Knight Seeker Comic Book

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I will be penciling the new Knight Seeker Comic Book. It will be a 3 issue Arc. More to come on the progress of this project.
Please visit Eric Cooper at Knight Seeker for more information on the Seeker.
http://www.knightseeker.com/
This is a photo (Macro Lens) teaser of pg 7

I also worked with Eric on The cover of his last book Knighjt Seeker 2 W/ the Great Shawn Alleyne.
As well as several other Seeker projects. New videos posted in the Video page on My Site
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I first Met Eric Cooper back in 2005 at a Wizard World Con.
He was posing w/ Guy in spiderman costume. My daughter was the one who ask to get a photo w/ him. Eric
approced me the next day w/ a the 1st book as a gift.

More To Come .... Shooting for summer 2010

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Bio on Spycons
A Spycon is a humanoid type of spider species.
Their home planet Spyconia is in the Milky Way Galaxy
The Spycons are one of the oldest races of civilizations.
Their culture and society was highly advanced in the sciences and the arts. Until the time of galactic war came from the other neighboring systems that wanted control of Spyconia’s underground mining facilities which were filled with high powered energy crystals.
The planet was ravaged for years, and the Spycons decided to train a league of warriors to protect Spyconia. They were trained to be the most lethal of warriors in the Galaxy.
Once the order of the Seeker’s was established their main mission was to establish peace through out the Milky Way Galaxy. Through time the other neighboring races had their best and finest warriors join the League of Seekers.


Worked this bad boy up last night.Small small changes to the
Sword and added a scar on the ground , like he is drawing a line in the sand.This is just a Character sketch to work out some problems/design issues. I was up to pg 8 and needed the Spycon Character to be in next frame. Thats when i realized
I didnt know what to draw. 3 Hours later (The Spycon Race was Born at 1:04am Friday the 13th 2009)\

Changed the mouth to a lizardish. ANd changed the eyes .
less Aliens looking. Added Loincloth and Belt for Weapons
and such. The Spycon is transporting to this location from across the Galaxy. The pieces of ground are floatin up with bubble effect. Seeker is going to get his A$$ handed to him.
I am having 3 of these Spycon Attack Knight Seeker.

New Character
Omicron - the Greek letter Ο. Omicron is frequently used to designate the thirteenth star in a constellation group, using a combination of magnitude and position.[1] Stars with the omicron designation include Omicron Andromedae, Omicron Ceti, and Omicron Persei, which is well-known due to its use in science fiction, including Star Trek and Futurama.


When coming up with this guy. mmmmm I think I needed a Snowshadow type to lead the Security Force - Black River
Founder and CEO Derrick King. I'm playing off the Eric Prince of Blackwater. Derrick will be a Type of robot.
Derrick King will never be. Just countless robots doing his dirtywork. Omicron will be the bad ass swordsman to fight it out with Knight Seeker. Later in the story.....

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This is the only other main character i am using from Mr Coopers World.
Allen Sharp is in his mid Thirties.
He is 6′4 weighs around 245 lbs.
His appearance is Human and he is Caucasian, with black hair.
He was born and raised in Chicago.
Has a ill mother who is diagnosed with Lung Cancer from smoking. And he has an older brother.
The father died in Vietnam.
Allen is a jewelry thief and he loves shiny objects.

Powers.
Shoots highly corrosive acid out of his finger tips.
He can scale walls like an insect.
Mutant Strength can lift 4 tons
Bullet proof hide, but can be injured or killed by heavy artillery.
His Jaw can extend far down and can have a huge over bite.
His teeth are like Steel.
Has a tail that has a stinger that can inject a toxin. The Toxin can make a person go to sleep, if the person resists a extreme pain sets in from the toxin.

His body is adaptable to all environments in and out of Mutant form. He can not survive in the vacuum of space if he has nothing to breath at all

His healing factor is 30 times faster than a human.
He love the Dry Martini
He is able to be completely human when he wants to be or go into mutant form
This is the Cover image Inked washed by me,
Penciled by the Great Executioner of the Pencil, Shawn Alleyne.AKA PYROGLYPHICS1


MORE TO COME ...

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Allen vs Spycon PaGe 10 .
Knock Knock?, Whos There? A Spycon all over your a$$. Stealing your Martini

As we can tell I've Changed the Spycon Biology again. Fun playing god.
I wanted a Spaghetti thing all over you while being attacked, the legs and tail spearing you while destracted not to mention , its more fun to draw. :lol:

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Character Bio Update
Drik B. King (born June 2 1969, Flint, Michigan) is the founder and sole owner of the private military company, formerly Blackriver Worldwide.
Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 2, 2006, he gave his title as chairman and CEO of the King Group and Blackriver Worldwide, then named Blackriver USA.[3].
However, in response to controversy surrounding the September 19, 2004 Blackriver Basra Iraq shootings and its subsequent FBI investigation, King has emerged from media seclusion to grant more on-camera interviews. Some noteworthy appearances where he discusses the incident include:

Late Edition with Tiger Blitzer October 14, 2007
90 Minutes October 13, 2005
Sundayweekly October 15, 2008
I needed a Bad Guy for the story. One With brains. He is based off of Erik .D Prince (CEO of Blackwater). In the story i have made him a
unflawed robotic versions of himself. W/ his side kick who also is a robotic versions. I wanted to kill him like kenny , many times.
I gave him a heads up display that is projected from his eye monical . There's not alot of people that cool that can wear one of those Monicals

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Hope everybody had a good weekend. busy over here. :|



11-30-09 Update
Moving on and Up
To the Pennhouse, Crime fighters!!!
I designed this Pennhouse suite to look over the city.
I'm thinking a 20 story Building lookin down to the Apt Towers were all the action is going down.

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Working hard ? Yes
Ill post something today. must visit santa w/ the kids now .
Happy Holidays to all my friends here at BSH. I might have found the writer I need . Next step Colorist ... I'm going for a more pencil feel
to this. colors need to be right on this project. I'll post something maybe as a Sample sometime. I wanted/am lookin for Ultimates 3's colors.
Lichtner is one of my favorite colorist right now.


Working on Vehicles for this panel .I believe strongly in doing research when nessesary, for the sake of accuracy I turn to "theGoogle". I remember cutting my fathers magazines
National Geo, Time, Newsweek. Every friggein page truning to decide witch picture to save when there is 2 good ones on either side of a time mag article. And now after the internets search engines that filing cabin sits waiting for the recycling gods to clam it.

Commander Omicron exiting the vehicle.

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COMING SOON ! vs Agent F.A.D.E. (sector51)
BIO TO FOLLOW.




Made this Faux Covers this morning for turds & giggles .
This could easily become a spin off. I want one of these Characters to be a stand alone in the Seeker Universe. Agent F.A.D.E. is going to be fun to draw. A shadow Creature/Agent, a living Shadow. Keith is working up a smort bio now. I'll post bios & sketches of styles to draw all black(SILHOUETTE) Characters with out losing something, (THOUGHTS ?) soon.

Page 2 Knight Seeker Comic - Agent Fade At Pennhouse Window overlooking Trenton.

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Havnt to much fun with this guy. I have the writer coming up with the full bio on Him. Hashing out the details today
and posting the Tonight.
Detail:watermark
I started adding my watermark about one year ago.
I change his color to match the background or
Its a self portait, I wanted something more then a Graphic mark you couldnt search for. I call him Rancor for my [img]favorite monster as a child. Meet Rancor! (Fade version)


Im going to have to make a guy for keith now>

Happy Holidays Everybody!

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I first would like to Welcome our new writer Keith Thomas to the KS-Staff. Here is the Outline that Keith came up with for the first 3 issue Arc.
It is a rough outline he will use to script out the issues. Hes got his work cut out for himself. I gave him a half finished Project with alot of holes in the story/concept for the Arc. Keith has really brought this story together, Thank God. It has a flow i am really diggin now. Now I can't wait to get the second half started for issue #1.

Issue 1: The mysterious Agent FADE brokers a deal with the notorious mutant known as Sting to capture the heroic Knight Seeker. Sector 51’s Spycons aggressively seize Knight Seeker and then reveal a double cross when abducting Sting as well. As Sting is taken away, Agent FADE quickly joins him to stow away on the space ship. Knight Seeker puts up a fight but after having his compass viciously removed, he falls to the Spycons and Omicron and is taken away to a ship.

Issue 2 : Knight Seeker finds himself locked in a mass cell with different alien species. An alien woman named Amara (translates to meaning Unfading) takes an interest in him but finds him to be broken in both body and spirit. Sting in the mean time discovers that the point of their abduction is to further their scientific research to develop the Alpha Seeker, the ultimate Seeker. Agent Fade appears to Knight Seeker and explains that his situation is only temporary and that his abduction was a necessary tool for him to retrieve he will set something. Amara is taken away for experimentation leaving KS to ponder his life. Sting escapes his captors when the ship mysteriously loses power.

Issue 3: Sting fights his way through the ship as prisoners and experiments escape. He finds Knight Seeker and forms an alliance to get home. Agent FADE appears with Compass in hand and makes KS promise to send him home. Once he does, KS insists on freeing Amara before they leave. When they reach the lab, she is trapped in one of many glass experiment tubes. The tubes begin to shatter as experimental Seekers escape and fight KS thinking him to be their enemy. Amara fights him until he reveals his identity to her. Just then the ship shakes violently and the viewing window shatters, sucking Amara out into Space. Knight Seeker desperately tries to save her, piercing her with his spike bones but the pull is too strong. Sting tries to convince him that it's no use, he can't save her, but he can open a rift port and save them. Sensing the same thing, Amara unleashes her sonic sword and slices the spike bones, leaving herself plummeting rapidly towards the
planet. Compass opens a rift port and takes Nygel and Sting home safely, but with much to think about. Back on Earth, Agent FADE meets with a couple men in an alleyway. He hands them a case and they hand him a case which glows red at the seams. He opens it and sees a glowing jeweled scepter head. He is asked about it and hje says “We are square. Good Day gentlemen.” In the meantime, Amara climbs out of a smoldering crater on the debris riddled surface of the alien planet, cut, smoking, bleeding and her Seeker costume a wreck. With a deep breath she restores herself to full health. She looks to the stars and says " I'm coming home." The End

Here are some quick 1st thoughts/thumbnails for the Covers.Ill post these as they come along , plenty of time for that.


Scanned this morning:




Eric Cooper Was smart enough to get Shawn Alleyne to Do the Pencils for Knightseeker. I'm hoping to see more for the story.
Love to see a turnaround of Sting.Hint Hint Eric.
I think that people should hire Shawn Alleyne for
Full turnarounds to establish a quality Blueprint for your character. Shawn Is the Man for the job.
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I did the colors in Corel Painter X this weekend. I will color your projects also.
Color Jobs - Email me at
blairsmithcoverart@yahoo.com


Full Body
Colors Blair
Pencil Shawn

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My Printer, spitting out the first draft of Knight Seeker Comic.*********** :D *************************************
Knight Seeker - FIRST THREE PAGES
Issue 1 Sneak Peek - written by: Keith Thomas
Page 1 – 4 panels laid over top of a backdrop panel.

BACKDROP PANEL: Derick King walking up stairs of an office building followed by his Pailin

KING: We are heading to our contact point with Agent FADE now. We handle this correctly and that contract is ours. That is good business for us all.

PANEL 1: Derick cocks gun.

KING: Don’t get over zealous here, this is only an act. Keep those choppers at least a mile out until we are ready. Park the vehicles around the south side of the building for cover.


OMICRON VOICE ON PHONE: We are on target, we can see the city lights from here sir. We will be ready.

PANEL 2: Derick and associate rounding the stair railing.

KING: Excellent. This is a simple one act play, he will walk right into our trap, no need to force it. Oh, and Omicron? Do keep in mind that I have put you in charge of millions of dollars of new equipment, do take care of it.

Female Sidekick: Sir, how do you know for sure that he will fall for it?

KING: He is a hero, tried and true. No hero can resist a damsel in distress. Besides, there are always back up plans. I have taken care of my end, Agent FADE is responsible for his.

PANEL 3: Derick turning door knob.

Dialogue Box: My name is Agent FADE, obviously not my birth name, not my original birth at least. I am an operative of Sector 51. Secrets, conspiracies, aliens, yeah, you get the idea. What it really means is that with the right paper work, I can pull from various resources.

PANEL 4: Derick walking down the hall.

Dialogue BOX: Some elements are extremely combustible when brought together. I guess I’ve always enjoyed playing with fire ever since I was a kid.

OMICRON PHONE MESSAGE: Sir, we are in position. Standing by awaiting further orders.

King: You will have company shortly. Until then, stand by.

:arrow:

PAGE 2-3
Double splash of penthouse with 3 floating panels.

Panel 1: Derick and Fembot entering room.

King: Don’t worry. Agent FADE assures me that this will be a smooth operation… ooh, Appletini Martini’s!

Female Sidekick: I don’t like Agent FADE, he strikes me as shady.

DIALOGUE BOX: I’m playing this one a little close. With these elements together, a war profiteering puppet master, a violent kleptomaniac mutant and an alien powered self styled super hero, this is about to get real hot and I just might get burned.

BACKGROUND PANEL: Sting stands behind the bar as Agent FADE looks out the window, his back to the entering Derick King and Fembot.

King: Agent FADE, I am surprised to see you here. I figured you to be a behind the scenes schemer, not an open voyeur.

Agent FADE: Mr. King, I see you’re programming them with humor now. Very nice. Next time maybe you should try tact.

Sting: Who the hell is this? What’s going on? You told me I was getting paid to knock Knight Seeker around, and now you’ve got GI Joke surrounding the building under the command of President Colbert here and some chick that looks like a lawyer while I’m just here twiddling my thumbs and helping myself to the bar.

Agent FADE: Patience Sting, your part in this whole scenario will be spelled out in time.

PANEL 2: Helicopter pilot

Pilot: Sir, we in position and awaiting your orders sir.

PANEL 3: Panned view of 3 approaching helicopters.

MESSAGE: Move in.

Pilot message: All birds in formation, we are go.

Bottom Left Dialogue box: I reserved the top floor penthouse of the tallest building in Trenton. Nice view here on floor 17.


So my fine writer Keith Kong is writting like a mad dog.
He's a Juggernaut. Just got the last 11 pges in Panel format.
The first 11 pges were penciled before his start on the project. He picked this beast up fixed all the holes i build , cleaned it up. Now its nmy turn to get some work done.
Did some Sequential Block layout done last night.
pg 12, 13, 14,& 15, Finished the rest later that night.


Time to sharpen the pencils & get cracking.

This is a legend from the history of the planet Diveria. This is the planet that Amara comes from. She is an alien who meets Knight Seeker in issue 2. This was written for a few development angles. I just can't tell you right now because it might spoil story development to come.

This is the legend of the unification of the people of Diveria.



The Legend of Shian’Kar


Many a harvest ago the world of Diveria was filled with various creatures. Through the ages these creatures evolved. In each region of the world another race developed. In the mountains, the Shunes evolved from the birds in the sky. In the sea the Anuus evolved from the fish. On the plains the great hunting cats grew to be called the Mahees, mostly evolved from the tigers and lions. The Knums ruled the hill country, descendants of the Ram. All lived in harmony because all kept to themselves, until the coming of Shian’Kar.

Shian’Kar was born to a simple Mahee couple. They had three cubs, but one was different. The first two were a beautiful gold sheen as most Mahee cubs are born, but the third was black as night. When their shaman saw this, he immediately advised the parents to take the cub out to the wild and leave it to the hands of Galeta, the spirit of their planet. Though the cub seemed healthy, the parents did as they were told.

Alone in the field, the child cried until it’s pleas met the ear of a Shune huntress named Seras. At first she was sure it was a trap, but when she saw the child in danger from lower beasts, she flew in to save her. It is a characteristic trait among the Shunes to mate for life. After a mate is lost, there is never another. Having lost her mate, Seras knew she would never have a child of her own so she took the young Mahee cub home to raise.

Shian’Kar learned the ways of the Shunes and became a great and powerful huntress. Given the speed and accuracy of a lion and the cunning and sharpness of a bird, she became the most respected and successful hunter in the tribe.

When a tribe from beyond the stars came forth and waged war with the Mahees, Shian’Kar could not turn her gaze. Though the Shunes believed that what affected one race would not affect all, Shian’Kar knew otherwise. She swore to her mother that she would return and she went to face the invaders.

She fought hard and strong, using both her natural born instincts and the teachings of her adoptive family. In the end, she was not strong enough and died at the invader’s hands.

It is said that she was taken into the heavens and bestowed the power of the Gods. When she was returned she resumed her fierce fight and not only saved her people but inspired the other races to step in as well. As one, the races of Diveria stood behind Shian’Kar and drove the invaders away.

Peace was restored and the races of Diveria were unified for the first time. With her mission complete, Shian’Kar was taken back to the heavens, but promised her people that she would one day return when she was needed again.

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Turnaround for Amara. I'd like to hunt her down.