Hey there,

Lots going on in this page, right?
I knew this pet party was gonna take me a while. From line work to colors, it's easy to get lost in the infinite details.

Sometimes I wonder why my brain imagined such a complex scene for the ending of the story.

It turned out pretty close to what I had in mind. Rest assured this is not over. More chaos to come...

Thanks for reading this.
If you're discovering my work, hopefully that spiked your interest.
Please consider liking or sharing this page to spread the word.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello there,

Glad to be back with a new page. The final chapter begins. Let it be as epic as can be!

Thanks for reading through this. 
Please consider liking or sharing the page to spread the word.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello guys,

With this cliffhanger, the eleventh chapter ends.

One more to go before the end of the whole story. I can hardly imagine...

Thanks for reading this page.
Don't forget to like if you enjoyed what you saw. Any help is highly appreciated.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello everyone,

Glad to be back with a new page!

Chapter is getting to a close. This time, I drew the layout for the final spread all at once.
Consequently, the next page is already sketched out.

This chapter needed thigh wrap before it concluded.

Funny thing, this chapter was originally called 'Agoraphobia' for this specific scene. However, the title didn't match the rest of the story. Turned into 'Anti-Social' which sounded better to me and reflected more on the characters throughout this chapter.

As always, I'd like to thank everyone for the support. The project goes slow but I'm taking continuous baby steps forward.

I can't wait to deliver the next page, the final one, in the eleventh chapter.
I started it 9 months ago... Never thought it would take this long. And don't get me started on the whole comic! Time flies my friends...

Anyway, I'd love to hear from you!
Drop me a line below if you have a moment.

See you on the other side,

Jrej

Hello there,

As you can see, I'm back with a new page.
Glad you waited for me in the mean time! ;-)

Time seems to flow faster with those action scenes. But they do take as much time to draw...

That's one of the many things I like about comics. While reading them you can actually control time. Ever thought of that?

Profound right?

Anyway, thanks a ton for reading through this post. I hope I inspired or interested you in some way.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello to all,

I am back with a new page and it's an absolute pleasure!
Hope you enjoy reading this one. The pace is really bumping up.

Hey hey! What you thought about that? I'm pretty sure you wanna see what's next!
For this you'll have to stick around till I'm finished drawing it!

Thanks for reading through this.
Don't forget to like and share if you feel like it.
I appreciate any support you can give.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello there,

Glad to be back with a new page. The comic continues and the story presses on.
I'm happy with how it turned out. Wish I could draw faster though..

With this page done, let's take a look at the stats...

I have this handy little spread sheet, I can update every day. It tells me where I'm at (89%) and how many steps I should complete per day. I have set the objective to March 31st. I'd be thrilled to complete it by then!

Only 1 step & half per day until then! That's achievable!

Of course, I'll keep you guys posted.

Thank you so much for going through this update.
I hope you have fun reading it.

Glad to be moving forward.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello everyone,

Now is the time to see what's happening in the "Shades Of Men" universe.

First page of 2019. I'm hanging in there!

Thanks for following along.

I'd like to take this moment to wish you all a Happy New Year! 2018 Has been a bumpy one but still a lot of awesome things have happened!

I'll try my best to keep up the quality content this year and make more friends in this lovely community.

I have tons of on-going projects but my focus is always (and always been) on finishing "Shades Of Men". We're getting closer and closer to the end. Can't believe it! ;-D

You might have noticed... The final panel with this tortured background, was my trick to avoid drawing a crowd scene again. Still took me a bit of time to complete. I think it would have been worse with the fully colored and detailed scene though.

Don't hesitate to leave a comment below.

See ya,

Jrej

Hey hey

It's new page day!

As you probably noticed, this page took me a while to complete. I got caught in the infinite detail of the crowd.

Glad to be finally done!

I'm happy with the perspective on this one. I wanted this main hall to big huge.

The crowd certainly is. I knew from the start that this scene would take me some time.

Yes I had this in mind from the start!

Crazy I know!

Thanks a lot for passing by.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello guys,

Hope you enjoyed this new page. Glad I'm keeping up my weekly schedule (More or less).

I'll be returning to my beloved tablet to work on the next page.

Hope you can stick around for the upcoming scene!

Thanks for checking out my comic. Means a lot to me.
Please consider liking or sharing this content to spread the word around.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello everyone,

It is my pleasure to deliver a brand new page this week again. I'm liking my new schedule and hopefully I can keep this up for the whole summer. I'll let you know along the way how things are looking.

On this page the struggle was mostly figuring out how the buildings looked like. How it all came together.

I went trough the thumbnail quickly but when actually creating the scene, I asked myself lots of questions.

I think we'll have a better idea on in the next episode.

I did a live stream of the drawing again. You can have a peek at the line work process with the following link.

https://dlive.io/livestream/jrej/67dd4bc9-94c6-11e8-8cb5-0242ac110003

I'll try to show color next time.

As I mentioned, It's a real pleasure to be cranking out pages. I feel like the story is finally moving forward at an acceptable pace. What a dream it would be to do that full time. Deliver day in, day out, stories that you enjoy.

Feel free to share if you liked what you saw. It might help towards achieving this goal of mine.

I'd love to have your comment on this latest page or the streaming also.

See ya,

Jrej

Hello there,

Come with me and let's explore this secret place of Paris further more...
One more week, on more page from my comic. I'm happy to be back on schedule. Wish I could do more than that... But this has been a pretty productive week already.

Once again this scene is inspired by the real life abandoned railway called "Petite Ceinture" which goes pretty much all around Paris. I used a couple photo reference to get the feel of it. I find it incredible that such a place exists in a busy city in France.

About the process, I did my very first Live Drawing Session from Dlive. You can see pretty much all the line work for this page, as well as hear my lovely voice. (Lovely Haha Not!). The video lasts over an hour though...

Thank you all for taking the time to read through this.
If you found this of any interest, well, know that's the best gift back for me! ;-)

Let me know if you like the streaming format. If I should do more of those. Once I'm "on air", It actually forces me to keep on drawing. No distractions are allowed!

Anyway, please write any of your thoughts below. I'll be happy to respond.

See ya,

Jrej

Hey everyone,

Glad to be posting this new page from Shades Of Men, kicking off a new chapter with a snowy scene.

I know it's been a while since my last comic update. It's good to be back. I'll be returning quickly to the drawing board (the ipad) in order to deliver the next page asap!

I'm excited to see the end of the tunnel. Two chapters to go before closing this book. This is huge for me. Still can't believe it!

A little bit more about the inspiration for this page:

• For the chapter's title I had originally chosen the name "Agoraphobia". I changed it to "Anti Social" as a subtle reference to the french song from the band "Trust".

• The scene takes place on an abandoned railway that actually exists in Paris. It's a place called "La petite ceinture" which used to go all around Paris. Now only parts of it are left to explore.

That's all I have for you today. Thanks for your continued support.

See ya,

Jrej

New Page!?!

Hello guys,

And with this we conclude Chapter 10, which was titled "Family Men".

Two more chapters to go... That's 22 pages left. Not much in the end.
You might have noticed me taking some time between releases...

Unfortunately my work schedule doesn't always allow me to draw much these days. I get to it whenever I have a moment, before work, at my break, when my wife's away. Those minutes add up but still isn't enough to produce consistent content right now.

So I want to apologize for the lack of content. I know it is very important when publishing a long form comic. I'll try my best to to deliver the next ones on time. One thing is sure... I will finish what I started! ;-)

See ya,

Jrej

Hey hey,

New page of Shades Of Men is live! Come check it out if you dare. A whole adventure awaits!

Last time around, Ricky and Lev partnered up once again on the tracks to find the young David. Now I finally got a glimpse on what those pet-punks have to say.

Looks like Ricky and Lev are using the Good cop/Bad cop technique after all. I wonder how this is gonna go... Well I know... And you know I know...

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Next time would be the "End of chapter page" which always is some kind of achievement for me. There will be 12 chapters in total so we're reaching the end of the tunnel.

Already working hard on the next one,

See ya soon,

Jrej

Hey hey,

Guess who's back with a new page! Yes that's right! The adventure continues! Last time, Lev met a new friend but got angry, remember?

Now Ricky has returned on a quest to save David.

I'm thrilled to get the story moving and work on a new scene.

Thanks for your patience.

See ya

Jrej

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year! It's been two weeks and I can already tell 2018 is going to be exciting! 

I started off sick but got better quickly. A few changes to come at work but it won't mess with my schedule this time around. 

My plan is to finish Shades Of Men this year so get ready for a bumpy ride.

About that page... Big revelation, right? I guess it generates more questions than answers.

More in the coming pages...

Thanks for sticking around years after years.

I hope we can wrap this up together with a blast.

See ya, 

Jrej