Hello Patrons! Here is the next page of Chapter 5! If you dropped in on the Live Stream party on Saturday you saw this in the middle of the flats and shading stages. Get ready for some serious hand to hand combat coming up. Having seen some of what Mike is bringing color-wise on LG pages... it really is like torture waiting to see them all. I just can't wait for the color!
2015-05-18 13:08:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Last night at the Live Stream Party we debuted the first look at some Little Guardians in color and introduced our colorist and newest team member Mike Mann! This is just a taste of what's in store for you. You may recognize this sample from Chapter 3 page 30. Ed and I just want to let you all know how blown away we are by what Mike's been doing so far and we are beyond excited to share it with you. Little Guardians in color is going to be incredible! -Lee
2015-05-17 15:04:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Chapter 5 continues! It's not done! Stay tuned for news about the big Patron live stream party coming up. (Don't forget to RSVP if you want to join us!) -Lee
2015-05-11 01:47:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Here is your page preview! Please forgive the later than normal preview. 4 day conventions take a toll! And every time I'm still caught off guard. Sending this from the con floor. Wave to the comics everyone!
2015-05-10 14:12:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Monday's page is here to slap you on the back, kick its feet up and WAY overstay its welcome. :) Also, just a reminder to RSVP for the big Live stream Patron celebration coming up soon! We want to pick a day the most people can make it so if you want to join in, let us know if the 14th, 15th, or 16th is better for you. Again, this is open to all patrons regardless of donation level. See you then! -Lee
2015-05-04 12:29:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Check out Monday's page in progress! And please if you have a minute, RSVP to the email about the Patron Party if you think you might come, May 14th, 15th, or 16th which ever is best for you. I'll be announcing the date this coming week! -Lee
2015-05-02 02:12:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Check out the humble beginnings of Voss and Ollie! They didn't change very much from my first couple drawings of them. Voss is just so... VOSS and Ollie has this sort of Ollie-like quality... I can't not see it! SPECIAL UPDATE on the all-patron live stream party! You should all have received the email by now. Please let us know if you haven't. It should have come from our Little Guardians email address and arrived at the email address you use for Patreon. If you'd like to join in...
2015-04-30 02:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Patrons! What a flashback, right? It's nice to be back in the present, I had to remind myself how to draw Voss and Ollie! It's also nice to be back to drawing ol' beefy square jaw Tane again. GOOD NEWS EVERYONE -- It's time to plan the big Live Stream Hangout Party for ALL OUR PATRONS! This is in celebration of reaching the Colorist funding goal. Every single patron will be getting the email invite with the link url to join if they wish. We are looking at May 14th, 15th, or 16th to...
2015-04-27 13:18:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! It's about time we shared the concept sketches for Idem! Of our two main characters, Idem has definitely had the most screen time thus far. In the end I think you'll find the story really cares about Subira's journey first and foremost but I'm glad Idem gets to run around fighting some monsters before we hit the road to adventure beyond our little village. HERE'S SOME BIG NEWS: Samantha Kyle, who's an important part of the Little Guardians creative team (She helped us with our e...
2015-04-22 10:49:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Another quick post to let you know The latest episode of Geek Stuff off the Cuff podcast features us as guests and is available to listen to now! We talk a bit about Little Guardians and the Patreon, comics and all manner of other things geeky. This episode doesn't have an all-ages clean tag, there is some language during it so use your discretion when listening. We definitely had fun recording it so check it out! 2015-04-15 14:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick heads up on our update schedule. I am off for a week starting today. There will be no comic update Monday the 20th. Chapter 5 will continue with Page 53 on the Monday April 27th. There may be some cool news we’ll share in the mean time so keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook feeds. Of course all of you our wonderful Patrons already are plugged into the best way for news updates and extras from us. As always, thank you for reading!
2015-04-13 12:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Patrons! Here is your preview of Chapter 5 - Page 52! The Geek Stuff Off the Cuff podcast recording last night went well I think. We'll be sure to link you to that when the episode posts on their feed. Stay tuned for the finished page 52 to post Monday and then we have a few news items to take care of. See you then! -Lee
2015-04-11 12:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Last night we were invited on the Lean Into Art Podcast hosted by Jerzy Drozd and Rob Stenzinger where the topic of this episode was all about the performance aspect of what we do. How we challenge ourselves to lead workshops, perform on stage with our band, exhibit at conventions...etc. It was SO MUCH FUN! Please check out Lean Into Art (also on Patreon) Hopefully you will enjoy this even more than our weekly Live Stream. Also please go check out Jerzy and Rob who are both wonder...
2015-04-10 13:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Page 51 is up. This is definitely not a lighthearted series of pages so I'll keep it respectful here in the blog. This page kind of gave me a mini-"level-up" moment with my art. It's not significantly more difficult than a lot of the other pages I've drawn before but I did work through a few internal blocks on this page. It's a good page. Hope you all had a good weekend.
2015-04-06 12:55:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Here is your preview of page 51!
2015-04-03 01:28:35 +0000 UTC View Post
More concept artwork! I thought it was time to feature Tane's sketches as this current chapter has been really Tane-centric. I have a soft spot for father characters and Ed's scripts really gave me a gift with Tane. I can't keep saying every character is my favorite obviously but drawing Tane is like a treat every time. And you can see from these early sketches the origins of 'Tane Face' which Ed and I say all the time while working on pages. Tane Face and DON'T FORGET HIS SHOULDER BAG! I keep ...
2015-04-02 10:57:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Good news everyone! We've reached our first funding goal! Ed and I will now hire a colorist and very soon part of our weekly Patreon updates will include posting the colored pages as they're completed. We've already started the process behind the scenes in anticipation of reaching the goal so it won't be too long! Get ready for some color artwork people! This is just such a big deal for our team. This has been consistently the #1 thing on our wish list besides just, getting more pages released...
2015-03-31 12:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Here's page 50! It's hard to believe we started Chapter 5 a whole year ago. I was coming back from a 3 month hiatus while I moved houses that turned into a very complicated and trying ordeal. It all wrapped up in March of 2014 and we launched Chapter 5. Thanks for coming with us so far, we hope you're enjoying the ride. Chapter 5 isn't done yet! -Lee
2015-03-30 13:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! This has been a difficult page to draw so please forgive the slightly late sneak peek. That usually happens with these emotionally heavy dialogless pages which we have done a couple times before. This is also another one that will look dramatically different when I get to the adding in the speedy lined backgrounds and magical spirit fire effects swirling around. They're going to add quite a bit. LIVE STREAM PATRONS: How's Thursday April 2nd? -Lee
2015-03-28 01:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re 75% of the way to our goal of colored Little Guardians pages! Remember, when we hit the goal we’re throwing a big Google Hangout party for all our patrons and I’ll be doodling cartoon portraits of our backers who helped spread the word! We're planning another Live Stream for the first week of April. LIVE STREAM PATRONS you can comment to let us know what day works best for you... -Lee
2015-03-23 14:08:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Workin' on my SPLASH PAGE. Say 'AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!' Live Stream Patrons, don't forget tonight at 7pm! Thank you for your support! -Lee
2015-03-20 16:34:56 +0000 UTC View Post
THANK YOU to our wonderful patrons who visited us at Indiana Comic Con! You are the best! Your support is very much appreciated. Let's have a BIG welcome for our newest patron Robot Paper! WHOOHOO! Brian shared a table with us and couldn't resist the idea of Little Guardians color artwork! Now that we've made it to 75% of our Colorist Funding Goal I think it's about time to make the final push! Spread the word about the Little Guardians Patreon! We'll throw a big special Google Hangout for all...
2015-03-16 14:52:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Here is the finished page 48! It was a tough weekend but we pulled it off I think. Just replace the dialog in panel 1 with "I can finish this page AND go table at Indiana Comic Con and see my friends!" "There's no TIME!" Turns out there was enough time but a dragon still knocked over my house. :) -Lee
2015-03-16 14:45:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS DRAGON HE IS MAKING A MESS. If you're one of our Indianapolis patrons you may be aware we have another comics and pop culture convention happening this weekend at the convention center. If you're planning to attend Indiana Comic Con come find me in Artist Alley table C12 and say hi! Remember, patrons get a free sketch when they find me in the wild! (only at conventions :) -Lee
2015-03-13 02:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Good Morning Patrons, I think Tane may have missed his calling as a Seeker for Gryffindor. No stream this week unfortunately. We'll be shooting for around the 19th or 20th. Thanks for reading!
2015-03-09 12:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Patrons! It's Friday! Here is your preview of Monday's page which has been mostly inked. When I say inked I'm only referring to the characters and monsters since I pretty much paint the backgrounds all in grey tones, I think of that as a separate process and not inking. How's everyone doing? If anyone thinks there's anything we can be doing that would improve the Patreon let us know! Did you know we're 2/3 of the way to our goal? That is crazy! Let's get some more people in hear a...
2015-03-06 11:40:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Patrons! This afternoon on Twitter I noticed we were almost at 500 followers on the Little Guardians Twitter account. So we had a little new follower drive to get us the rest of the way there and I promised a sketch for Follower #500. We made it with a few to spare and I just sent our #500 person a high-res copy of this sketch of Soma. This was a lot of fun! I should do this a lot more often. Maybe we could do sketch giveaways for new Patron milestones. Like for example, for the Patron who ...
2015-03-05 03:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning Patrons! Did you know when you woke up this morning that your day was going to include this much dragon fire? I did. LIVE STREAM PATRONS: we're looking at Thursday for another live stream. Just giving you the heads up!
2015-03-02 13:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons! Check out this sneak peek of Page 46! Usually I show you inks but the pencils turned out pretty tight this time so here are the pencils! The thumbnail sketch I was following is the light gray stuff in the background. LIVE STREAM PATRONS: Samantha and I will be live streaming at 8pm Friday night. Watch your inboxes for the invite link. BE THERE. -Lee
2015-02-26 18:04:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning patrons! BOOM! It's the long awaited page 45! Sorry for the unintentional cliffhanger. The laptop is back and hanging in there. Had a really fun live stream least week, thank you so much for hanging with us. We'd like to welcome a few recent patrons, Tim, Hardy and Wes and Phillip who joined us in the last few weeks. Thanks to them and all of you we're closer than ever to our first goal of putting our colorist into production on Colored Little Guardians pages! Get Excited! It's g...
2015-02-23 12:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post