in their place.  We had to locate the location in the code ( I actually helped this time) and I had to draw these little guys in photoshop at a ridiculously small scale.  My wacom tablet came to the rescue once again to let me do just that.

So with all that said why are you still here ready this stuff, go check it out. Go now quit reading this jumbled up stuff I am typing.

To get there quicker here is the link

The Web Comic you are supposed to go check out!!!!

Well I am going to stop typing now because some of you have not gone to look at the comic site and are determined to keep reading what I type.

James the IMAGINATOR and now web designing fool.

Testimony Of Palidos Full Page Pic

Here is the Full Page as it would look printed in a comic.   This is my goal eventually.  So this is just a teaser

You can see it bigger at my Deviant art gallery.  

http://straitarrowgraphix.deviantart.com/art/Testimony-of-Palidos-Full-Page-One-330097206

James

Web comic update and news

Hello Fans of Fantasy and Comics!

I managed to get up the next part of the comic "Testimony of Palidos" If was fun.  I had to learn to do speech bubbles in photoshop.  Now what I know how to do it is is not bad at all.  I have to get busy if I want to make next weeks update.  Still have to finish up some of the line art.   Well half of it anyways.  so it is not even scanned into the computer.

If you want to check it out.  you can follow this link
http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com

Well until next time

James Tenney the Main Comic Guy at Strait Arrow Graphix.

The work continues

Well I got a chunk of work done last night.  The flat colors are finished for the next post this weekend. I also worked on more pencils and inks for the next few segments.  Having fun working on minotaurs.  Also this week you get a closer look of the Centaur standing as bailiff at the front of the temple. 

If you didnt get a change to see the comic this week check it out,

http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com/

also I do keep art up at deviant art, you can find the link on the blog site,

http://straitarrowgraphix.deviantart.com/

Well hope your friday is awesome


James 

Next Web Comic Page, and News!

Good Morning,

I have the next web comic page up.  This one took a bit longer, and I had one busy weekend.  I did get it posted though and still plan to post one this weekend sometime as well.  I am pretty happy about how this one turned out.  Tried new things, liked new things, didn,t like new things lol.

If you want to check it out go here

http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com/

Have a good day

James the imaginator.

Web Comic Updated!

Hello all you Web Comic Fans, or fans of Strait Arrow Graphix in General

So I got up the next page for the Web Comic, you can check it out here!
http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com

It was a lot of fun, but this weekend was sooo busy.  Not to mention it was a hard week.  Got a bad cold last week too so going to work was bad enough, but I am feeling much much better now,

Let me know what you think of the comic

James at Strait Arrow

Voting

 I would like to explain why I have been asking everyone to vote. This is an important step in building a fan base for the comic. The more people we can get to follow "Testimony of Palidos" the more people I can reach. My dream in creating a Christian comic book is to give people of all ages a good clean read, with a message of God in it.

So please take a moment to vote and help us reach others  in telling them about God.

Vote Here

Thank you

Gonna be a crazy weekend!

Good Morning,

Well I have already been busy this morning.   I thought I was on vacation lol.  I was coloring away on the web comic stuff yesterday. I already want to do things different for the next few lol, live an learn.  This weekend I will be doing Martial Arts all weekend, taking some of my students to a conference.  So I will post the next web comic page early.  My Normal posting day is Saturday, but when I will not be home on Saturday that makes it hard.  I have got the next page all ready though so we are still on schedule.

Still having a blast, and its neat to have the kids excited about it too.

So if you want to check out the site you can go here

Testimony of Palidos Web Comic

Also if you can go and vote for our comic

Have a good one, gotta jet I have a ton of things to get done today.

James

Mid Week Update! 9-5-12

 Good Morning

 Well the work continues.  Yesterday got a little slower as dad came back into town to get more of his stuff, and I went to help him.  Yet I have been keeping busy.  I am into the coloring stages of one of the pages, and have one on the ol' drawing board being penciled and inked.  I think I am pretty much ready for this weekend's web comic post.  I just have to format it to fit the web.

 The web comic is getting a little more notice on a couple of the web comic list sites and that is exciting.  Last Saturday we had 249 page views, and Sunday we had another 50, and was back up to 100 on Monday.  So we are slowly getting noticed.  This is just the beginning, and I am having a blast. I was also able to get a few "Testimony of Palidos" merchandise up for sale. You can check that out by going to the buy our art button on the site here, or clicking here Strait Arrow Store.

You can still check out the web comic here:

Testimony of Palidos

And try to take some time to vote for the comic-

Vote Here

Well have a great day everyone.

James at Strait Arrow Graphix

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day!

It is pretty cool that our nation takes time out to celebrate our workers, and to let them take a break.

So part of my celebration was to draw up a quick drawing of two of the Characters from my web comic " The Testimony of Palidos" and toss it on our Web Comic Site.

You can check it out here

Testimony of Palidos

This weekend I spent most of it helping my Dad move, but I did get some work done, including getting us on some more web comic list

Speaking of list if you can please vote for our comic the higher we are the more we get noticed

Well enjoy your holiday!

James at Strait Arrow!

Comic is up and getting some Notice...Please Vote!

Good Morning!

Well I mangaged to get the Web Comic update done yesterday in the midst of the crazy move the Dad day, AND we were getting some notice. I am excieted. We had over 80 hits before I got home last night from packing the moving truck, and we have had another 150+ since then. So lets keep getting the word out.

So please vote its a new month and I can make higher on the llst if we vote soon.

you can voter here

You can check out our Comic here

Testimony of Palidos

Well I need to go and get dad moved, Cant wait to get home and see what happens on the web, and see what everyone says about " The Testimony of Palidos"

James the Imaginator at Strait Arrow Graphix

Comic is started, Cover is up!

Its Time!

Ok I know it is not Saturday, but the comic is started. I put up on the web comic site the cover and the inside cover ( credits page ). My plan is to update on Saturdays but I am moving my Dad this weekend, so I put it up this morning. I was going to post that I did this morning, but dad called and needed help. So I am posting it all now.

So if you want to go check it out go to this site

Testimony of Palidos

Let me know what you think, and take time to vote for the comic.

Well that is it for now. Until next time!

James the Cartooninator

Thursday Morning Update...Vacation Continues

Good Morning All

Man I was drawing away last night, and was super excited about the web comic. I have not had this much fun with my art in a long time. It all seems to be coming together.

I need to go help my Dad move some stuff this morning so I need to get off here, but keep voting for our Web Comic. It gets us more and more notice.

If you want to check out the web comic you can check it out at this link.

Testimony of Palidos

Well That is about all I have to say about that. Keep checking back, and let us know what you think.

My wife and I used to say that my imagination was a sponge in my my pocket and when it gets wet it gets bigger and bigger... Well Linda I think I need a bigger pair of pants ... Signed James the Imaginator

Wed Morning Mid Week Vacation Update

Good Morning!

Man did we get some work done yesterday. Yep I said WE. My wife and partner in crime spent a ton of time working on the Web Comic Site. We had to completely change the layout, and some of the things we want to do can only be done by changing the sites html and css coding. So Linda spent hours yesterday afternoon and evening changing colors and taking one of comicfury's template layouts and changing it to what we want. We still have more plans, but needed one that was able to be looked at for this weekend. We still want to get a vote button up and a link to direct the blog button back to our main blog site here.

On the art end of the comic I rocked out some work last night. Man this has been fun. I have not done this much comic work in a while and I am loving it. I am hoping to have art ready to scan today and work on some more colors and lettering.

I am moving my Dad this weekend, so I may have to post the much anticipated First piece of the comic early ( yes it is done) To keep ahead of schedule. So keep checking back. I will let you all know though.

Well check out the comic site and let us know how you like the changes. And if you ever have suggestions feel free to send them back either hear or on our facebook page.

If you want the hyperlink to the site so you dont have to click anywhere else here it is.

Testimony of Palidos

Oh and try to take some time to vote for the web comic. the higher up on the list we are the more views we get.

Well I think that is all for now.

James the comic nut!

Working on Comic and Blog Site Layouts and elements

Well I am working on some of the web comic sites layout and elements as well as layout and elements on our Blog Site here at Blogger. I am running into some snags as I cannot seem to edit the current layout's HTML code at comicfury the way I want too with the way I have it all set up. So I may have too restart the layout right now so I can add the voting banners, and get it's blog button to link right back here. Dont get me wrong I like comicfury and the options it has. I just have to go another route. the ever awesome Linda ( my partner in crime ) is working on some assisting as we speak, er as I type anyhow.

so if you want to see some weird things happening as I try to get it the way I have it in my head check out the comic site

Testimony of Palidos

Also Linda mentioned my cool font I had on here was hard to read so I changed it. Please let me know if you can read the post better now.

You will notice too that I have some vote for the web comic buttons on here too. If you can take time to vote for us. The higher the votes the higher I am on these list the more notice we get!

Well time to get back at it

James

Getting Things Done!

Good Morning!

Well yesterday was a good day for Strait Arrow Graphix. I got much done that I wanted too. I managed to get some penciling and inking done on the comic. I also was able to play with the comic web site layout. I figured out some web design things, like adding a fixed background to the comic, and that sort of things. Im still trying to get the blog button to come back to my main blog, and kinda streamline this being the main portal for Strait Arrow Graphix.

I was up again till 1 am working...my wife the awesome woman that she is tried to let me sleep in...but our five year old must of had a bad dream and was in my bed. She squirmed like a jello wiggler on a fishing line though and so I was awake again at 7:30.

If you want to check out the changes to the web comic site you can hit the tab at the top of this blog or you can hit this link

Testimony of Palidos

Well that is all for now. I am having a good vacation. Have some things on a to do list today so we will see what I report next time

Up and at 'em

Hey all you web site viewing cool people!

Well I had a productive day yesterday. Had the art bug bad, so I sketched a drawing of my character Bashaar, and then later worked on some inks and pencils for my Web comic "The Testimony of Palidos" I will probably work on some of the layout for the Comic Site today, need/want to make some changes.

If you haven't checked out my comic you can find it here Comic

I have had some neat learning experiences with this blog. Had to learn a little bit of html. Never did that before.

I was up till 1:00 am working on the comic, and my baby woke me at 7:30....good times

Well until next time

James

One Week Till official Start of Web Comic!

Hey true believers...well it worked for Stan Lee at Marvel Comics. Not to steal from Stan Lee, but I have always wanted to say that. It seems so much better than Greetings.

So I managed in the midst of a way crazy day to get the last coming soon pic posted yesterday. Yesterday was a crazy day that I will just not go into, many things did not happen the way I saw them going in my head.

you can access the new page by going to the tab at the top of the blog or by clicking below Comic

I am also officially on vacation and am planning on working on the comic and other art projects as I can. I am also moving my dad 2 hours north as well, so I will be busy.

as always feel free to drop us a note or message

James the Imaginator over at Strait Arrow Graphix

Mid Week Update.

Well it is a little past a mid week update, but hey such is life.

Anyhow I have been working on the coming soon pick for this week and penciling and inking my comic "The Testimony of Palidos". I even worked a bit on the pages I am doing for Vision Land. Good times.

I am going to be taking a couple days off my day job and plan on kicking out some fun art. I will keep you all posted.

James at Strait Arrow Graphix

Testimony of Palidos 2 weeks away

Hey all, Thanks for stopping by This week has been crazy nuts at my day job. So I did not get as much work done for Strait Arrow as I would have liked. Today I have tons of family stuff going on as well. I did get up the next promotional art piece for my comic though. Introduces a couple more characters. You can see it by going to the page linked on this blog, or by going to this link Comic I am getting excited this has been a blast to set up. The Cover is done, the Inside cover/ credits is done, the first page with the back ground of the Disciples and Destroyers world is done. Please let me know what you think, James at Strait Arrow Graphix

Updated Our Web comic "The Testimony of Palidos" Remember we have set September 1st as our official kick off date. you can find our comic by the comic tab in our blog or hit this link http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com/

WEB COMIC NEWS!

Hi all, thanks for coming by. So I have been busy, I almost have the cover art done for my web comic, and I have decieded that I am going to officially start it up September First. That should give me time to have some art done ahead of the game. Well here is the web site to look at it. Well one of them, but here it is. Let me know what you think James At Strait Arrow Graphix

What is Going on at Strait Arrow Graphix?

So what have we been up too at Strait Arrow Graphix? Well I suppose it is time to tell... Linda has been working on editing pictures for 10Eproductions like a mad woman...and being a mom of awesomeness. James has two pieces in his que before he hits a long term project of his own for Strait Arrow. So my goal today is to work on the comic pages for Vision Land, try to get them all laid out, ask Mark over there for permission to post some of the work and brainstorming I did for it, and maybe post some of that. I also have to finish the colors for the Dragon and Armor of God piece, When I get those too done I will be....Taking up the mighty pencil of the imaginator and working on my own COMIC, "The Testimony of Palidos." I just have to do it, get it drawn and done. This morning I drew up a costume / armor design for a Minotaur, and then I will work on more of that later too... At this point I have talked to Linda about using a web comic platform for this book, So I am working on figuring all that out...Stay tuned and I will maybe share a link for that. For now here is a pic from this morning...

Still Alive, and keep checking back with us.

Hey All, i know it seems its been a bit quiet here at Strait Arrow Graphix, Last week work was a bit lean... but I was working. Have a couple things brewing over here. Still working on the pages for Vision Land Comics, and have a dragon pic still in the que, but I have another project back from the past making a come back...more news on that later, Linda by the way has been editing pictures for 10Eproductions like a mad lady! She also did a cool cake this weekend. Maybe I can hunt up those pics... She is amazing. For now a question? what is your favorite fantasy race? Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, let us know, either here, our face book page, or email us at mouselad@gmail.com Later...James

Change of Pace

So it is a holiday, so I decieded to take a break from the dragon piece ( even though my wife loves it soooo. ) And I did layouts and worked on pencils for pages two and three of the comic work i am doing for Vision Land Comics. Not much to see, but was fun anyways. Hape a great Fourth of July.. James

This is the most recent piece I am working on. I only have the flat colors done.

Here is my current project. This is just the flat colors, Now I am in the rendering process

Check out this amazing Illustration

I didnt add anything new in a couple of days so I thought I would share this. Originally drawn for the Fayette Community Church.

Working Away Today!

I am busy working on that Dragon piece, and getting images for some of my internet spaces (created banners for here, Facebook, and zazzle) Linda has been working away at some photo/editing, and photo manipulations for 10eProductions. So we have been busy this week. Here is a peak of what is on my art board lately. Couple fun picks and a couple of projects I am working on. I have some stuff in the computer too, but I am not sharing lol. J? out!

still working on some art for one of my martial art masters, and on some things for Vision land Studios. Looking forward to getting into it too. I am working with an amazing script. Keep on keeping on. I will post some more when I can. For now a fun pic of spidey will have to do

Buy our art on Zazzle

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Here is a pic I did for fun, but I am trying to learn this site, so here it is.  You can find it on my Facebook or my Deviant Art Gallery

http://mouselad.deviantart.com/www.facebook.com/StraitArrowGraphixx

Welcome, and Hello

Welcome to our blog space, I hope to answer a couple questions right off


1.) Who the heck are we?   Well I am James Tenney, and my wife is Linda Tenney.  Together we make up Strait Arrow Graphix.  I do much of the drawing, and illustrating, some graphic design work, while Linda does photography, photo editing, and graphic design.  We have done logos, ads, fliers, t shirt designs, comic work, illustrating, and cartoons.  


I (James ) have been doodling since I was a kid, and always wanted to get into art.  I have done  design work for churches, universities, small press comic books, martial art schools and private commissions. 


Linda has done ad / graphic design work , photography and photo editing for jewelers, photography studious, churches, and private individuals 


2.) Why set up a blog?  Our work is spread all over and we needed a single portal to link it all.  We have work at Deviant Art, 10eproductions, 10egiftshop, facebook, and more, but we needed a spot to link it all together.  


thanks for checking us out.  




James Tenney