IAN CHASE NICHOLS - COMICS - ILLUSTRATION - DESIGN

TONIGHT! It's a momentous day for Undersea Hero as the digital edition of the book has gone out to Kickstarter backers! Check your emails. If you're a backer that didn't get it for some reason, email me, and I'll send you the link. It has been a long journey. It’s not over yet. I hope the book makes you smile. For folks that aren’t Kickstarter backers, the book will be made available after the physical rewards have all been mailed out to the campaign backers that answer the forthcoming survey. Tonight on the stream, I'll be working on the 'Mini Ink Sketch' level rewards for the Early Birds from the campaign. Hope to see you there! Best Fishes, Ian #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

Tonight! We'll step away from the insane amount of production work I've been doing on Undersea Hero. It's drawn, colored, aged, lettered, and in a full draft. I've got some friends helping me go over it to hopefully avoid any dreaded spelling mistakes. I'll do some drawing exercises that I like to do to knock the rust off and get my feet moving. A lot of the time it's just finishing drawing SOMETHING or ANYTHING that gets the momentum back. If there's time, we'll do a sketch cover, and we might have our pal Alison McGlone pop in! Hope to see you then! #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

Hey folks! It's been a long day, and I'm not feeling great. I'll give a project update, show off some of the recently-finished pages and do a little bit more vintage-style coloring. #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

Hey folks! It's been a long day, and I'm not feeling great. I'll give a project update, show off some of the recently-finished pages and do a little bit more vintage-style coloring. #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

More Undersea Hero! The coloring process for this book is done in three phases: flats, tones, and screens. The last step is also where we add the vintage paper texture, scanned in damage from comics in my collection, and we give it a warmth and feel that I think really contextualizes the whole thing. It's one thing to be commenting on the history of comics in moderna. It's a whole other thing to do it in its own visual language and lexicon. I'll share some tips and how-to's aong the way. Hope to see you then! #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

More Undersea Hero! The coloring process for this book is done in three phases: flats, tones, and screens. The last step is also where we add the vintage paper texture, scanned in damage from comics in my collection, and we give it a warmth and feel that I think really contextualizes the whole thing. It's one thing to be commenting on the history of comics in moderna. It's a whole other thing to do it in its own visual language and lexicon. I'll share some tips and how-to's aong the way. Hope to see you then! #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

We're still working away on toning out the Undersea Hero pages. This is just the second step in the process. Once we make it through all of the pages with this step, we'll go back through and put paper textures and vintage printer screens. #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

Hey Folks! We'll keep doing our best to get these colors to the next step for Undersea Hero! Cheers! -Ian #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics

Been a tough day today, but the book must get done. We'll keep working at getting the flats done. Tonight, we're working on the world record page which features the most battle-ready krill ever depicted on a single sheet of paper. Hope to see you there! #comicbookartist #art #artstream #sketch #liveartstream #drawing #artlivestream #independentcomicart #draw #streamer #comics #comicbooks #supportartists #independentcomics