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Lorenzo! · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:25 pm

Went sketch-boozing with good buddies Badger and James from Concept Art again recently and knocked out a few designs for environments for the super-special-secret-MOON! project. This, as you can see, is an overhead shot of "APOCALYPTO" - a nice little city!

On another note entirely, it's my wonderful girlfriend's birthday today, here's a pic I posted for her on the Blink Twice Blog. GO HERE to read my romantic ramblings, and see some other stuff not posted anywhere else!

Cheers!

Lorenzo!

Max · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:26 am

Sweet

Lorenzo! · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:28 pm

Hey Max! Thank you, man! Glad you likey! Cheers!

More from the forthcoming issue 12 of Malcolm Magic, this final issue is quite a talky one, which gives me a chance to have some fun with the environments...

Oh, and check back in tomorrow for news of a FIGHT to the DEATH!!!

Lorenzo!

GordMacDonald · Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:49 am

tight, zany and prolific - viewing your work is a great joyride!!!

Gord
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Lorenzo! · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:11 am

Hey Gord!! Man, sounds like you're getting just the right thing outta this silly stuff, great! Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated!

Sketchbattles. They're pretty cool, right? Right. But sometimes they lack that bite to get you to really do your best. But what about a battle with no prize for the winner, but REAL punishment for the losers?!! Well, a site that's lost none of it's teeth is the almighty EATPOO, and their Survivor Battle, has got just that right mix of fear and creativity that gets my scribbling hand drawing.

This really is a Battle to the Death, with nine of us going into the Arena, and only one coming out, all eight losers being completely and permanently deleted from the Eatpoo forums! Yikes! That's the prize; no cash, no rewards, just survival. It's gonna be quite a show, and I hope you'll wanna come along and vote for/support your ole' pal Lorenzo, or at least witness my very public and very conclusive defeat! Never let it be said that I'm too proud to take getting my a$$ kicked publicly!

A little warning, this is a site of fairly hardcore guys, and as such, the easily offended should steer clear, as the language flies around like poop off a well-oiled shovel! If, however, you just wanna see a low-down-and-dirty sketch rrrumble to the death, go HERE and cheer along/throw insults at we nine fighters, and on Monday they'll post a new thread for the final Gladiators to enter and then the voting begins!! I'll be in there, and I'll be bringing a little something I think you guys might likey...

Are you not entertained?!

Lorenzo "deathwish" Etheringtino!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:51 pm

Okay, more from Malcolm 12 here, folks...!

On another note the big Eatpoo challenge Fighter thread is now up! SERIOUS WARNING! Some of the images in the thread are already proving to be rather nasty, I'm NOT kidding, guys and girls, DO NOT go in there if you're easily offended, please! Or, on the other hand, DO go in there and vote for Lorenzo BECAUSE he never offends anyone!! Raise a sword for feel-good scribbling, folks! Between now and midnight I will unleash not just a fighter...but an ARMY...HERE!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:37 pm

So, we've had alot of requests for link bars for the site recently, and I've been having a bit of fun knocking around some designs. Here's a few ideas I thought you might like to see...!

In the mean time, the Eatpoo Survivor Battle continues, and those with strong nerves should go check out the entries, including a brand new HUGE full colour pic from me. I have no delusion that I'll win this, but it'd be nice to get a few votes nonetheless, so if you wanna, GO HERE (it's a link, guys!) and support your pal L! Here's the blurb that goes with my piccie...

Lorenzo! · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:29 pm

Well, more from Malcolm today! Another little shot of "party central" Triffic City...

Streamers and tikkkerrr-tape will be added in P-shop! Hoho!

Next up, Monday was our 300th Deviant Art deviation!! Man, only seems a month or so since our 200th...

Okay, so it's not ALL art; there are a few pics of the Blinkers monkeying around in there too, but it's 99.9% pure comicy goodness! GO HERE to have a look around! Cheers! And here's to the next 300!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:29 pm

Okay, this is the last time I harp on about this. I promise. Here's the facts, folks...!

#1 I'm entered in the Eatpoo Survivor Sketchbattle.

#2 There is no prize of any kind for the winner, just survival. ALL the losing competitors get deleted from the site. PERMANENTLY.

#3 Your vote will make a difference, but you have to be a registered member of the forum to place it. REGISTER HERE (standard comic art forum, takes about ten seconds!)

#4 Once regitered (or if you're already a member) GO HERE, AND VOTE! (Lorenzo, hopefully!).

#5 Of course, I don't expect you to do all this for any old piece of scribbled pap, so I hope you dig what I've come up with. If you need further convincing, see below for the pencils, shadows, and a couple of blow-ups of some of the characters. To be honest though, you really need to see THE MASSIVE, FULL COLOUR VERSION HERE!

Okay, voting ends midnight TONIGHT, so I hope you guys will take a few moments out to get involved, we don't need many votes to swing it, but if a decent number of folks participate we could get a landslide, which would be very cool.

If not, I'll be starting tomorrow's post with "well, I sure got MY a$$ kicked!!"

Thanks to all the guys who have already voted � absolutely awesome of ya! Thanks for the support!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:36 pm

Well, I sure got MY a$$ kicked! Hoho!

Thanks to all the guys who took the time to vote; as expected, I got thoroughly trounced by Sunder! Hoho! I am, however, still just about alive, and my survival has been put to a vote...let's see what happens..!
While I'm rolling around on the dust of the coliseum floor, you guys may enjoy, from the comfort of your easy chairs and laptops, another piece of MOON! concept art. A sketch here of a corridor aboard the vastness of the MOON! studios, this is a piece from the 6th MOON! Sketchbook we're releasing at the BIRMINGHAM CON next weekend, hope you dig...!

Lorenzo "ave" Etheringtino

Max · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:59 am

Your output is really impressive. I wonder how much time you spend on the drawing board : )

Lorenzo! · Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:37 pm

Hey Max! Thank you, man! I spend ALL my time on the drawing board, and I sleep under it! Hoho! Thanks for the kind words, pal!

Holy Frappola! It's the Victor's Fruit Parade through the grand old streets of Happy Hippy Dale!

Goodness...this is a RIDICULOUS comic, huh?

Hoho! Ride that Banana, Chester!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:50 pm

So, a TINY little panel today, just 'cos I thought you guys might like the design I came up with for the the Pseudo-Bamboo-Tiki "Pwisun". Haha!

Then, as it's con week, I thought I'd continue to harp on about some of the stuff we're gonna be releasing. Apart from the final issue of Malcolm, and the 6th MOON! SB, we're gonna have the first (and probably last) ever Malcolm print available! A limited edition of just 20 numbered and signed bad-boys, these utilise my favourite ever Malcsy image from the cover to Book 3, appropriate as we're waving goodbye to our big-eared chum! Here's a shot of the print, along with a (typically blurry) shot of my one framed on the red, red walls of the Great Blink Hall! GO HERE to check out all the other great stuff going on at the show!

Cheers!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:39 pm

Biddily-bong. Here I am!

Well, we just had a really rather awesome time at the Birmingham con, but more of that later...

After 3 years, 300 pages of script, 220 pages of art, tons of covers, specials, sketchbooks and suchlike, it's time for Malcolm Magic to finally hang up his ears.

Without the dedication, enthusiasm and downright genius of my partner in command and bro Robin, who created this entire adventure from scratch and then penned each issue in a way which a dumba$$ like me could understand ("Malcolm goes on the left of the panel...the LEFT. No, your OTHER left.." etc) none of this would EVER have happened. So thank you bro, for showing me that a little spark can start a VERY large engine. In fact, you better get up here on the Bridge, and bring Marky, 'cos MOON! ain't gonna drive itself you know...

HA-ZAA! We did it!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:20 pm

So, the Birmingham show was an absolute blast, as those of you who made it will testify. For a first show in a new city the attendance was great, and the diversity and numbers of exhibitors represented a fantastic cross-section of the UK and Euro indie and mainstream scene. As I was the only "pure" Blink team member there (my older bro Will was stepping into the shoes of Bob and Mark for the weekend) I couldn't do as much sketching as normal, but here's a few of my faves from the weekend...

Cheers to everyone who came, and I'll see y'all in Exeter in the New Year, fellow conners!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:20 pm

Another image from the Super-secret-special MOON! Project! This one of one of the many Make-Up trailers on the sets of MOON! Movie Studios. The whisper on the wind is that we'll be able to tell you about this project soon, how exciting!

Before that though, next week is Christmas week here in the ole' Blink Thread, so expect festivities, excitement, and lots and lots of fun stuff for your eyeballs! Cheers!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:43 am

Hey-hey, folkses! Well, I had promised lots of Chrimbo treats, but as is the way with these things, MOON! has gone and gotten in the way, so it's just gonna be a couple of posts for this week. Here's the first, for those of you who haven't seen it in it's full-colour form, my Survivor pic for the Eatpoo Sketch battle...

There's a wallpaper for ya!

Lorenzo!

P-Rik · Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:24 am

GREAT !!

I love them all !
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Levijuice · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:29 pm

Love your style Wink

Lorenzo! · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:22 pm

Hey P-rik! Thank you!!!! More on the way for you pal!

Levi! Many , many thanks, glad it's making smile, cheers!

HOHOHO!

Well, here it is, my official Chrimbo-yuletide-happy-holidays post here in the ole' Blinky thread! It's been an awesome year posting up in here, so thanks to everyone who's taken the time to support this stuff, stop by, or post a comment. I hope you all have an absolutely fantastic holiday, and that peace and goodwill are indeed all over the lands!

Here's my Chrimbo piccie, well, actually, it's part of a little fun-sack of Xmas treats over in the Blink Blog, so why not GO HERE for a yuletide game, an excellent song, a shmultzy message to my girl and even a pic of the Blink Chrimbo tree!!

Why not indeed?!

Cheers!

Lorenzohoho!

Max · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:45 am

Congrats on finishing Malcolm Magic!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:27 am

Hey Max! Thanks man! Yeah, a big weight off my head, and something to be proud of too, I think! Happy New Year, buddy!

So, as we head into 2007 you'll notice a few changes here in the ole' Blink Thread. Due to several international MOON! releases we've got coming up in the next 6 months or so, there's alot of stuff in production on the Blink drawing board I can't show you at the moment. Due to that, there may be a slight lull in the frequency of posts here in the thread, but I'll do my best to throw at least one or two pieces your way each week. Oh, and of course, work on MOON! season 1 continues too, here's a concept for one of MOON!'s engine rooms. This design was ultimately discarded as it didn't really hit any of the marks I had in my head for this environment, but I thought you guys may like to see it anyway.

Cheers, and have a great New Year's Eve!

Lorenzo!

Synnical · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:57 am

I really love your style...those rough sketches are killer! and the inks are simply crazy - it amazes me how you're able to keep track of all the details going on while colouring them Shocked

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btw, congradulations on finishing the project!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:48 am

Hey Synnical!! Thanks sooo much for such a cool post, pal! Glad you're into the line work, yeah, it does get a little confusing in the colouring stage! Haha! Hope you can check back in again soon, pal, lots more on the way! Cheers, and Happy New Year!!

So, three newies today, all from different stages of production. First up is an unfinished design I did for a member of the MOON! crew's quarters. Then there's a scribbly-scribbly "straight on the page" design for a WALKABOT, along with some preparatory thumbnails, and the script description Robin gave me. As you can see, I veered off topic somewhat, and it ended up looking fairly different to what he had in mind, I think! Hoho! Finally, another bit of plantlife design for a planet in issue 2 of MOON!

Enjoy, folks, more VERY soon!

Lorenzo!

TheNeverman · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:59 pm

amazing work...
hey - did you end up doing that surfboard in color? got finished pics?

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Lorenzo! · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:47 am

Hey The Neverman! Thank you soooo mcuh! No, I only did a digital version in colour, though I do wanna do some more art "on things" soon! Will keep you posted....

Well, convention time is around the corner, and ahead of the London Comix Thing and the Big Bristol Show, I'm gonna be rolling the ole' Blink bandwagon up to a little one-dayer as part of the awesome Animated Exeter animation festival. We were invited to produce the official poster for the con, and here it is. A Malcolm Magic/Star Wars crossover! HA-ZAA! Who'd have thought Fikov would make such a good Wookie?! Hoho! More on this show soooon...
Secondly, preparations on MOON! are moving on nicely, here you can see some of the crew preparing "Mobile Film Unit #17" for an on-location chase sequence...

More of this nonsense before you can say "Pimblepomblejamalamadingdong"!

Lorenzo!

Novacaptain · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:47 pm

Holy crap lorenzo, you're a machine! Wink

I'm amazed by your consistency and effort in doing this stuff. Keep up the awesome work.

Edit: Ah yeah, I forgot to mention that i think the highlights on the creature's noses looks a little excessive. I think just one would have done the job more than enough. Smile

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Lorenzo! · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:11 am

Hey Nova Captain! Haha! LOVE that pic, man! Soooo coolio! Thanks so much for the kind words, that really made my day, and yeah, you're totally right about the spot lights on the noses - that's a weird thing that I used to do right at the start of the Malcolm Magic series, and it's become something of a habit! Will knock it back to one for the future, cheers for the advice, sir!

Well now, I been away for a loooong time in the world of Blink Forum posting, huh? But I'm back this week with a TON of exciting news!

First up, I'm here to officially announce the FIRST EVER MOON! INTERNATIONAL RELEASE!!!!! That's right, folks, after harping on about this ole' title for sooo long, it's time we put our comic pages where our mouths are...er...or something! For a while now we've been wanting to get some MOON! stuff out there ahead of the series launch, and when the kool Kats at hipper-than-hip comic publishers VIPER invited us to produce a special MOON! story for their forthcoming Josh Howard Present's: Sasquatch Anthology, we said "Damn right, Homies!". You've already seen a lot of the concept work from it, as I've been referring to it as the "super-secret-special MOON! story" for months in this here thread. So what have we put together for you? Well, as it's gonna be your first taste of the Mooniverse, we wanted it to be something special, so the Blink boys and I have put together a honking-great 15-page full colour exclusive story jam-packed with more goodness than a slab of Auntie Blink's Highland Toffee! I'll be posting more news/teasers on this soon, but be sure to head over to VIPER for the latest news on the release date. There's also a special Viper Sasquatch blog which I'll be updating HERE, and you can read a little preview review over at diamond, where the book got a STAFF PICK HERE! Most importantly, I expect you're wanting to know the book's Diamond previews order code, it's: FEB073830.

Also, don't forget it's just a few weeks until the ANIMATED EXETER festival at which we'll be attending a little one-day comic con, hope to see you guys there. And finally, dear ole' Malcolm Magic has been nominated for an Eagle Award!!!! The Eagles are the UK's BIG annual comics awards, and dear ole' Malcsy is up in the category of Favourite Black and White Comicbook - British, VOTE FOR THE FUNNY BUNNY HERE!

Right, that's it, here's today's pic, a teaser for the Viper MOON! story, enjoy peeps, more soon!

Lorenzo!

Lorenzo! · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:31 am

Ho-kay, so, following on from last week's MOON! special release announcement, I got another for you today! Lordy! It is proving to be a busy year, huh? So, without further ado, I'd like to tell you about a VERY cool underground comic that's coming your way. The Brainchild of good Blink Buddy Jamie Smart (yes, the guy behind the AWESOME BEAR series from Slave Labour), this is gonna be one fun little rag! Entitled FAT CHUNK and distributed through BOHDATE (yes, they'll take international orders! Yeah!) this Black and White bad-boy is gonna be a REAL underground comic in every sense, and the Blink are getting involved too, with an exclusive 3-page MOON! mini adventure! More news on the release soon, but needless to say there's a whole slew of great guys involved in this one, so get on over to the myspace page HERE for all the latest.

Here's a little promo pic I knocked up for youse guys...

Lorenzo! · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:00 am

Well, here we are folks, only a few days until I drag the ole' Blink wagon to the Exeter Comics Expo, a little one-day show as part of the Animated Exeter Animation festival. As usual, we're producing a new MOON! mini sketchbook just for the show, with a limited edition run of just 25, only available on the day, and FREE with every �10 spent at the Blink stand. We'll also have all the Malcolm Magic back issues and trades and stuff, as well as portfolios of my original boards, including your first chance to have an exclusive sneak peek at pages form our story for the forth-coming Viper anthology.

Next up, I thought I'd share a little page of "Ornamechanica" I've been doing for issue 1 of MOON! The concept art on this one goes pretty deep, folks!

Finally, it's valentine's day, and I thought I'd show you the pic I did for my wonderful girl. You can read my Bloggy shmultzy romance over on the Blink Blog HERE, if you're in a lurve kinda' mood...

Have a good one, folks, more soon!

Lorenzo!