What is going on at Strait Arrow Graphix?

Well Good morning,

So this blog seems to have been quiet for a bit so I thought I would make a little noise.  Have we died, or fallen off the face of the earth.  No we are still around.  If you follow our links to my web comic or facebook you can catch up on what I did not post here.

The web comic is still going with regular updates.  I am having a blast with that.  Living out dreams with each pen stroke of that art.  If you have not seen our comic go check it out!  It is a fantasy adventure story, and it is family friendly, so you can let your kids read it.  ( Look at if first, some kids are even more sensitive in different areas than others.  It is Lord of the Rings type of fantasy.

I have had a few commission works I have been working on, and that has been going good.  I still have some to work on, but so far so good.

Strait Arrow Graphix will have a presence in our towns small festival "Watermelon Days" where I will set up a table and draw some sketch cards for people. That will be September 7th, so come on over to the Watermelon days and I will whip you out a base ball card sized piece of art!  I have already done a small illustration for a can drive flyer, and Linda has been really busy with watermelon days flyers and ads.

Oh our Comic was also spot lighted in a small press blog.  Highlight of the Month!  So we are starting to get some notice.

Remember if you like what we do get the work out!

James the Imaginator at Strait Arrow Graphix

Terrific Tuesday

Well Today is Web comic update day for Testimony of Palidos.  For me it is a good day.  I get to put up what I have worked hard get done.  Work on the comic was good this week. I got this comic ready for post, did the flat colors for the next two comic post, and even got some pencils and inks worked on.  Been a good week.

Well What are you waiting on go check out the comic!

Testimony of Palidos Web Comic...Go Go GO!

James the Imaginator

Whooo hoooo! Comic Posting Day! (Testimony of Palidos Web comic Update)

Tuesdays are the new official Post day for the web comic "Testimony of Palidos" and who produces that comic you may ask? Well Strait Arrow Graphix that's Who.  

I had fun working on this one.  I did use a new technique on this one.  Also I was working hard last night for the next batch of things for this comic.  

Let me know what you think.  

James At Strait Arrow Graphix 

Oh and Vote for our Comic! You can find The Top Web Comics button to the right on this page.  

Monday's Madness

Hello,

Well I see I have not updated since I got back from my trip.  I have been working let me tell you and so I have things to blog about.

First My anniversary trip was absolutely amazing.  I did not get as much art work done over that weekend, but I had such a good time with my wife, and visiting my old housemate from art school.  We had a babysitter for our four kids, but we went to an arcade, hung out at a comic shop, watched ninja turtle cartoons, and went out for ice cream.  Ok we did do some non kid things too, we did go out to a hibachi, the ladies went out for manicures and pedicures, and my friend and I did do some art together.  Over all though the weekend was great, and both Linda and I came home feeling so refreshed.

Second I have decided to move the day I post new "Testimony of Palidos" comics from Saturdays to Tuesdays.  This past Saturday I knew I needed to wait till Tuesday, but I so wanted to post the next part since it had been ready early.  I also have the Flat colors done already for next weeks comic, and part of the one for two weeks away.   I am now at the point I need to start pencils for the next batch.  Since I have bought Manga Studio 5 to work on my comics I plan on trying to use that for these.  So lets see how long it takes me to learn this LOL.

Also I have made a new facebook page just for the Testimony of Palidos Comic.  I wanted one spot just for news, art, and information on that would not have all my other random art stuff, and studio news.

Well, I busted out a ton of art this weekend and it was a blast.  I worked on "Testimony of Palidos," I worked on some commission work,  and watched a ton of tutorials on Manga Studio 5. So last week was a productive week.  Lets see how this week turns out

Also please Vote for my Web Comic it helps move it up the list and get some notice.

Always feel free to leave comments or contact me here on this blog site, on my Web comic site, my gallery, or on Facebook.  I love to hear your opinion of my art, and connect with those who enjoy my comic.

I will leave you with this teaser of art to come in my comic

Here are the flat colors for this weeks comic.
Just a little teaser! You will have to wait till tomorrow to see it in full color effects and the text

James the Imaginator!

Testimony of Palidos Web Comic updated!

Good Morning Everyone!

I know it is early in the week for my update, but It is done and Linda and I are going to celebrate our 15th Wedding Anniversary.  I am finding a new way to color this comic and it seems to be faster and easier for me to do.  Its still work, but I like it.

Go here to check out the Web comic

http://testofpalidos.thecomicseries.com/

Well I am going to get a packing.

Also what day of the week would you all like to see my comic updates?

James Tenney

Wednesday's Wabber Jaw

Well I got tired of typing Mid week update... SOoooo I called it Wednesday's Wabber Jaw this week.  What can I say us weird types do weird things.

Any ways Here is what is up at Strait Arrow.  I did get another a comic up for Testimony of Palidos.  I found a new way to color that i am experimenting with and it is way faster.  Right now it is done in Photoshop, but I have bought another program to do this, and hopefully streamline the process to help me keep this comic rolling out on the web.

I received some great feedback this week and will be looking into tweeking a few things.  Don't worry my comic is still getting done and going to be posted for you all to enjoy.  The art for this weekends comic is really close to being done.

I haven't gotten a lot of work done on commission work this week, but I have gotten some work done there too.

This has been a crazy go nuts week for me out side of art, so I am amazed I have gotten so much time to work on Strait Arrow Graphix projects.  Learning the new program is taking some time too,

below is a sneak peak of what is coming this week.

James the Imaginator

Saturday Update!

Hello and thanks for stopping by.

Well I am back in full swing of doing art, and I am loving it.  Strait Arrow Graphix is a side business for me, but I love it.  I have picked up quite a few more commisions and am excited about the new projects.  I can't talk about all of them yet, but I am excited all the same.

I finally am back to Testimony of Palidos and have worked hard to get some flat colors done, now to work on the full rendering.  I will give you a sneak peak though of what is coming since you have not gotten to see the art for it in a while.  These are just the flat colors, the cool shading and effects are yet to be finished.  I had a blast with the Minotaurs

Don't forget to vote for out comic.  The higher we are on the list the more exposure we get.


Well I have more work to do, so I gotta go

James the Imaginator

MId Week Update...give or take a day

So Yesterday was a great art day for me.  I got to crank out art.  Well work on it anyways.  It is sometimes a re learning period as I was working on my web comic.  I am progressing though.  I am not sure when I will have the next part of Testimony of Palidos up, but I did put up a small piece of art to just get something up on the web comic site.  I also worked on layouts for some other art projects I have brewing here too.  So I spent some time down in the studio, and some time on the computer. I finished up my evening with working on some Testimony of Palidos art cards.

So go check out my comic, and check out the changes I have made and other art I have done on Deviant art!

Testimony of Palidos Web Comic

James's Online Gallery

Also the Amazing Linda has been working on a Logo design.  We will share that when it is complete.  She has been doing some cool graphic design stuff for flyers, logos, and other things.  I hope to get here stuff up in our gallery soon too.

James at Strait Arrow Graphix

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Hello All

Well The computer is up and running.  I worked up a practice piece I will share below.  It is my plan to be back to full art art now.  Things will be slow for my comic but it will be coming.  I have other art that needs done too, so be patient and enjoy.

Feel free to leave comments or drop me an email

James the Imaginator

NEW HARD Drive and Other News!

Holy Cow it has been too long since I have posted.  So it is time for a little post here.

Well First I finally have a new hard drive.  I have it installed, but now have to put in all the software.  So soon I will be able to be back to doing some of the digital stuff I do.  Though we have kept up with some design work with the laptops.

So what have we been doing.  Well I did have to take a break from posting my comic.  On top of working another day job to pay the bills at home, I run a martial arts dojo, and for a season I had some other responsibilities at my church that I had to take care of.  Yet the art had to keep going.  I have done some small art cards, and designed some things for a couple church organizations.  Linda has done more than I with the design work, but that is where she excels where I excel at the illustration work.

So with things changing again I am back at the illustration work, and plan to work on my comic work again.  I am still working on the illustrations for VisionLand Comics.  I am also working out an agreement for a martial arts organization to do some classic comic style illustrations for them.  All this has me pretty excited.  Its a good time to be an illustrator, well this one anyways.

Well that is it for now.  Check back later.

James the Imaginator at Strait Arrow Graphix