New Character Design for Xenex issus 5- General Torax

General Torax Design Work
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

There is a new character in issue five that has been great to design. When I first went into designing this character, I was not sure what manner of alien he would be. At this point, I had to think about what he is native too. He's native to the city world, but in a time before the city boomed into what it is in issue four. I thought of the world of Apparitis once being a nice forest world with a few great lakes with coasts and some interior plains. The idea is that industry has transformed this world into the city megalopolis that we see in the Xenex the Bug Man comic. So, The General is native to the world when there was still some coast and forest. I gave him a bit more of an expressive face, due to the fact that besides Lucy the human facial feature elements are basically gone. I get to bring some of that back with his face. One of the things that I really want to point out is that this is not a Ferangi from Star Trek. The idea of the ears is borrowed to an extent, but I wanted to make sure that this guy was not going to be confused with that species. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Here were some of the other designs I did for this character. 

General Torax Design Work
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

General Torax Design Work
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

General Torax Design Work
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

General Torax Design Work
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

Issue 4 is for sale on the indyplanet website! So, head over to the comics tab, or follow this link straight over and order your copy! If you do not have the previous copies, I have their links posted in the Comic Books tab on the store front. If you order a bunch of issues at once, you can save on shipping! 

And remember, I did go ahead and purchase a table for the Fan Days Convention on October 19-21. So I will be there. I will have a small printing of issue 4 with me at the convention. If you want to purchase one from me there, get there early. If you order your book online, bring it to the convention, and I'll sign it (signing is free with a smile)! I'll be there with Jeff from Marvin Dog Media and host of Talking Toys with Taylor and Jeff. He will be selling some Marvin Dog Media shirts and handing out a few things. I'll also have some artwork for sale, the remaining cowboy clone trooper prints, some posters and the custom toys I've been working on. Come by and say hi and check out the works! 

Issue 5 Interior Art- Lucy

Issue 5 Interior Final Art
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012

Issue 5 is almost finished being written. I have a few pages where dialog is giving me trouble. For the Interior art for the front interior cover, I had decided that I wanted to feature Lucy. I dug through older art and used the line work for Lucy that I had used on the secondary Show banner. I wasn't satisfied with the background for her for this particular issue, so I did some reworking in photoshop. The first "final" I did I thought was ok, but it lacked the color to match the front cover. I went back in and added a few background elements that I think relate the overall piece to where the characters are in the current story. I am very much happy with the final piece. I hope you enjoy it too. 


I have more pictures posted after these important messages! 


Issue 4 is for sale on the indyplanet website! So, head over to the comics tab, or follow this link straight over and order your copy! If you do not have the previous copies, I have their links posted in the Comic Books tab on the store front. If you order a bunch of issues at once, you can save on shipping! 

And remember, I did go ahead and purchase a table for the Fan Days Convention in October. So I will be there. I will have a small printing of issue 4 with me at the convention. If you want to purchase one from me there, get there early. If you order your book online, bring it to the convention, and I'll sign it (signing is free with a smile)!

Lucy Black and White Line Art
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2011

Lucy Convention Banner Art
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2011

Lucy Issue 5 Interior Art Version 1
Issue 5 Xenex the Bug Man Art Copyright by Taylor Lymbery 2012