Hello!

Solid week this week. A good chunk of my creative time this week was putting the last finishing touches on my new comic RED SHIFT RENEGADES. More on that below. Some good friends visited from out of state as well and got catch up and reconnect with them. Interviewed some amazing people for the podcast I do. And had a really fun hangout last night with my patrons. Wish every week was this good.

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

Enjoy!

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1) COMIC DROP ALERT: RED SHIFT RENEGADES #1 - IS HERE!!!

From the Making Comics Division

The explosive first chapter of RED SHIFT RENEGADES is out now! And I do mean explosive, there's, like, 3 of them in there.

This first issue introduces Missile Mouse, Skull Chaser, Star Princess Aven, and the C.A.T. Bot and sets them on trajectories that will eventually converge with each other in an epic cosmic brawl.

ORDER AND DOWNLOAD NOW: LINK​

My colorist Anderson Carman really knocked it out of the park on this one. I feel like we are both firing on all cylinders here. This is not a comic you're going to want to sleep on.

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Accepting New Patrons: Not only are Patrons getting under the hood updates on the comic, but they actually got this comic for FREE as a reward for their support. I don't make a ton of money on Patreon, but it is enough to turn down some work so I can MAKE MORE COMICS.

Become a patron and you also get to join a community of like minded people who love this kind of stuff, you get to do live hangouts online where we draw and shoot the breeze, and you get to give input on current and future projects.

Join here: LINK​

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2) Lee White's Tarot Deck

From the Friendship Unit

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My buddy, co-host on the 3 Point Perspective podcast, and partner over at SVSlearn.com, Lee White has just launched his Kickstarter project.

I'm not just a friend of Lee but also a HUGE fan of his illustrations. He's been talking about doing this for years and lately has been working on it behind the scenes. I'm so excited to see all of this come together in this project.

I love the unique take he has on the subject matter. Each one of these card has been re-thought from the ground up. I don't really know much about tarot decks, but Lee explained ti this way:

"The more modern use of the cards is they just give you a topic to think about and how it relates to your life. The cards aren't magical or tell the future or anything like that. They are more like themes to meditate on and use in the way that fits your life."

You can check out the project here: LINK​

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3) The Robots of @surume0407

From the Office of Robots in cooperation with the Office of Scale Models

I found a great scratch builder of robots on twitter. He's based in Japan and goes by スエキチ(ケロッグ) or @surume0407. As far as I can tell he only posts on twitter. There's no website, gallery, or art account for his work, so you're stuck scrolling through his twitter feed to find all of his amazing works.

These are all cobbled together from other kits and some custon sculpted components he makes himself. Really incredible and inspiring.

More here: LINK​

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4) Jodhpur

From the Exploration Unit

Known as the "Blue City" because of the distinct shade of blue most of the buildings are painted int, Jodhpur located in Thar Desert of the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan aka, the middle of nowhere.

These photos were taken by French photographer Florian Delalee who travels Asia taking photos that capture what it feels like to be there.

More photos of Jodhpur here: LINK​

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5) On Doing

From the Inspirational Thought Unit

A couple years ago I was listening to a Q and A with filmmaker and YouTuber Patrick (H) Willems. (He's my favorite YouTuber btw.) And he made a good point in this Q and A that I wrote down, and it's stuck with me ever since:

This tracks with my career. I didn't ever get a graphic novel deal from a publisher until I had drawn over 75 pages of comics on my own. I didn't get a job doing concept art until I had a done concept art for my own projects.

One of the big problems about getting work is getting the experience needed to be qualified for the job. I think Patrick's implied solution is spot on: go out and DO the thing you want to do. It might be bad at first, but you'll get better. Keep at it, and you'll get good enough to get the job.

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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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