tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20302555549629476102024-03-05T09:19:14.238-08:00Chris Wildgoose Sketch BookChris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-49131142419918186802019-09-29T03:19:00.001-07:002019-09-29T03:19:57.288-07:00NEW WEBSITE!Hey, hey!<br />
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I have finally got my act together and pulled together a website.<br />
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I'm not sure if I will be posting on here any longer. I have always quite loved my blogspot space but I think I may be closing it down soon as I just dont update it enough. Though as I still love this little space I may just keep it going and leaving it here with a direction post to the Website.<br />
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Meanwhile, the best place to find my updates on is my <a href="http://chriswildgoose.com/">website </a>or my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrriktus/">Instagram</a>Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-10774800262336826302019-04-22T05:09:00.001-07:002019-04-22T05:12:36.675-07:00BATMAN: KNIGHTWALKER - PRE ORDER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can now pre order our pride and joy Batman: Nightwalker right <a href="https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/batman-nightwalker-0">HERE</a>.<br />
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Part of the first wave for DC Comic's new <a href="https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/02/05/dc-reveals-new-young-adult-and-middle-grade-imprints-dc-ink-dc-zoom">DC Ink</a> line. We have adapted <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4342215.Marie_Lu">Marie Lu</a>'s original novel Batman: Knightwalker.<br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-84055720616121514742018-07-26T06:23:00.001-07:002018-07-26T09:57:48.919-07:00BATMAN: NIGHTWALKER !!!Hey hey,<br />
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My next book was just announced last week! I'm currently working away at DC's Batman: Nightwalker for their New DC Ink line. DC ink is focusing more towards a 'Young Adult' audience but honestly I think any range up from there would be able to pick up Batman Nightwalker and get into some good old fashioned brooding Bruce Wayne dealing with Gotham and Arkham madness. (Am I right in thinking we've never really truly followed Bruce as a Teenager before?). A bit more official info on the latest DC Ink announcement <a href="https://www.newsarama.com/40919-new-wonder-woman-oracle-batgirl-nightwing-aqualad-titles-added-to-dc-ink-and-dc-zoom-line-ups.html">here</a>.<br />
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Batman: Nightwalker is a graphic novel adapted from the original pros novel by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4342215.Marie_Lu">Marie Lu</a>. Adapted to script by the mighty <a href="https://www.dccomics.com/talent/stuart-moore">Stuart Moore</a>, Pencils and Inks by myself and I'm so happy to say that my wife and partner in crime,<a href="https://twitter.com/Trindles_"> Laura Trinder</a>, is making her DC debut on colours! The book is going to be grey-scale black and white with a hint of colour now and then and let me tell you, Laura is knocking it out of Gotham's city limits! Letterer to be announced but I'm sure it will be a badass!<br />
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The cover art (pictured) was announced last week and I've been posting little sneaky snippets on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrriktus/">Instagram</a> account for a little while so you can steal some peeks there.<br />
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Bonus Image! : As part of the first wave of announcing the active projects back in the beginning of the year, DC asked for a super quick promo image. I was away from home at the time and so I only managed to get in a little crappy rough sketch. DC put the image with the project name but didn't properly announce the creative team of Nightwalker at that first showing.</div>
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I FINALLY I thought I should put some life back into the
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that may still visit to see if there are any updates, as ever I always get
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So, what has been going on over that past two years, Chris?!
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Well, I’ve been the artist of <a href="https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batgirl-2016/batgirl-7">Batgirl: Rebirth for DC</a> for a
year and a half, under the word smithery of Hope Larson with colours by the
mighty Mat Lopes, letters by the brilliant Derron Bennet and Inks were often
finished by Jon Lam, Jose Marzan Jr and Andy Owens. It was my first jump into a
monthly released book, which, to put it lightly, nearly killed me! Despite as
hard as it got I always had a lot of fun with the Batgirl team and I came
through the other end and jumped into something new for DC! To be fair to
myself, alongside Batgirl I was also working away at our third instalment for Porcelain:
A Gothic Fairy Tale titled <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/project/porcelain-ivory-tower/">‘Porcelain: Ivory Tower</a>’ which is a full graphic
novel itself. The Improper Books team don’t cut corners and I won’t give up my
inking duties on that one, so I had a ton of work on with both Batgirl and
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Now this is a rare statement for me but I have to say Porcelain:
Ivory Tower is one of the things I am most proud of in my illustration career. Both
in terms of the book on a whole and the art I put into it. Ivory Tower is one
of the few books I can look back at, re-read and actually feel like I did a
good job! As ever, there are always bit’s I would change here and there but
this one I am genuinely really happy with! The blood sweat and near panic attacks
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Early in 2018 Ben and I were lucky enough to be invited back
to France by our friends at Delcourt (our French Publisher) to do a signing
tour for Ivory Tower. We visited Paris, Grenoble, Besancon and back to Parsi
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Love you, France! <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Snippets of my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrriktus/">Instagram</a> feed:</div>
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Super happy to say that myself and the Improper Books team have donated a bunch of goodies to <a href="https://worldbuilders.org/">Worldbuilders</a> again for 2016.</div>
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I won't try and explain what Worldbuilders and Heifer international do but go <a href="https://worldbuilders.org/page/how-it-works">HERE</a>, read the info and look around the site. You will see what a great, decent and intelligent thing they do to help make the world a better place. </div>
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We sent a bundle of books for people to win. All books signed and should have sketches in them. </div>
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Also, as a little bonus for fans of Patrick Rothfuss and his Kingkiller chronicles series. I gave the Worldbuilders team a few copies of a wedding decoration I had made for my wedding with Laura from earlier this year. The piece is a pub sign design I did for 'The Eolian' from The Name Of The Wind & The Wise Man's Fear (<a href="http://christianwildgoose.blogspot.co.uk/2016_04_01_archive.html">Full long and lengthy story behind my pub sign designs here</a>)</div>
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Here's a peek at some of the books and prints Laura & I sketched and sent in for the auctions:</div>
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Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-6388466267559258632016-10-02T04:52:00.000-07:002016-10-02T04:52:24.527-07:00BATGIRL!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey hey!<br />
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So this happened!<br />
DC announced that I'll be taking the art helm of Batgirl after Rafael Albuquerque, from issue #7.<br />
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<a href="http://www.comicosity.com/dc-announces-christian-wildgoose-as-new-batgirl-artist/">ARTICLE HERE!</a><br />
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The article linked above has DC's press release on it all so I won't fill this post up with too much that has already been said. Anyone who has checked my twitter will know that I'm super excited, nervous and honoured to be on board.<br />
If DC had come to me offering art duties on any choice of character, Batgirl would have been number one or joint number one with Gotham Academy. I've already had little bits to do with Gotham Academy already so I'm feeling lucky and spoilt.<br />
I've worked on bits of design and cover artwork for Batgirl, so I've technically already started but I start actual interior pages as of next week.<br />
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Readers of Porcelain fear not! I'm still beavering away at Porcelain book 3 'Ivory tower'. I still have a fair chunk to get through so keep your eyes peeled as I'll still be posting peeks of that as usual on Instagram. And as Far as I'm concerned I'll still be working with Ben Read and Improper Books for as long as Ben writes me stories.<br />
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Meanwhile, here are the two first pieces of official Batgirl art I've done so far!<br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-30410080532685783772016-09-28T08:42:00.000-07:002016-09-28T08:42:47.102-07:00Page Process : Phonogram 'A Black Parade'Hey hey,<br />
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So finally I've gotten round to pulling together a post on some of my process. I'm aiming to do some more in depth posts than this one, as this project was just a 5 page short and I didn't have much to design. Anyway stay tuned for more process posts, I'll try and make more of a regular thing of it.<br />
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So this post covers my work on 'A Black Parade', a short story for back of issue #3 of Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl by <a href="https://twitter.com/kierongillen">Kieron Gillen</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/McKelvie">Jamie Mckelvie</a>.<br />
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I'm a fan of the Phonogram series and of both Kieron and Jamie's work in general. By chance I met Kieron at a con a good few years back, we chatted and he looked over my portfolio and asked me to join him on a B-side story for the upcoming 3rd book. A couple of years passed, the book was delayed but Kieron still remembered me and kept me in mind for the B-side.<br />
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I'm always grateful for this little job. Kieron not only kept me in mind but also has never forgotten my face when meeting in person. He's put me forward to publishers more than a few times, so the guy really is a true gent. *Salute to Mr Gillen*<br />
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Right so, without further ado.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">So first off, after reading the script, I'll usually work out the characters that need designing. In this case I had some existing characters to work from but also characters such as the girls Kohl and Kid With Knives are chatting to. 'The Were-Emo' also needed some working out before moving on to the pages. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pencils<br />I usually print off the previously seen thumbnails at nearly A3 size. <br />Then I lightbox the thumbnails, tightening up the line work and adding detail on paper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inks<br />The inks here are traditional ink on Bristol board. I print out the pencils in blue onto Bristol board and then ink over them with a brush, switching to fine liners for straight lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colours<br />And here we have the magic of colourist <a href="http://saerus-coloring.deviantart.com/">Andre May</a>. After inking I'll scan in the inks and clean them up and add any alterations in Photoshop.Then I send Andre the pure black and white inks. <br />Andre then works what I can only describe as colourful witchcraft. <br />And so here you have the finished thing!<br /><br />The pages were lettered by Clayton Cowles. Lettering is itself a whole other art form and essential for the finished page. However, I'm usually not involved in this process. I'll skip it for this post but hopefully cover it more in other posts. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a perfect example of Andre's genius and skill as a colourist. Page 4 really turned out to be something else with his work. In fact I'd say this whole set of pages became something much greater with his work on it.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />* Inks for this page were drawn digitally using Manga Studio. At the time I wasn't confident in a heavy use of black on the figure, so I decided to do it digitally to allow for tweaking as I went. Funnily enough this was one of the pages that changed things for me and made me think of inking digitally more often.</span></td></tr>
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I've still got the habit of postings peeks at recent work on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrriktus/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MrRiktus">Twitter</a> and not much on here.</div>
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I've been working away on a few things recently, unfortunately one door has closed on a project before it managed to really hit the ground but I've been lucky enough to have two more doors of cool stuff open. Also the trusty world of Porcelain has been there for me and I'm always at home working there so it's all good in the Wildgoose camp. </div>
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Here's a little peek at some recent postings on Instagram of all the things I've been on. I've got some blogs I really want to write about projects I worked on over the past couple of years and they'll have a big chunk of my behind the scenes process type stuff to them so stay tuned! </div>
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Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-52774599797621542162016-04-19T16:25:00.000-07:002016-04-21T02:38:46.658-07:00Book Wedding: Pub Sign Illustrations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey there! So here's a little personal illustration project I had for myself recently, nothing big... just y'know, my wedding!<br />
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Oh before we begin, I am totally aware this post may sound like one big proud horn blow but after all the effort we put into this thing, I feel like we're allowed at least a little toot. So bear with me...<br />
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I was lucky enough to marry my girl <a href="http://www.lauratrinder.co.uk/">Laura</a> a couple of weeks ago. Now one thing you must understand is that we are big book fiends, so we had a pretty obvious theme to the day.<br />
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The invitations were illustrated by us, based on traditional bookplate designs. The rings were tied into a secret compartment, cut into a book which means a lot to us (Neil Gaiman's <i>Stardust</i>). The table plan was a set of belly-banded books with illustrated bookmarks to show who was sat at each table. The table centre pieces were piles and piles of strange old books all stacked at odd angles, some with subjects relating to people sat at the table. The rest were simply about Romany gypsies, palmistry, Indian demons, long lost cults or good old fashioned Satanism. We had twig-covered vases made from coffee jars and wood collected from our local forest, countless twine-wrapped candle jars, potion vials of rum with hand written name labels and slow moving glitter jars catching the light for hours after being shaken (it took me ages and lots of glue and water experiments to get those bloody things right!)<br />
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Then there were the table names themselves...<br />
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Now these were one of the things we knew we wanted before we even got engaged.<br />
It's sad, sick and I want to punch us in the face for being the people who had these things in our heads before we were even on the horizon of getting married but when random chats got random, this was one thing we talked about. Each table was to be named after a fictional pub from our favourite books. Not necessarily a new idea I know, but I was adamant I would illustrate the pub signs and have them etched into wood. At one point I wanted props on the table relating to each pub too, but eventually I was talked into reason and just kept with pub signs. I spent an hour each morning for a few weeks, working on them as my warm up illustrations before work. My good friend Adam had the know-how to get them etched into wood and so here is the end result: <br />
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Can you guess which pub belongs to which book? Some are very easy but a few are very obscure.<br />
Answers after the pics.<br />
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The Eolian - The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss<br />
The Three Broomsticks - Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling<br />
The Poison Kitchen - Daughter Of Smoke And Bone by Laini Taylor<br />
The Prancing Pony - The Lord of The Rings (The Fellowship Of the Ring) by J.R.R. Tolkien<br />
The Hallowed Bear - Porcelain Bone China by Ben Read, Christian Wildgoose (Me!) & Andre May<br />
The Seventh Magpie - Stardust by Neil Gaiman<br />
The Leaky Cauldron - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling<br />
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Originally we had six tables but had to add a seventh thus a second Harry. Though we realised way too late we could've done The Admiral Benbow Inn from Treasure Island! There are definitely lots more we missed but these all meant something to us. Also, as you might know, I'm a huge fan of Name Of The Wind and know that 7 is a good number to have.<br />
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And yes I know the Prancing Pony illustration is a little cheating but if it it ain't broke...<br />
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Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this little glimpse into the arty parts of our wedding. A tip from a recently married person: If you can make anything for it yourself, do. You'll get a lot out of it and your family and friends will notice the detail and effort you put in!Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-82066010861543814902016-02-02T03:53:00.000-08:002016-02-02T04:02:15.509-08:00Assassin's Creed Comic - Cover 2Hey!<br />
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Just got wind that they posted up my Cover art for the Assassin's Creed comic from Titan.<br />
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Here it is with and without title. Pencilled on paper, Inked on Manga Studio, Colour and Effects via Photoshop.<br />
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You may know that it was the 35th anniversary of Pac Man this year and Bandai wanted to pull together an artistic celebration in honour of the dot munching hero. They gathered 65 artists and I was asked to be one of them. Apparently the art was on display in Jump Festa expo in Japan though I haven't been able to find any pics yet<br />
There is talk of an artbook but nothing certain just yet. meanwhile here is my piece:<br />
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CBR just did an article about the new run of Assassin's Creed comic and the variant covers and mentioned one of the ones I've done. <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/exclusive-first-look-at-van-lente-caleros-assassins-creed-templars-2015">HERE</a><br />
The self important artist in me noticed that the colours of my cover on that article were ever so slightly off because of it being a CMYK file and I find colours almost always look awful when posted on the internet in that file type. So to soothe the fussy art beast in me here's an RGB version which should better show how it will come out in print :)<br />
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I've got another cover for that run too, both I'm really happy with. I'm genuinely a big fan of the games so It was awesome to be able to do something for Ubisoft and Titan.<br />
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Also mentioned in that article is the Templar series that will have covers by my buddy <a href="https://twitter.com/monkey__marc">Marc Lamming</a> I've had a sneak at another one and trust me they are wicked! I think he's also doing some for AC too so keep your eyes peeled!<br />
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Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-23679984431705801562015-12-04T11:34:00.001-08:002015-12-04T11:34:21.713-08:00Worldbuilders 2015: Original Art & Book Auction!!Hey!<br />
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So for the second year in a row the<a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/"> Improper Books</a> team have given some of our works to the <a href="http://www.worldbuilders.org/">Worldbuilders</a>/<span style="background-color: #e2e0db; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.heifer.org/">Heifer</a></span> charity team for their annual auction.<br />
Last year we gave away some copies of our books but this year I think we've really given some good bundles of things to auction.<br />
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So if you know me and my work you may also know(And be annoyed) that I haven't sold any original of anything yet (I'm hoping to in the future but still no idea when) Meanwhile this is actually the first chance to get your hands on my actual inked pages.<br />
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I've given the guys at Worldbuilders a page of inked artwork to go with a copy of each of the respective books. Also it's not mentioned in the description but with each book that comes with the artwork I've signed and sketched in the font too.<br />
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Also if you are new to our works or fancy a pack of it all for someone who hasn't read any of our books then we have also given in 4 bundles of all of our books. in there. so that is Night Post, Porcelain, Porcelain: Bone China, Briar, Butterfly Gate, Night and Dragon and Mulp - Books 1+2.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ssn=worldbuilders&_pgn=3&_skc=50&rt=nc">HERE</a> is a link to the auction listings. If you scroll through you can find our stuff in amongst the other auctions.<br />
There are tons of great little item packs in there so be sure to check out all things up for bidding. Speaking as a big 'Name Of The Wind'/ Patrick Rothfuss fan there are some achingly good trinkets on there.<br />
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Remember this is more importantly for a good cause, a great cause in fact. So bid high!!<br />
I don't want to butcher the explanation for what Worldbuilders do so here is a video by World builders about what they and Heifer do:<br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-77144131255200799072015-11-25T08:58:00.001-08:002015-11-25T08:58:48.566-08:00Dusting Off The Blog.Hey All,<br />
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Wow, so it has literally been well over a year since my last post. I feel equally ashamed and ok with that as the large gap has been literally because I've just had too much to do with work.<br />
So just quickly I wanted to say "hey! I'm alive!" and stay tuned because I have a lot of posts about work and a ton of posts I want to put up about projects I've been working on and I really want to get some posts about process up here too.<br />
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Meanwhile to prove I've been busy here's a bunch of pics from my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrriktus/">Instagram</a> account which I tend to quickly snap and post glimpses of things I'm working on if I can more than anywhere else.<br />
Some I can talk about some I cant but trust me it's all fun stuff.<br />
Stay tuned! Loads to come!...... I promise!<br />
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Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-32267069780488836762014-07-09T05:35:00.002-07:002014-07-09T05:36:33.970-07:00Signing event at Chaos City Comics! Plus new print!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey Just wanted to post up quickly about a signing event I'm at this weekend at <a href="http://www.chaoscitycomics.com/">Chaos City Comics</a> In St Albans.<br />
We start at 2.00 PM and they have some amazing guys signing and sketching. So pop by and say hey if you are near. I'll be doing the usual free sketch in copies of Porcelain and Butterfly Gate and Chaos City have stock of said books so I'll have all my wares with me. <br />
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Also I'll be selling a limited A3 Colour Matt print I've drawn up especially for this event (pictured above) If any are left after the signing, I'll be selling privately (Contact me via Email or DM me on <a href="https://twitter.com/MrRiktus">Twitter</a>) <br />
Though as I say they are limited to just 17 and will be numbered so they may not be around long. They will be £20 each.<br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-69976301595873064862014-05-05T05:54:00.002-07:002014-05-05T05:55:17.735-07:00On The Road! - 2014 Comic Conventions!Hey!<br />
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Just a quick post about the Comic cons I've signed up to attend this year. Super excited to go to all of these, some are new conventions for me so I'm equally nervous. Please do come by and say hi! <br />
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All of these I'll be sketching at and I'll be taking on pre ordered commissions before each con.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">Though I wont be taking any Commissions on before this coming Bristol Expo as I have too much work on.</span> <span style="color: #990000;">(Sorry!)</span><br />
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If you would like a commission DM me on Twitter or you can find my email address on my blog profile info link on the top left of this page, I'm going to put a limit to 7 pieces for each Convention so get em' while they're hot! <br />
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As usual it's free pencil sketches in any of my books you bring or buy on the day.<br />
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So I'm booked for:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bristolexpo.co.uk/">Bristol Expo</a> : I'll be sharing a table with my Improper Books editor and good friend <a href="http://mattgibbs.net/">Matt Gibbs</a> and <a href="http://saradunkerton.blogspot.co.uk/">Sara Dunkerton</a>. They will be Launching their new comic <a href="http://mulpcomic.com/">Mulp</a>- Check that out! <br />
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<a href="http://thecamcon.com/">Cam Con</a> : Again sharing a table with Matt and Sara. This is my first time at this con so please do stop by and say hi! <br />
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<a href="http://www.nottinghamcomiccon.co.uk/">Nottingham Comic Convnetion</a>: Another first time for myself at this con. I'm an actual guest and everything! Also I'll possibly be part of a panel so keep your eyes and ears peeled for news on that. <br />
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<a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble</a> : As ever returning with the whole <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/">Improper Books</a> Team to our beloved comic convention and comic spiritual home. <br />
<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-11676140103237263242014-02-20T15:07:00.000-08:002014-02-20T15:07:55.101-08:00Elemetal My Dear Professor! Just digging through some stuff from last year and came across this pin up I did for the <a href="http://www.professorelemental.com/">Professor Elemental</a> comic issue 2.<br />
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Thought it might be fun to share!<br />
Loved doing that 'Fighting Trousers' bit at the bottom. <br />
Anyway, must dash! Off to go have a nice cup of brown joy...Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-43035308327869798802014-02-13T07:23:00.000-08:002014-02-13T07:23:18.881-08:00The Pride! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey, hey!<br />
I've been getting in the coloured pages of my latest short on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePrideComic">The Pride</a> comic. The pages are being given a whole other life by the fantastic <a href="https://twitter.com/BenWilsonham">Ben Wilsonham</a> on colours. I think this is Ben's first time colouring comic pages beside his own work but he's knocking it out of the park! My short piece should be in the next issue of The Pride Adventures.<br />
Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePrideComic">facebook</a> page of The Pride news and updates on the book. <br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-31593000043506303942014-02-01T15:33:00.002-08:002014-02-01T15:33:59.444-08:002014 Kicking Off With A Punch To The Balls! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been really quiet online recently because I've had my head down deep into the work. Just tied up some freelance concept work, A short piece for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePrideComic">The Pride</a> and my short piece for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theironrachel/in-the-dark-a-horror-anthology">In The Dark Anthology</a> and then jumped straight into the concepts of Bone China (aka Porcelain Part deux)<br />
Should hopefully be starting pages on that by next week! so well and truly kicked off 2014 with a punch in the balls!<br />
Oh and speaking of In The Dark I came across some snippets of my piece all nicely coloured by <a href="https://twitter.com/therealsobreiro">Felipe Sobreiro</a> and the icing of the lettering cake by <a href="https://twitter.com/racheldeering">Rachel Deering!</a> <br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-2430975146020070822013-12-23T05:40:00.000-08:002013-12-23T05:48:51.673-08:00Briar In The Bag and Into The Dark We Go!Hey ho!<br />
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Just a quick update.<br />
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I can happily say with a sigh of relief from both myself and my drawing hand, that <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/briar/">Briar: Part 1</a> is in the bag and now is in the capable hands of <a href="https://twitter.com/jordantboyd">Jordan Boyd</a> for his colouring mastery! <br />
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No sooner had I finished that I had to jump into my short for <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theironrachel/in-the-dark-a-horror-anthology">In The Dark Anthology</a> titled 'The Guillotines' Written by <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelMoreci">Michael Moreci</a> and being coloured by <a href="https://twitter.com/therealsobreiro">Felipe Sobreiro</a>. I'm honored to have been teamed up with those guys. The story is an awesome 80's teen monster hunter type story and I've had SO much fun with it.<br />
I'm just tying up the last few pages of inks right now, Meanwhile I got a sweet little peek at Felipe's colours last night and I'm so excited for the rest of the pages here's a taster:<br />
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Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-19104781407484041992013-11-18T04:33:00.000-08:002013-11-18T04:33:00.562-08:00Thought Bubble - 2013: Comission Requests<br />
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Good day, guys and ghouls!<br />
Just wanted to post up my plan for commission requests at this years <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble Convention</a>.<br />
I'll be making and order list for 4 maybe 5 pieces on each day. I'd love to take a list to work on before but unfortunately I don't have time to get any done before the convention. so rather than racking up an impossible list on the day I thought I'd line them up before hand. If your interested drop me a DM on Twitter or Email via the address on my blogger profile page.<br />
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Prices are:<br />
1 x A4 Penciled and Inked character piece - £30 (add extra £5 for additional characters) <br />
1 x A4 Head Sketch - £15 <br />
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I'll be doing free pencil sketches in copies of <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/porcelain/">Porcelain</a> and <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/butterfly-gate/">Butterfly Gate</a> if you'd like one :)<br />
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Please do pop by our table and say hi!Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-64899432040571529632013-11-15T04:05:00.002-08:002013-11-15T04:05:57.973-08:00BRIAR : Announcement! Really happy to finally announce the name of the latest project I've been working on for Improper Books.<br />
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We give you <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/briar/">'BRIAR'</a> and here is the cover art (also click the link for interior pages):<br />
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We'll be giving out free previews at the upcoming Thought Bubble Convention in Leeds.<br />
I cant wait to see what you guys and girls think. We've all really tried to level up with this one. This is <a href="https://twitter.com/Bookpirate">Benjamin Read</a> has given me a beautiful and brutal take to work on again and we've thankfully been joined by <a href="http://mattgibbs.net/">Matt Gibbs</a> on editing and <a href="http://www.jimcampbell-lettering.co.uk/">Jim Campbell</a> on letters and a new member of the Improper Books team <a href="http://boydcolors.tumblr.com/">Jordan Boyd</a> has taken the helm of colours and is unstoppable!<br />
More details on the tale to come but meanwhile get yourself along to Thought Bubble and get a free copy.<br />
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<br />Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-34868041312736560812013-10-11T07:48:00.000-07:002013-10-11T07:48:35.928-07:00Porcelain: Joing the Delcourt ranks and more!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been waiting ages to tell people about this but the news is finally out! Yes Improper Books have had the honor of having Porcelain published by French publisher <a href="http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/">Delcourt</a>. this is a total dream for all of us and not only that they have given us the chance to work on a further 2 books that will follow the Child of Porcelain further into her life! you can read more details <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/2013/10/delcourt-to-publish-porcelain-trilogy/">HERE!</a><br />
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More news to come!Chris Wildgoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03677052102239501740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030255554962947610.post-50664870905792131122013-09-26T04:35:00.000-07:002013-09-26T04:54:15.994-07:00Forgotten Planet: Pin Up<br />
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Hey guys and gals.<br />
Yesterday I completed a pin up piece for <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteRogers">Pete Rogers</a> and <a href="http://www.giancarlocaracuzzo.com/index.html">Giancarlo Caracuzzo's</a> newest sci fi comic project 'Forgotten Planet'.<br />
They have a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339233852/forgotten-planet-by-peter-rogers-and-giancarlo-car">Kickstarter</a> running for the project. take a look and jump on board.<br />
The interior art is a thing of beauty and Pete's writing is a guaranteed treat so give it a chance! Well worth the little bit of dosh you can throw in! not long left on the kickstarter timer but still chance to get their ball rolling!<br />
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Also I did a quick colour of the pin up, just as a bit of fun.<br />
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Hey, hey!<br />
Just a quick post.<br />
I'd received a tweet by a rather lovely chap, <a href="https://twitter.com/Dave_Kirkwood">Dave Kirkwood</a> the other day asking if I could spare a sketch and be take part in his Mobster leaflet. The idea is to ask artists far and wide to help with the promotional leaflet for his Micro Mob prints. Myself, I'm just a small blimp compared to some of the other creators who have jumped in and there's more to come! My hero Dave Gibbons has even done one! <br />
But the main thing, is that all funds for his prints go to a good cause. Dave gives the details <a href="http://davekirkwoodstudio.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/the-mob-needs-you/">HERE</a> on his site but in short any profit goes to <span style="font-size: small;">Teenage Cancer Trust, Cyclist Versus Cancer and When You Wish Upon a Star UK. So how could I or even YOU not take part? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jump in with a sketch yourself. It took no time at all for me to throw in one and I'm glad to be a part. So I implore other artists I know or don't to throw a quick sketch in. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway enough about me. Go Check out Dave's Site and get yourself a print! </span><br />
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