Wizard Philly Con Pt3

As I get closer to Wizard I want to highlight one more product I'll have available at the table: the Streem Team Comic.

 This is a book that's close to my heart for many reasons. For one, although I've been involved with some cool projects over the years, this marks only the second full on sequential story I've had published. The first one I was the writer and inker, and for Street Team I co-wrote and inked(although I did pencil and ink the cover), so there's that part of me that wants to have a fully self-drawn story out there someday, but it's still cool to hold an actual comic in your hands that you know you played a role in creating.
Second, the whole concept and creative process is one I'm very proud of. Six creators put aside egos, sacrificed their time and money, to bring their individual Original Characters together to form something greater as a whole. This was a hell of a process, tons of work, and I learned A LOT of things along the way, but I loved every minute of it...mainly BECAUSE of what I learned.
Third, this book serves as a template for so much in my life. It's the start of what could be a great franchise; it is the result of The Street Team VIDEO GAME!!; AND it inspired me get off my lazy bum and develop my own personal character, Aizan!

As for the story itself: it's a gritty urban superhero kung-fu action-thriller with a classic character team-up feel. Street Team: Reign of the Iron Dragon #0 issue serves as the introduction of five individual heroes joining together to topple Oguun, a diabolical despot who will stop at nothing to destroy all of their cities to lay claim to a coveted ultimate weapon.  

Check us out on facebook under "The Almighty Street Team"

If you won't be attending Wizard Con but would still like to purchase a copy of the book, it's currently available on IndyPlanet. Check out the 5 page preview.
http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5281

A little earlier I mentioned The ST Game, you can check out how that's looking at our IndieGogo site. We're trying to raise enough funds to aid us in taking the game to the next level and we can really use your help. Please take a look and support however you can. Besides helping us out, they're some great prizes being offered. So go look:
http://www.indiegogo.com/BSH-Street-Team-the-Game

And last, I've just been added to the Wizard site:
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-pa.html

Alright, that's it..thanks for reading peeps, I know I prattle on so I appreciate your time.

Uno
 "..Uchiha Clan cannibal, mental chasms unfathomable/
2000lb pressure mechanical crocodile mandibles..." - Geist

Wizard Philly Con Pt2

Two days in a row? Wow.

Today I wanted to mention another product I'll (hopefully) have at the convention. It's a book called ARTMADA, and it's an artbook showcasing the work of yours truly, as well as the skills of 3 buddies of mine: Kamau M'shale, Tre Worrell, and Will Jamaison. 74 pages of meaty goodness, mainly black and white, with 20 pages of glorious techno-color.
It's called Future Legends, and although it's more of a showcase book, is envisioned almost as a story itself-- where me and the fellas are 4 techno-mystic beings in a future, post apocalyptic wasteland(is there any other kind?)

The book features a collaborative wrap-around cover, with the main portion designed, penciled and inked by me, and individual character avatars penciled and colored by the respective creator. (Mine was colored by Will since I'm the only slacker in the group who can't color.) Graphic design for the whole thing was by Tre, so it really is a total self-contained little group.

The group came about from an idea I discussed with honorary member Mike Colston, about the love of art crews-- guys I idolized like Artzilla and LedHeavy. From there the idea came to form something, and even though I have Xion,(my philly based networking group), I wanted to do something a little more intimate. Artmada was formed with the idea of bringing "underground" artists of like minded sensibilities but divergent art-styles to the forefront. Who knows who might be next to join.

"This is the line in the sand, Art soldiers with ancient plans/
Planting Artmada flags on foreign lands with smoking hands
Our light spans, fantastic 4-ever like comic emissions,
By the time the beams hit your vison, our past is your present position.. " - M.D Geist

thanks for reading
Peace

Wizard Philly Con PT1

It's been too long. Let's become friends again shall we?

I just want to let everyone know I'll be appearing at the Wizard Convention here in Philly, from Friday June 17-19th, at table 1502, and I can't wait.
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-pa.htmlI might as well say table 1504 as well because my boy Maurice Mander will be there debuting the property we've been working on: Surian Seed.
Yes, slowly but surely the initial release book is coming to a close. The Surian Seed book will be a Universe Guide, giving in-depth bios and facts about the Surian Seed World, similar to those classic Marvel ones I grew up on. And not the corny ones in the mid-to-late nineties where everyone was standing like a child's paper cutout...OR the ones soulless encyclopedic rehashes of recent years..I'm talking classic John Byrnes covers bay-bee!

 

But I digress. Check out Surian Seed at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/SurianSeed  for lots more info, character snippets, and of course, artwork. Now of course I want you to go to the FB page and like us, tell a friend or two, etc,etc, but I also wouldn't want to recycle the same art here too. Since this is my personal blog I want to share some exclusive stuff with YOU, the person who's taking time to read my long-windiness. Here's a behind the scene concept sketches for you.

Nothing major, just some skribbles. But once we actually get done with the COMIC, this guy will play a HUGE role.
Aside from Surian Seed stuff, at the con I'll be debuting some more products I'm stoked to speak on, but I guess I'll talk more about that tomorrow.

Peace.
Shiz, aka M.D. Geist

Surian Seed

Infinite/ colors by Walter Ostlie

Sinnerblock

colors by Walter Ostlie

 

 

 

The characters above are part of a new story I've been commissioned to do called Surian Seed. The concept was created by Maurice Mander Jr,  and due to life being life, we both faced major obstacles that forced us to constantly  stop, then restart the project. At first I was brought on just to flesh out artwork already started by another artist.Over the course of time, as is my nature, when I'm involved in a part I can't help but give my 2 (sometimes 3) cents worth, and the concept is currently being developed by us both. Maurice is still the creator and owner, and I'm in the background sprinkling on the spice in the form of character design, story elements and edits. With the help of a few great colorists, like Blair Smith,Watler Ostlie (who hooked up the above pics) and others, we hope to forge ahead with this project to a final release.

Characters:
Infinite- Infinite is a man burdened with trying to save not just the human race, but the whole cosmos. The threat is a new savage race of alien beings called The Surians, a race hellbent on spreading their dominance throughout the multi-verse. Infinite must now gather a new generation of heroes together to prevent the extinction of mankind!

Sinnerblock- A man cursed and blessed with power not of this world, this gentle giant joins Infinite in his quest to save the world.

R.I.P

Character from a story I was planning on doing called "VS".  From '06. Wow, check the cd player and horrible anatomy.

I saw a post by Ryan Ottley on DA a few months back that really got me thinking. In it he was talking about artwork of his he hated and not wanting people to see it. So he burnt them. The pieces not the people. As much as I hate a lot of stuff I draw, and there's A LOT of stuff I won't dare show people, I can't bring myself to destroy my work. However, there's some stuff that's in my portfolio that I'm retiring...not only is this stuff old but it's just bad art. And I've decided to publicly  share that retirement with you.
 Why? Not sure. Maybe I stand by where I was skill-wise when I did the piece. Maybe it's not that big of a deal. I will admit I'm a little nervous...there's something to be said for having bad art existing in this new digital environment that never forgets. I mean, suppose someone pulls up a horrible old piece of mine that they think represents the 2011 Shawn and that takes away from possible employment? Can't afford too much (or any) of that. But hopefully, that won't be the case.
Anyways, here's the first piece I will forever retire from my portfolio. Be kind.

later.

Exclusive

Someone thought it would be cool to interview me. Thanks for being kind enough to think so Nubian7 aka Pharaoh. You can see the results of said interview here:

http://360beyond.blogspot.com/2011/05/shawn-alleyne-interview-360beyond-show.html

It's kinda long but the man is nothing if not in depth.
 Be sure to let him(and me too, why not) know what you thought. As a special bonus, I slipped Nubian a special piece of exclusive art just for the interview. And as much as I would like to show that art here and talk about the project a little more, I feel it would go against the "exclusivity" of the piece. But then I thought, hey, why not just give you guys a never before seen piece here?

Well you twisted my arm. Here's a sketch I did of a character called Koth Of The Hammer from World of Warcraft.
Enjoy.

 

Back From The Dead..

...With some exciting news!
Last week saw the release of the official STREET TEAM COMIC!!!!
What's the Street Team Comic you ask? Well Silly, it's a collaborative comic book cross-over event, created by myself and 5 other independent creators, that features the team up of 5 unique vigilante characters. Click on the link below for a 5 page preview of the book, then go order yourself a copy...or 5(may as well keep the theme going).
www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5281

I'm excited cause this is the result of a lot of work. Not only did I ink the book, I co-wrote it, did edits, and provided the penciled and inked cover art. Shout out to all my Street Team creators though, who made it all possible.

But there's even more news: we didn't just stop at the comic. Nooo! We're currently developing THE STREET TEAM VIDEO GAME!! And we would like your help. Please check us out at IndieGogo where you can donate to our fundraiser AND receive cool stuff for doing so. With your help we can raise enough money to finish making the game and get it into your eager paws.   
www.indiegogo.com/BSH-Street-Team-the-Game


So that's it for now. Stay tuned for more updates and thanks in advance for your support.

Hoo-zah for the Indy Artist!

Peace