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

Xenex the Bug Man issue 4 is in my hand!

Me holding the first printing of Xenex the Bug Man issue 4!

Imagine this: I'm sitting at my board illustrating a page for UF and the doorbell rings. Who could it be? It's the Postman and he is dropping off one of the most wonderful packages! What's the package? It's a small printing of Xenex the Bug Man issue 4! I am so excited about this! It's been a while since I had a new issue made and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. So far, from front to back, I have found no problems with it's printing. It looks fantastic and even better than issue 3 (for those of you that have issue 3)!

On top of having some comics in my hand, Indyplanet just let me know that this issue is now for sale on their 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!

Page 4 and 5 Spread of Xenex the Bug Man issue 4

And remember, I did go ahead and purchase a table for the Fan Days Convention in October. So I will be there (given that I don't have another mishap). 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)!

Xenex the Bug Man issue 1-4 cover layout

New Design in the Xenex the Bug Man Cafepress Store

I recently cleaned up and modernized the Xenex the Bug Man cafepress shop. I really felt it needed it. I've added some really cool products, like buttons! You've got to love buttons! I also added a new design today called Rifleman Elak! It looks good! 

Rifleman Elak by Taylor Lymbery

You can get this design with all of the products that the other designs come on. Besides for going to the indyplanet site and getting the comics, this is another great way to support the independent comic book, Xenex the Bug Man! Go show your bug man love! 

As soon as I get word that issue 4 is going to the indyplanet.com website, I'll post it here on the site! Till then, if you need to get any of the previous issues, go to the comics tab in the storefront.

Xenex the Bug Man and all art work featured today are copyright 2012 © by Taylor Lymbery. All rights reserved.

Xenex the Bug Man Issue 5 Cover Revealed!

Xenex issue 5 Cover by Taylor Lymbery

Now that issue 4 is done, registered and off to the printer, I decided to go ahead with my tradition and show off the cover for the next issue. And I have to tell you now, I'm VERY proud of this cover!

When I made this issue's cover, I had to break it into two pieces.  One was the foreground artwork, the other was the background artwork. The background artwork is to be used for the back cover art when the first volume of issues are bound together. Both layers were colored in PhotoShop.

I really want to spill the beans and tell you all what exactly is going on with this cover, but I really shouldn't. I might give away too many secrets from issue 4 before it comes back from the printers! If you couldn't tell, I've become very pumped and excited about these new issues of Xenex the Bug Man!

As soon as I get word that issue 4 is going to the indyplanet.com website, I'll post it here on the site! Till then, if you need to get any of the previous issues, go to the comics tab in the storefront.

Check out progression pictures of this cover below!

Layer 1 by Taylor Lymbery

Layer 2 progression by Taylor Lymbery

Layer 1 Colored by Taylor Lymbery

Layer 2 Line work by Taylor Lymbery

Layer 2 colored by Taylor Lymbery

Xenex the Bug Man and all art work featured today are copyright 2012 © by Taylor Lymbery. All rights reserved.

Last page for issue 4!

  

I cannot express the level of excitement that I have right now working on the last page of this spectacular issue! The last couple of pages have been outstanding, but they have some spoilers in them, so I decided not to share them here. Instead, I will show just a small piece of unfinished work on the very last page. If you are familiar with the series, then you know who this is. I hope that this gets you excited for what's ahead! Once the issue is up for sale, I'll post the info on where to buy it! Thank you, Xenex the Bug Man fans, for your support!

Issue 4 page 24 preview by Taylor Lymbery

Issue 4 Update and Pencil page Preview!

Pencil Xenex page by Taylor Lymbery © 2012

I'm feeling a bit better today so I am back to finishing up the last few pages! As I am getting back to the board, I have become confused with myself. If I was upset about the amount of detail that was put in the rain on the Jungle Moon of Morgra, why in the world would I be ok with the city setting on Apparitis?! I know I've been sick, but come on! I'm not sure what I am thinking, but I will have to admit, these scenes look fantastic! I am able to help build the feeling of this place with the architecture of the building around our characters. These pages take a bit longer, but they will really help strengthen the way this universe works. I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but hang in there with this title. You'll see. Here's a quick preview of an issue 4 page!

Pencil Xenex page by Taylor Lymbery © 2012