Below are the most recent 9 friends' journal entries.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
z0ltan	5:46p	Metals Shows in NY!! SONATA ARCTICA DATE: 4/5/2010 VENUE: The Gramercy Theatre LOCATION: New York NY around $30 for tickets $60 for hour early Let me know if you'd like to go, I'll order us some tickets. http://www.enterthevault.com/moreInfo.php?id=3518 HAMMERFALL DATE: 3/7/2010 VENUE: The FIlmore at Irving Plaza LOCATION: NYC NY DOORS OPEN: tbd SHOW TIME: TBD Let me know if you'd like to go, I'll order us some tickets. http://www.enterthevault.com/moreInfo.php?id=3489 Go: GM FINNTROLL DATE: 4/8/2010 VENUE: The Gramercy Theatre LOCATION: New York NY I don't care for finntroll much, so I'm just posting this if someone else wants to bother to plan something. http://www.enterthevault.com/moreInfo.php?id=3669 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
ben_templesmith	9:11p	CHEBRUARY- New CHOKER cover Two important links today. As Bleeding Cool points out, next February...is actually CHEBRUARY. It's impossible to ignore, what with CHEW, CHASE VARIANT and CHOKER all coming out from Image Comics that month. It's going to be...err...chinsane? And next up, yup, it's been officially announced I'll be down to Heroes Con in June next year. Never been but the organizers are as nice as pie. ( A really nice pie, one your nan might make that's extra tastey, with cream on it even, if that's the sort of thing you're into...you get the idea. ) (Comment on this)
ben_templesmith	4:59p	Baroness Cover Work in Progress One of the Baroness images I did up for the one-shot from IDW coming out in February. No idea if this is a regular cover or not. There's like ten covers to the book and I only did two. This here's the pencils! Took it from a pose of a lady leaning on something which I uh, turned into a chick in lather holding lots of guns. What can I say. Chicks 'n guns eh? Did all the basic line work with a micron or a Uni-ball pen, or both. Just started filling in the blacks here. This was all done on an 11x17 inch bristol board, white. Planned on lots of watercolour on this piece. Filling in more blacks. A bit of a bugger considering her costume. Black inks all done! Water colour washing begins . Lots more water colour and even a splash of red for the Cobra logo. Everything is generally just tonal greys though, since the real colour happens on computer. Just thought it'd be nice for the actual original piece. If you dig it, it should actually be for sale sometime soon over in my section on www.splashpage, my art agent bloke, Mark Hay, who handles all my work for hire stuff. Drop him a line via the site if you're into the Baroness as he should be getting all the pages/covers I did for the book in his hot little hands sometime soooooon. ( I promise, Mark! ) Almost finished. Just some standard tones, some dodge and burn and faded a bit of photo nose with airbrushing on the face. BUT, I was told the eyes were a little too asian ( the original photo, the lady *was* Japanese...so... ...I rejig the colour, add in some slightly different eyes. This one goes down much better. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
ben_templesmith	1:15a	Dracula-Draw your own cover I stuck another one of those Bram Stoker Dracula "Draw your own cover" books from Penguin up on ebay. Just too much damn fun they are. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
ben_templesmith	12:58a	CHOKER, the roughs! How I plan out all my comics. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
jadedshock	4:20p	Looks like I may be going back to school for a Mental Health Counseling degree. Filling out the apps now. Certain events that have transpired in my life recently made me realize that this is a field that not only will get me a job, but will be emotionally fulfilling as well. Besides that, I really just need something to look forward to. (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 14th, 2009
ben_templesmith	6:58p	Bits from Around the Globe- The Last 8 weeks Well, six weeks, considering I've been in the US and sick with a virus the last two. These are in no particular order... Emma, Antony, some git and Mr Diggle. Photo by the always awesome Jock. This was the afterparty for the ThoughBubble Festival up in Leeds. One of the best/busiest cons I've ever done. Short though, only one day! Shifty bastards. Hatching plans. Essad Ribic, Andy Tong, Al Ewing and a few others. I didn't get any sleep at Leeds. These people know how to drink and they just don't stop! You could say we had a good turnout. Infact, I WILL say we had a good turnout. This was for the panel I did at Thoughtbubble. My line didn't stop for 6 hours. Quite possibly the most signings I've done in one day apart from maybe a really busy day at SDCC. It was insane. It's not a monkey, it's an ape. Took this photo just to ensure I hadn't taken drugs, that it actually did exist. Lucky me, I never had a reputation to uphold. This was actually a rather sweat laden "wizards wig". Things you do in a pub at 2am. Any bar/club that has a Dalek in it is my sort of place. Kirk porn on the walls. My sort of weather. My NYC 11am Guinness during a photoshoot with Ben McCool. Up high in a building during a meeting. I would get NO work done if this was my office. I ended my NYC trip in this bar. We even got a free round because the barman was a comic guy and had too much fun overhearing our comic book bitching/stories. He's sworn to secrecy though. Just before my little comic book chat thing in London for Comica. ( Phil is the director of Heartless, among other things ) Drinking with Declan, Al, Jock and some crafty bugger named Dingle. London Expo is always a blast. Definitely planning on going back next year. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
ben_templesmith	1:31p	CHOKER Previews I was severely humbled when I realized how much space Image had given Ben McCool and I for CHOKER's debut issue. 6 bloody pages! Huge thanks to Eric, Joe and the gang for the opening promo kick start there. I've been a bit ill since I got back from the UK, this bastard virus will not die, but I got a copy of Previews while over there and took some quick snaps. Basically, you can go to your friendly retailer type person and show them this stuff ( I'm sure they'll see it anyway ) and tell them you'd like to make sure you get a copy reserved for your good self ( if so inclined ) and that the order code they need to use is: DEC090342 And then, magically in February, you will have one in your hot little hands. Promise. Yeah, you gotta harp on this stuff now as it's the time to order the damn thing and I do like to pay rent, feed my kitties and such mundane things. I've also got a G.I. Joe Baroness one-shot, look for it out in Feb from IDW! Written by Marc Andreyko. Since it's G.I Joe, it pretty much orders itself really. Hope I did decent by the Franchise. Apparently Hasbro really dig it because it's a little different. Not to mention of course, The Popgun Anthology #4...yeah, looks like February is kinda Templesmith month. Didn't plan it that way, honest! Most importantly, it's order code is: DEC09 0379 This code gives you much powah with which you can order it. Definitely check the Popgun link for a whole swag of info on the book. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 4th, 2009
ben_templesmith	6:36p	Colossal meets Giant. Yes, if you've ever read Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse or a few other books I've been involved with, you might guess I'm into squids a bit. One of the photos I took while visiting the Darwin Center ( you know, that bloke religious bigots who deny science like to hate? ) Well, they have delightful specimens like a rather large Giant Squid and now a baby Colossal Squid in the same tank, so you can see the difference. Basically, the Colossal, apart from apparently growing much larger, has bloody great claws/hooks on it's 2 longest tentacles. The Giant just has suckers. This to me, is a little bit scary and possibly the most awesome creature on the planet. Sure beats the fuck out of a Panda. I'll put up way more images of my trip to the museum and the UK in general soon. Have been laid low with a virus upon returning from the UK. Everything is chaos right now. (2 Comments |Comment on this)