MMD #4!!!! Denver Comic Con and Free Comic Book Day

So, here it is, the official post by De'vo about MMD #4.  Check out the image on facebook, the Magicians Must Die website, or right here.  Here is good, too.  I am excited about this deck.  I think it's some of the best art of the series.  I am a HUGE fan of the box design.  The Double cover is great.  And I think this is going to be one of the absolute best stories so far, and it will prepare you for the final deck, Issue 5!  How quickly you, the fans, get issue 5 depends completely on how quickly you buy this when it releases!  PREPARE TO PURCHASE!!!...please.

Don't forget to come see me at Denver Comic Con this year!   I am the featured badge artist (see my post on DCC website here: Jay Peteranetz), so I will have prints of the badges, and I will gladly sign your badges that weekend.  

Finally,  I will be at Free Comic Book Day at Time Warp Comics in Boulder this year.  They were my VERY FIRST comic book store and the store owner Wayne Winslett was gracious enough to have me as a guest this year!  I am overwhelmed with gratitude for his enthusiasm to have me there.

Concept Sketches

Another concept sketch based on a palette from The King's Bird by Serenity Forge.  Did this one in just under 60 miuntes.  Next step is to work on rendering and textures. 

Concept Sketch

With more time one my hands lately, I have decided I want to do some more concept art.  This was a concept idea I had and used a color palette I found online from Serenity Forge.  This took me about 90 minutes start to finish. This was done completely in photoshop. 

OMG! A POST!

Well, look at that...a post.  Amazing isn't it?  The problem I am running into at the moment is this:  I CAN'T SHOW THE WORK I AM DOING!  I am doing a lot of work right now for Denver Comic Con, and therefore I am under an NDA to not show any of the work.  So, here's a one page comic I did with writer James W. Powell here in Denver.  He is a great writer, and I had a lot of fun with this project.

Skull for Fun

This is a skull for a commission I am working on.  There are going to be some really cool innards to this when it's finished.  I am going to make this a really light outline so I can really focus on the inside.  Will show more when it's finished.

Upcoming Events!

So, here is a great depature from my usual style.  I am working on a more cartoony/cutesy style.  This was for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra's Tribute to Comic Con V. 2.  The event was a good success, and the syphony was amazing.  I am going to be at the Pepsi Center with the Pop Culture Classroom again on the 29th of November for an event with the Colorado Avalanche.  COME SEE ME!

Book Cover and MORE!

Talk about some work....I have been pretty busy getting a lot of small little art jobs as of late.  It's been fun, but with the impending birth of my first son, it's been a little stressful.  I finished the book cover for Thirty Days From Sunday by my brother Ronald Bryce (see image above)..  I am truly looking forward to this book.  It's Ron's debut novel, and it's going to release via Create Space on Amazon.  I will have more information when it comes available. 
I will also have a couple of illustrations included in a new anthology of stories called Scraping the Red Sky.  I will have more information available on that when I know more too.  I am also doing some comic pages, and illustrations for a pulp magazine.  More info on that when it's available as well.  For now, enjoy the Book cover, and come see me at Mile High Horror Film Festival at the Alamo Pubhouse in Englewood, CO, October 9-12!

Sketching women

The next issue of Magicians Must Die focuses on the love interest of our main character. So I need to brush up on my ladies.  Here are a few to begin with...I have some work to do.

Groot Colors

I am feeling very productive over the past couple of weeks.  I have finished a book cover, got to participate in Wake Up and Draw for Jack Kirby's birthday...and today... I got to color the Groot I did for the King's birthday.  I am also going to be participating in The Mile High Horror Film Festival in October.  And finally, I have a new illustration and comic gig for a local book.  I'll show that soon.

Appearances Updated!

Check out my appearance page.  I have updated where I am going to be for the rest of the year!!

Groot for the Hero Initiative

This is a piece I did for the Wake Up and Draw for Jack Kirby's birthday.  It is deinifitely for sale and the proceeds will go to the Hero Initiative.  If you are interested in purchasing this email me at jpeteranetz(at)gmail(dot)com.  Or let me know on Twitter @jpeteranetz.  I take the money through paypal, or if you donate directly to Heroes Initiative for this, send me a screen capture with your address attached in an email and I'll mail the image your direction!  Thanks!

Book Cover

This is a book cover for a book my brother wrote.  It may not quite be finished yet, but it's in it's final stages of approval.  I am still working out the text and overall book design, but so far....I think this is one of the most innovative pieces I've done so far.  I am really loving the angle, and I think, for the first time, I am really figuring out the bird's eye perspective.  Seems like everything is starting to come together in this one.