Animated Guru

Marker Guru: Beards, chops and moustaches - Tutorial

2012-09-11T21:34:00.001-07:00

Marker Guru: Beards, chops and moustaches - Tutorial: I recently did another blog for Copic . Its on beards and facial hair. Check it out :) Beards, Chops, and Stubble

Conventions and stuff

2012-09-09T10:48:00.001-07:00

Today: Vancouver comic con
Sept 28-30: VCON
Sept 29: Emily con
Oct 6-7: mega comic con
Nov 4: Vancouver comic con
Nov 17: canzine

Busy busy! This year we've been going to every convention we could, even if it was a long shot. Why? Research. We want to get an idea of where our work sells best, and where it doesn't sell any all. You can't assume anything in a world like this.
So far its been an extremely worthwhile experiment! We've had enough surprises that we've thrown out all our assumptions.
By the end of the year we will have been to more come than I can even recall, but we are going to compile our data and see where our time and money is best spent on next years convention schedule!
I've also made some pretty awesome connections in the convention circuit as well. A pleasant surprise :)

Pehny with Pearls

2012-05-12T13:22:00.001-07:00

I did a drawing! OMG. I know. I've done nothing but comics for so long, I almost forgot what it was like to just sit and draw for the sake of drawing.
I thought I'd post the instagrams all in one place just to show the progress.

ink

ink 2

skin and hair and bodice

base colours done.

done

You can buy prints of this on our website!

Sketches

2012-03-05T20:35:00.001-08:00

Working on feet and legs. I feel like it's a weakness of mine. Here's what I did today.

Sketch

2012-03-04T13:13:00.001-08:00

I don't post much here anymore. Ill try to do better. Been doing so much comic work, and I generally post those on our facebook page. Anyway, I've got some art plans and a phone with a good camera and a blogger app so I'm GOLD!
Here's a little sketch I might turn into a big art later.

The head in the bottom is not part of it, random doodle. Thumbnail page lol.
Any suggestions in thia early stage?

Temporarily open for commissions

2012-01-30T09:55:00.000-08:00

I am temporarily opening up commissions to raise funds to pay for Convention Tables and for ordering Product. It's not cheap to go to Conventions, but we really do need to exposure of being out there to push our comics! ACK, so we need a fair amount of money to stock up on our comics to make us able to even break even at the conventions, particularly Calgary Expo.

So for a limited time, full art commissions. Here is what I am offering.
I will only take 5 orders at a time. It's first PAID first served.
I'll start with Sketched portrait drawings, and anything else will be an add on from there.

Pricing:
Sketch Card: 10$ (no add on's. this is a stand alone commission)

Sketched Portrait: $25

ADD inked - +$15
ADD colour - +$30
ADD Full body - +$20
ADD abstract Background - +$10

So, this means if you want an inked portrait in colour, it costs $70

Please note, It HAS to be inked, to be coloured! Please take that into account

To order, just fill out the form below. if It doesn't display or you have problems, go here.

Thank you! <3

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Copic Blog

2012-01-03T23:03:00.000-08:00

A while back Copic approached me about doing a Guest Tutorial for their blog! I was so excited and delighted of course I did it! SO here it is for you to enjoy and the art! (Blog restructure is still happening, I just got sidelined with dental issues)

Guest Tutorial – Airbrushing Comics by Marker Guru

Leaellynasaura - copic blog by `guruubii on deviantART

Sketch - Victor and Nakia

2011-10-21T08:51:00.000-07:00

So I spent the better part of 2 days really flushing out the story for Conflagration, and the Prequel, Embers. There is some awesome imagery in those 2 stories, if I do say so myself.
I started sketching some of the scenes and for once, liked something enough to take it beyond a doodle, or a gesture.

Victor and Nakia

I can't decide whether I want to go full colour with this, or play with warm and cool greys. Anyway, just thought I'd share it before I butcher it with colours and ink, LMAO.
Ps: I'm fairly certain this is the cleanest sketch I've ever produced, Lol.

NanoMango

2011-10-19T17:57:00.000-07:00

So November is NanoMango. Today was the first I heard of it too.
It's something someone started on livejournal (unfortunately) as a Comic artists alternative to NanoWriMo.
I've decided that while this is an extremely ambitious goal to have, I'm going to try to make the prequel to Conflagration, Embers, In this time frame. The goal is a page a day of pencilled comics, and with a full time job besides.. I don't know if I can do it, but I'm sure going to try. I'm working on scripting it out right now, and have layout complete before November 1 so that It's a more obtainable goal.
Embers should be at least another comic to have going to sell at conventions and to generate some interest in my biggest awesomest story I have going right now. Unfortunately because I've been working with these characters so long, everyone knows OF it but really nothing about it. So hopefully this will be an asset to my comic pile.
I'm still planning on having Hello, Albertosaurus done by the summer of 2012, then a couple Mini Projects in there as well (2 of them I'm very keen on) then Full production on Conflagration. How cool!

Copic Original for Comics.

2011-09-23T18:00:00.000-07:00

Hello,
I have been doing a few black and white comics lately, and something I've come to value in this adventure is my Copic Multiliner SP's! Oh yes! The Multiliners are a godsend. I've sort of tallied up what it would have cost me to buy disposable pens VS Copic multiliner SP's (refillable) and I've saved over 100$ on these 2 wee comics alone!

Something else! I have a couple Copic Original in black that I got in my Comic Inking Pro set a while back, and recently I swapped out my Fine nib on it for the Super fine and it's AMAZING!
This is what it looks like:

"One Day to Live" Comic, in progress! Will be available at Vcon sept 30!

Isn't that a keen nib? I've been adding some line weight and stuff to my inked pages with it! It's awesome because it doesn't get fuzzy like the Fine nibs do, and it is regular copic marker ink. It's like one step up from the .07 size Multiliner which I often crave.

Anyway, Just thought I'd share that with you :D

(Cross posted from MarkerGuru)

Ghost tales cover- please vote

2011-09-03T06:54:00.001-07:00

We've got a public vote going on to decide the cover of ghost tales! Please go look at the entries and vote for the one that most fits the theme!

Participation!

2011-08-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

I've decided I like participating in things. I used to be so aloof. Never participated in things, never went to groups or anything but now, I've been going to cloudscape every week, and I've Submitted (and been accepted) to a beastiary with cloudscape too! It's been great fun!
Now I've got to motor on my Ghost Tales submission! AHHH!

Lots of projects

2011-08-04T09:11:00.001-07:00

I've been taking on a lot of projects lately. We've been trying to come up with more merchandise for conventions and the shop as well.
I've started an intermitted blog only web comic called bad kitties. No set schedule on that one, its just cute blog content. I've also started a dinosaur calendar that should hopefully be available in september at vcon, but that would be pretty miraculous. If nothing else it will be in the shop.
We've got 3 conventions sceduled and paid for one in august, one in september and one in november. So we're keeping very busy!
Only a few days left to submit to ghost tales and we're still accepting calgary donations!

Help us get to Calgary Expo

2011-07-26T20:19:00.001-07:00

We are taking a big leap in our Comic Convention adventures. This time we're diving into Calgary Expo. We've heard great things from other people who've attended the Expo, and we're really excited to take our comics there! By the time the expo is here we should have ghost tales and maybe even Hello Albertosaurus at least available for Pre-order! Excite!

Now there is a small issue of funding. It costs a lot to travel these days. especially by plane and with lots of Luggage. To sell for 3 days, thats a Lot of merchandise. We need 2 plane tickets, hotels, and other costs. We live rather simple lives so we don't need much. Please take a look at our campaign below:

It would be really amazing if you could help us by donating some money, or even just promoting it for us! If you have Twitter, facebook, google+, Tumblr, blogs, or websites or anything (your dA journal for example)! if you could just promote our cause, and get the word out we'd be forever in your debt!

We have a campaign goal we're trying to meet.

Lots of love this week

2011-07-14T18:22:00.000-07:00

So I didn't win the deviantART San Diego Comic Con Sponsorship but I'm not at all surprised, only slightly disappointed. I wanted to win for the validation of winning and someone saying my stuff was good. I'm the only person who pats me on the back. I never had an interest in a mainstream company picking up my work, and in retrospect I believe that's what they were canvassing for.
Working for one of those places (DC, Marvel) is actually one of the few art related jobs that makes me cringe.

Having said that, I had a lot of nice stuff happen this week that helped boost my spirits and this time, from a Company that I really like and respect.
Copic marker featured me on their new Copic Social Network - Copic Color In fact, it's been 2 days I've been up there and I'm still the "featured Created".
On top of that, they've been tweeting the heck out of me as well, and as a result I've gotten a few new followers.
I also was featured my submission on their Tumblr account! I was pretty please about that.
I love Copic as a company their PR is great, products are amazing and ...ya. I want to work for them! LOL

So we've also got a lot of convention lined up! check out Gurukitty Studios blog and see where we will be and when!

Daily Deviation

2011-06-11T06:07:00.001-07:00

HEY! I got A DD today!
SChweet!
Albertosaurus Page 9

Thanks to Damaged927 and kangel for that!
Heres some info on the comic:
Hello, Albertosaurus is a Comic memoir of a trip myself, Kitty, and our dad took to Alberta to visit Dinosaur National Park and the Famous Drumheller Royal Tyrell Museum. The comic will be a full colour from cover-to-cover graphic novel. It will be coloured traditionally with Markers and will be a 6"x6" square comic. It will be available to purchase in the shop and at conventions when it's complete.

The first chapter is available to read online here at dA as well as other places (see links in description of the DD - too lazy to dig) and the rest will be print only :)

Thanks so much!

OOPS... gunna be late for work, LMAO!

Marker Sketches

2011-05-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

Kinda experimenting with some skin tones, and some accents....In reality I just wanted to colour Victor with his moustache. It gets a little hard on a person to be drawing cartoony stuff all the time, every now and then I want to bust out some drawings of my more....real characters. not that these guys are real looking at all...

Side note, I'd like Aaron Ekhart to play Victor in a TV movie of Conflagration

Free Comic Book Day

2011-05-07T07:47:00.001-07:00

http://gurukitty.com/ fcbd happening now at gk. Get a free comic now! rt pls

Hello, Albertosaurus page

2011-05-02T17:48:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/c0Oab Todays comic page is posted :) I also made a tutorial on making the print ready file! http://ping.fm/j2QEW

Production Diary - Hello Albertosaurus photos

2011-04-27T18:28:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm pretty fond of how crazy my thumbnailed pages are in my book for working on Hello, Albertosaurus so I thought I'd share with you the crazies that is my notebook for H,A.

Enjoy!
OH, Next week after I colour my page on Live stream, I'm going to make a tutorial on how I make my print files for print and web for the comics, so if anyone else is looking to publish comics it might be a good thing to check out :)

Page 10 Hello, Albertosaurus

2011-04-25T13:50:00.001-07:00

Newest Hello, Albertosaurus page: http://ping.fm/oA5wk

Page 11 Coloured Live

2011-04-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

I finished colouring todays page (which will be posted shortly) Live on Livestream! Check out the video!
How are you liking the comic so far?

Watch live streaming video from guruubii at livestream.com

New Hello Albertosaurus Page

2011-04-18T16:48:00.001-07:00

http://ping.fm/7K3uM

its a bit of a milestone - its page 10, but because I didn't put the Splash page online as a page its only page 9 on the web. Boo hoo :p Enjoy. (OMFG DIALOGUE?!)

Page 10 Live stream

2011-04-18T15:52:00.000-07:00

Page 10 Of Hello, Albertosaurus I coloured live on Livestream just now. Check out the Video if you want. You can watch me make a mess with my Copic Airbrush. Gosh there were some scary moments in there :|

Watch live streaming video from guruubii at livestream.com

"'You draw pretty pictures all day. How hard can it be?"

2011-04-13T18:15:00.000-07:00

This is an important thing for anyone to read. Not only does it apply to artists (I too have gotten this comment from people and not only is it offensive and ignorant but it's HURTFUL). So please go read it, and think about what you're saying before you open your mouth ;)

ShadowScript - The Art Blog of Angela Sasser: In Defense of Pretty Pictures: "So lately I've been seeing a lot of this particular statement: 'You draw pretty pictures all day. How hard can it be? That's not a re..."