Hello!

Big THANK YOU to everyone who bought the first issue of Red Shift Renegades last week. I've heard back from so many of you who absolutely loved it, even saying it's my best work. 🙏

Just wait until you see what I have in store for the next issue!

Ok, got some cool stuff to share with you this weekend. Hope it finds you safe and sound.

Enjoy!

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1A) Construction Ships

From the Drawings Unit

I haven’t really been drawing in my sketchbook much lately, but I had some time a couple weekends ago to bust it out and mess around in there. I'm going to be putting together a spaceship collection book in the future so I thought I’d draw a few more construction ships to add to it.

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1B) RED SHIFT RENEGADES

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Just a reminder that you can get my new comic now.

​💥Download it and read it TODAY!💥​

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2) Scrat finally gets his acorn

From the Film and Animation Division

I got a little emotional watching this. I worked at Blue Sky for five years, made some good friends, worked on some good films, and grew a ton as an artist. I'm really happy that little squirrel finally ate his acorn: LINK​

Watch it here: LINK​

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3) Toyswood by Rolo Ocampos

From the Office of Arts and Crafts

Check out these super rad little wooden dog guys by Paraguayan artist Rolo Ocampos. More wood toys here: LINK​

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4) The Neo Romantic Illustrations of Evan Cagle

From the Illustrators Division

I love these DUNE: House Atreides comic covers by Los Angeles based artist Evan Cagle. I'm a big fan of the eccentric and romantic look of DUNE he captures. I did love the film directed by Denis Villeneuve and the grounded brutalist design...but DUNE should be a little funky and wild in my opinion.

Cagle is a master of the scratchboard line-heavy illustration style reminiscent of Franklin Booth. He takes this early 20th century technique and style and washes it over contemporary compositions and subject matter. It is lovely. He's one of those artists that makes you realize the potential of the medium.

See more work on his website: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

Twitter: LINK​

Here's my favorite drawing of his: LINK​

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5) On Friendship

From the Inspirational Thought Unit

Everything good in my life ties directly to friendships I've made with people. The old saying attributed to motivation speaker Jim Rohn “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” tracks with my experience.

My high school friends were a creative bunch, open to new ideas and experiences, and that shaped me into following a creative path for a career. For the last 20+ years wife has been my north star for focus, direction, and what really matters in my life. And I have a solid group of father/husband/artist friends that I communicate with regularly which helps me navigate life.

Recently I've read a couple articles about making and enriching friendships, so this has been on my mind a lot lately.

According to this research by evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, “It takes about 200 hours of investment in the space of a few months to move a stranger into being a good friend.”

If you're going to spend 200 hours with someone becoming good friends the best way to do it is spending that time doing something pointless.

The gist of that article is that in a highly transactional world relationships tend to turn into useful alliances...hence the term "networking." Yes, you need a network, but for a satisfying relationship you don't base it on something practical like a project or a job, you organize them around something that isn't useful at all. Like a fandom, or a sport.

This is getting long, so I guess the point I'm trying to make here is don't neglect the making and keeping of friendships, because there's not much more to life than that.

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That's all for this week. Thank you for reading this newsletter and hope you have a great weekend!

-Jake

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