Robots On Our Minds at Curio & Co.

I'm still not done with the accounting, so I'm sketching more robots to keep me sanity…

Curio & Co. Robots On Our Mind

This week we've been doing accounting in the office and YUCK! Definitely not my favorite!!

So, as I treat I gave myself a bit of time in the morning to do some drawing just for fun.  There's been some reoccurring ideas that, at some pint in time, we'll package as a Curio & Co. project.  For the time being here are some of the concept drawings.

Sketches from this morning

Sketches from last Friday

Sketches from last Thursday

Sketches from last Wednesday

Sketches from last Tuesday

Sketches from last Monday

Sketches from last Sunday

Curio & Co. - Mantagon Model Sheets for Spaceman Jax Project

I've been busy – Here are some of the work I've done on Spaceman Jax since the last post:

Some of the inked and color material that will be used in the model sheets that Curio & Co. will be releasing at our next trade show.

Above is a snap shot of the work in progress for the Mantagon General - Yes, I'll post some of the color work on this mollusk soon ;)

Red has been the character that gave me the biggest challenge from the whole Spaceman Jax cast.  The character design had to be a balance of attractive, capable, tomboy, fearless, young woman.  But, I got it! The design is done.

As I mentioned on a previous post I was going to make some minor changes on Star Cowboy, here are some of the pose sketches that reflect those changes.  Namely the star on the buckle, and a leaner chest.

Stay tuned more to come as always…  

Curio & Co.'s Mantagon for Spaceman Jax

I've been working on more Mantagon Private sketches for the Spaceman Jax animation project.

Our Curio & Co. project list is bottomless pit; do any of you know where we can get some minions?

Curio & Co.'s Spaceman Jax - Character sketches for Mantagon Sergeant

Continuing the design work for Curio & Co.'s Spaceman Jax animation project.  These are some of the rough poses that will be used for the Mantagon Sergeant model sheets.

Curio & Co.'s Spaceman Jax Character Designs - The Mantagon General

I've been working on the entire set of character model sheets for the Curio & Co.'s Spaceman Jax animate show; 95% of the designs are done and now it's just the issue doing the leg work.

1. Finish all of the poses for all of the characters.
2. Complete the model sheets.
3. Finish pitch package for the agent.
4. Polish model sheet designs for the upcoming trade show release (set of prints).
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During this week I took pencil to the paper to do some pose designs for the characters as well as ironing out one last character that keeps on stepping on my toes.  But it's just a matter of time… I'm almost there to have that final design…  I really enjoy having paper and pencil to work with, it so much more rewording to see a pile a drawing rather than a hard-drive.  But, I can't imagine doing what I do without a computer and a Cintiq.

Here a just some of the pose sketches for the Mantagon General.

Curio & Co. Let's Play - Art Show at Atelier Olschinsky Art Store

The Curio & Co. – Let's Play art show is shaping up really well!

By the way the opening is this coming Tuesday, if you are in the neighborhood stop by for a drink, and a peak.

Sep 15 at 7:00pm
Atelier Olschinsky Art Store
Esterhazygasse 11, 1060 Vienna, Austria 

The show is divided in two rooms: one will feature a small retrospective of our work that we've developed since 2010 with our debut of our Eisner Nominated Finding Frank and His Friend, and the second showcasing the our latest Tarot of Musterberg deck.

Both Kirstie and I are really happy to see how the Tarot of Musterberg cards look at 1 meter in size. Yup! That big and let me tell you I was surprised how well they look that size.  If you are a designer you know how important it is designing for the appropriate size and given that I designed the cards for an 11cm x 6cm size… it was a true relief to see that the designs hold up so well at ten times the size. 

 Oh yes, yesterday we stopped by the gallery to sign and stamp all of the prints.

And, by the way some of the prints featured in the show are design pieces that were never part of our retail able products (on our www.curioandco.com site) but only used for a world building, i.e. one of the Cudworth-Hooper interoffice memos for the manufacturing of the Gadabout time machine will be on display…

See you all there!

RT Robot Model Sheet for Curio & Co.'s Spaceman Jax

I've been working on the poses that will be part of the final model sheets for the Spaceman Jax Character Design set.  All of the Characters for the Spaceman Jax animated TV show are fully designed, and we are well on the way to have almost of the characters model.

Curio & Co. is scheduled to have the model sheets available as prints for our next trade show.

Developing Curio & Co.'s Roger Believe

Curio & Co.'s next story project is going to be a comic book - Roger Believe is scheduled to have a sneak peak to the world at the San Diego Comic Con 2016.

I remember when we first came-up with the idea of the project - December 2011 on the way to a friend's wadding, on the train platform of Wien Meidling while waiting for the the train to arrive. It was cold gloomy and we properly bundle-up with a coffee and a croissant in hand.  We've been wanting to take on this project since then, but the time wasn't right – until now.

Here's a little sketch of the character as a small teaser just to wet your appetite, stay tuned for more news and updates… after all Comic Con is around the corner (at least it fills like it to us!).