Meowr..... and Bobby Rubio's 4 Gun

Yo, yo, yo... pass me the mic so I can rip it...

Uh yeah... that'd be what I'd say if I was that type of artist, but I'm not...

Ok.. Remember in one of my previous journals I was talking about the "more" I'd discuss soon?
Now that things are underway I can spring the "more" info on ya. Thank you all for humoring me in the meantime. HAHAHA

Here, take a look at the "more" below:






What the "more" was all about was the mention of when I was going to launch "MEOWR". Meowr is basically my clothing line I'm launching this year. Can you guess where I'll spring it to the public first? Yup, San Diego Comicon 2009, July 23-July 26. That doesn't mean that it won't be available for online purchases. Because it is limited, I only made a small run. I'll set aside a certain amount for the con, and for online sales.

At the con I'll have shirts for male and female, and recycle canvas bags.


SHIRTS:

-Female:
.all sizes available
.shirt brand/Bella
.only comes in white
.100% cotton
.fitted
.price/TBD
.limited

-Male:
.all sizes available
.shirt brand/Gildan
.only comes in white
.100% cotton
.price/TBD
.limited

RECYCLE CANVAS BAGS:
.one size
.with every purchase of the bag, $1 will go to charity. Charity is still TBD.
.price/TBD
.limited


I will update you all with info in regards to the prices and shipping soon.

____________________________________________________________________________


Here's a piece I did for my pal, Bobby Rubio's 4 Guns comic .

I wanted to try a rougher approach to keep it in the same vain as Bobby does for his comics and character line-ups.





Hope ya digs!

Have a wonderful 4th of July, everyone!

Schoolism classes are now open for registration.

What's Schoolism.com?

Imagine if you had a professional to help you and look over your work! Schoolism classes not only teach you the secrets from known professionals, but you will see them draw over the top of your drawings and hear them talk about how to take your art to a whole another level!

Schoolism.com Online Art Classes are now open for registration:

The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler - starts July 24, 2009
By the end of this course, master caricaturist, Jason Seiler, will have you looking at people in a whole new way! For illustrators seeking to add high-end caricaturing to their repertoire, this course is a must!

Building a Powerful Comic Book Portfolio with Alvin Lee - starts July 31, 2009
Go through an intensive workshop with professional comic book artist Alvin Lee to create a powerful comic book portfolio. Watch and listen as Alvin draws on top of your work, explaining to you the 'DOs' and 'DON'Ts' of what makes a great comic book portfolio!

Character Design by Stephen Silver - starts September 7, 2009
Over nine lessons, Stephen will introduce you to the art of drawing, character design and the business of art. Your role will be to create major and incidental characters for animated T.V., feature films, or video game concepts!

Portfolio workshop with Sean Galloway aka Cheeks - starts November 15, 2009
Cheeks will be taking you through 9 lessons of intensive workshop to teach you the do's and dont's of what makes a great design portfolio for film, television, animation, or illustration.

Digital Painting Techniques with Bobby Chiu - starts November 1, 2009
Learn Bobby's personal techniques of how to digital paint. Watch the lessons, do the assignments and see Bobby paint on top of your paintings showing you how to improve your art!

Register at SCHOOLISM

Say Wha...?

Dare I say I dare you to dare me to take this to a final? =O____O=

Sometime back, when I posted up my Marvel AP Sketchcards, several peeps asked me to go bigger with them and take these to final.



I figured Reed and Sue would be a good addition to my Marvel montage, but stay tuned for more characters that'll pop up on it here and there. :)

Well.... I'm just sayin... if you dare, then I dare...

nuff said...

Hope y'all digs!

Boomchicibauwau

Voila...

Preorders for Cheeks:UNCLENCHED is now AVAILABLE!!!!

On Wednesday I received comp copies of my new artbook, Cheeks:UNCLENCHED.

So today I went to acquire the shipping rates.

Online order info:

US:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $8.70(shipping) = $38.70
-2 books: $60(book)+ $11.95(shipping) = $71.95

Canada:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $6.97(shipping) = $36.97
-2 books: $60(book)+ $11.87(shipping) = $71.87

International:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $14.20(shipping) = $44.20
-2 books: $60(book)+ $22.80(shipping) = $82.80

Payment:
Payments can be made to cheeks_1974a@hotmail.com via paypal.

The book is scheduled to arrive by San Diego Comic-Con. Please take note that all preorders will be shipped after the con though.


For those who are just arriving to the party and wanna know more about Cheeks:UNCLENCHED please click on the link to learn more about it.

Lastly, I have EXCITING news I can't announce just yet about other things that I will be releasing at this year's Comic-Con. Stay tuned and all will be revealed!!!!



Hope y'all digs!!!

We all need quality time

Happy Father's day, dads!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH love is in the air...I'm going back to my roots, trying to hook up a "story" in my pin-ups, so here's 2 I'm working on now.

Enrollment

Hey all,

Thank you for your kind comments, notes and emails congratulating me about my new instructor position. Your interest means the world to me. As promised, I have an update about enrollment.

I'm very excited to announce that we will be opening up my online Schoolism class for registration this Friday 12am (EST) so get ready! There will only be 10 students accepted for my November class. First come, first serve basis.

This online class is a Portfolio Workshop, which means that every week you will be doing assignments, and I will be reviewing a different section of your portfolio for film, television, animation, or illustration.

Imagine if you had a professional to help you and look over every section of your portfolio! Not only will I be helping you create your own style and portfolio, but you will see me draw over the top of your drawings and hear me talk about how to strengthen them!

Stay tuned for more info this Friday!

Your pal,

Sean

New Things on the Horizon...

Heya, folks!

My pal, Bobby Chiu has invited me to be part of their fam-fam over at Schoolism as an online instructor..

It's truly an honor because not only are Bobby and his crew amazing people, and yup...you guessed it..they are also PHENOMENAL artists. Well, that actually is an understatement.


So...what's the class about? I'm happy you ask. :P

I will be taking you through 9 lessons of intensive workshop to teach you the do's and don't s of what makes a great portfolio. More specifics coming soon.

Enrollment is TBD. But I can tell you now the class won't start until November 2009, so there will be time to sign up for the class.

I hope you all have a great weekend, and keep inspiring the world!

Say Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeee

Pssssssssssst.

PSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssst.

PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST

HEHEHEHE

Here's a lil ol' cover I did for MARVEL ADVENTURES SUPER HEROES # 15. It'll be in Stores: Sep 9, 2009



Hope ya digs

YIP YIP!

I LOVE me some Avatar.

Ramos/Olea and Hererra/Olea Kuta cards

MANOMANOMANOMANOMAN!!!

3 of my favorite top 20 artists of all-time dropped the bomb on me this evening with their gorgeous Kuta cards. If there was ever an art dream team then Humberto Ramos, Francisco Herrera and Leonardo Olea would be mine.

I felt if I kept this in I'd be selfish, so I wanted to share their cards with you.

I hope you'll poop your pants like I did.

Ramos/Olea


Herrera/Olea

Cheeks:UNCLENCHED specifics and pre-order info

HEYYYYYYYYYY HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY, dudes and dudettes!

Weekend going ok?

According to my schedule, my new artbook, Cheeks:Unclenched should be in my possession the 2nd or 3rd week of July.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned the specifics of the book yet, but here goes if I haven't.

It's:

- 92 pages

- hardback with a wraparound cover (cover will have uv spotting, and endpapers on the insides of the covers).

- it's contents will have character designs, sequentials, pin-ups, cover work, sketches and more!

- the book will be going for $30.

Online order info:

US:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $8.70(shipping) = $38.70
-2 books: $60(book)+ $11.95(shipping) = $71.95

Canada:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $6.97(shipping) = $36.97
-2 books: $60(book)+ $11.87(shipping) = $71.87

International:
-1 book: $30(book)+ $14.20(shipping) = $44.20
-2 books: $60(book)+ $22.80(shipping) = $82.80

Payment:
Payments can be made to cheeks_1974a@hotmail.com via paypal.

The book is scheduled to arrive by San Diego Comic-Con. Please take note that all preorders will be shipped after the con though.


Here's the cover of the book:




While I'm on the topic of artbooks...I've planned out my 2010 artbook this past week.

I'll be doing something different with it. The images won't be shown online, until the book is complete. Once it is done I'll share with ya 3-5 pages and the cover. :) I think this one will be really fun because it won't have any work related stuff in it. Just gonna cut loose, and focus more on full pin-ups, and possible short stories.


Past artbooks:

Thank you, folks for asking if I have past books still available. I may at some point down the line do a reprint for both of my 2007 books "Grab Yo'self A Handful of Cheeks"

There is a small quantity of my 2008 artbook, "Spread the Cheeks" still available.

If you'd like to order them online you can do so Here


And on that note GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LAKERS!

rippin it on da vinyl

Howdy, all.... sorry for the lack of posts... deadlines are KILLIN me.

I just received some photos of the Kuta vinyl progress, so I compiled all the photos together to make a pretty picture.
Now that the master vinyl is approved... we can get them mass produced and colored up all purdy-like. :P

Thank you again for all your excitement. It has made all the sweat and blood worth-while to make Kuta come to life.

Preorders are still open if anyone's interested.

I'll Gladly Pay Ya on Wednesday...

Yeah... yeah...I know.. I know... it's supposed to be Tuesday, but it ain't Wimpy from Popeye sayin it, aight?! HAHAHAHA

Here's the lineart for page 2 of the Wednesday Comics project I'm doing up for DC Comics.



Big ups to my mentor Andy Kuhn.

Thank you all for your kind wishes about my back! You're all too sweet!

Hope y'all digs!

Ruff mutha flippas

i love drawing rough. it frees your mind of the technicalities to a degree.

in other news... i totally jacked up my back on Saturday. i was crossing the street,and the light was turning yellow, so to not hold up the cars I jogged the last few, remaining steps. from the last hop onto the sidewalk i pinched a nerve in my lower back. today i'm feeling it more than ever....ARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!!!



hope ya diggity doo drops.

Ruffity Ruff Ruffs

Here's an idea I had for the Monsters Inc covers I wanted to do. I may go back and finish it up just for kicks, since I love the Pixar properties.
What say you? Yay or to the nay-nay?! HAHAHA





Hope y'all diggity doo doos!

Bubble Pink

My pal Francisco Herrera asked me to draw his character. I was hesitant because women are hard to draw, but I thought I'd give it a shot. :)



Hope ya digs!

Oki A Dokie

Heya fellas and fellarettes!

Wow... first off... it's quite the bonkers to see how many participated in the Kuta Art Card contest! Thank you so much, everyone for getting involved! All the entries are AMAZING!

It was more than I expected, and yet again I have my work cut out for me to choose a winner. There's still time to play if you haven't already, or for those who'd like to do more.

My hats off to you all for diggin Kuta enough to hook up the gorgeous art!



This is a model sheet I put together to figure out Oki/Zero a bit more.

Hope y'all digs!

Kuta Art Card Contest

Howdy, howdy, folks!


Just got back from the San Jose Super Con. We had a great time up there. Thank you, everyone for stopping by and making the con a fun one!!!!!!!

Hmmmmmmmmmm... what's new?

Well, the Kuta vinyl toy is getting really near. Thank you all for your preorders and emails about the product. From the looks of the schedule, I should have the shipment in my possession 2 weeks before San Diego Comicon.



That being said... Who's interested in being part of the Kuta vinyl contest?

I've asked several of my close friends, and peers to draw a Kuta card, but I kept one spot open for the winner/YOU, of this contest, to be included in the line-up of cards that comes inside the box.

It'll be like the art cards you see in DVD boxsets for cartoons.

The specifics:

*The dimensions should be 4.25 x 5.5.

*All art is to be 300 dpi resolution.

*You can draw it either vertically or horizontally.

*Entries can be digital files, but can also be done traditional.
But the end result needs to be a digital file.

*The card is to feature Kuta. However, if you want to include other characters from the Bastion's 7 universe on the card, then feel free to go crazy!!

*You can post the entries in your galleries, but be sure to paste the link here in the journal, so we can all peep it.

I'll make the decision of the winner within 2 weeks. The winner will also have the opportunity to include their bio because I'll be putting it on the back of the card.

Good luck!!!


I thought you might get a kick seeing how the box looks. Big thank you to Leonardo Olea for preparing it for me.

Muttpop rockin it

Heya, gang... I know that you already know of Muttpop, and their very popular property: Lucha Libre. I can't tell you how inspired I get when reading the great stories, and drooling over the awesome artwork. Each page is spilling with greatness, and packed with fun from the clever writing and eyepopping art. I gotta tell ya, it's one of the best collected ideas I've EVER read.

Props to Bob Silva (president), Jerry Frissen (writer), Bill (artist; Luchadores 5), GOBI (Artist; Tequila), Fabien M. (artist; The Tikitis), and Ohm (artist; Los Tripicados) for making a book that has made these gorgeous stories leave an impact on me.



Here's also a link to some more of their TASTY TREATS


That being said, I had the honor of having lunch with Robert Silva And Jerry Frissen, and my pal Ryan Odagawa. I tells ya, great convo with a bunch of nice guys, over some good eatin's is what it's all about.

Well... back to the drawing board. I gots deadlines, and I'm off to the San Jose Super Con for the weekend. Have a good one, folks.

Luff ya.

-Sean

La Dee Da Dee.... we likes ta...

...potty...potty...

Lookit Oki just standing there keeping an eye on these mofos. But, Dude!... if you're gonna be a ninja... you still gotta go stealth... oh... ok... I see you're just a bad@$$ like that, huh? My bust... go about your bidness, Oki-san."

HA! Anyhoot... He's knows they be trouble, so he's chillin until they decide to get all stupid-like. He'll have to show them what's up, once they step outta line.

These are pieces to a greater cause. I'm doing these for a couple of new banners I'm making for Comicon. More characters will be added to them. Here's THE PEEPS of who I'm talking about.



Hope y'all digs!

all Bastion's 7 characters © Sean "Cheeks" Galloway

Wot?! Me?! You little stinka!

Man, it was so fun at the Calgary Expo! Big thank you to Kandrix and Laurie and everyone for their wonderful hospitality. We hope to come back next year.

Thank you, everyone for cruising by the table to say howdy.
I'm not sure what happened more...the many Michaels that came to the table or the Spider-man head sketches I drew during the con. HAHAHA

I was having fun drawing the half Peter/half Spidey faces in people's books because I was messing around with some expressions of Spidey while showing what emotions reflect Petey's underneath the mask.

I thought I'd share some I drew in people's (Spread The Cheeks) books today, before mailing them out.



Hope y'all digs!

These 4 They...

Man, I had a blast in Florida.

I first hung out with my high school homies, in Tampa, bowling, and going to the Rays, and Yankees game. Good times good times....

Afterwards, I then rolled up to Orlando to get my kick it on, at the FX Show. Thank you, everyone for poppin by and saying howdy.

The evening events were very fun, too. One of the events was Drink and Draw, hosted by the LA crew. In Orlando I attended one for the first time. I've tried my hardest to flee from the LA ones, and who woulda thunk they would corner me and hold me by pencil point to partake in it?! Those vicious savages. HAHAHAHA

Here's 2 of the 7 or 8 that I drew. I haven't drawn like this in awhile, but it was a first with white-out. I'm thinking I'll do more. it was so fun!

This is of Hellboy, and my buddy, Tim Townsend.

I couldn't resist to draw the ladies men, Dan Panosian, and Jim Mahfood (the 3rd one in the line-up).

See you all in Calgary this weekend, at the Calgary Expo!!

Hope y'all digs!

My 2009 artbook cover; Cheeks: UNCLENCHED

Heya, folks...

I just wrapped up the cover to my new 2009 artbook; Cheeks UNCLENCHED, so here it be. :)

The font and placement of it is just temporary, so don't beat it up too much




Hope y'all digs!


all Bastion's 7 characters © Sean "Cheeks" Galloway

Brain Freeze and my 2009 artbook title contest winner

For this line-up of DC characters I wanted to keep the lines loose, as well as the coloring.




Aight y'izall ready for more important news?!!!!!


Firstly, thank you all for participating in the my contest. I think I busted a rib or 3 going over your suggested titles.


It was very tough to narrow it down just to these.

SO the new title for my 2009's artbook is..... drum roll please!

Cheeks: Unclenched

I chose Charco to be the winner because I felt he kept it simple, straight, to the point, and clever with the double entendre.


Like I promised... there's a surprise, a twist, or what have you.

Although Charco will get 2 books... I am also honoring the next 2 runner ups with a copy each. You have the option of choosing between my current 2008 "Spread the Cheeks" The art of Sean Galloway, or the 2009 Artbook "Cheeks: Unclenched" (which will be out in July).

The 2 runner ups are:

Runner up 1)Zhinzia- Cheeks: Stare into them.

Runner up 2) pumml-Cheeks: Crammed

Winner and runner ups, please hit me up with a note for more details.


Thank you, everyone for making this super fun!

Who luffs ya? I luffs ya. Big times.

Hope y'all digs!

And the winner of my new artbook title goes to...

Wouldn't you like to know?!!! HAHAHAHA

Just teasin, y'all... hey, it's not that serious. Put that shiv down, fella. Kick it to me...
*burns the shiv with heat ray vision, after retrieving it*


Ok...lemme first say thank you to everyone who gave their title entries!! Man... you all rock! And just to throw it out there... you all DID NOT make this easy on me.

How I will decide on the winner is if there were several times the same title was used then I gauge it to whomever typed their idea first.
The final results are still being processed, so I'll write up another journal to let y'all in on the update, and with some good news, too. Cool?

Aight.... huddle huddle huddle.. Good games to you, to you and to.....mmmmmmmmmmhmmmm you.

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND break!

Artbook Title Contest

Heya, thugs, and thugettes.

Thank you all for poppin in and dropping love.

Aight... Here's the scoop. I am opening the gates to you all to come up with a title for my 2009 artbook. The requirement is that it has to have a clever way to include my nickname "Cheeks".

Ya see, I can come up with clever, snazzy names for my annual artbooks for years to come, but where's the fun in that if I do it by myself, right? Everyone, say it with me together, "RIIGGGGGGHT?"

How it works is, whomever I choose as the winner will get 2 free copies of the book, signed, and with a head-sketch. One copy for you and one copy for any friend or family I choose... ahem.. I mean you choose. As a bonus, if it wows me, I'll include a photograph bookmark of me lying on my tummy staring at you, and 9x12 Glamour Shot of my ug-mug signed "XOXOXO"

I know! I know! What a frickin sweet deal right? If you feel that this is just too generous of a gesture from me, and you don't feel right taking advantage of me, and you only want to accept 2 free copies of the book signed, and with a head-sketch, (one copy for you and one copy for any friend or family), then I can't push the rest of the party gifts on you.

Now... I'm sure most of you who've picked up my artbooks over the past 4 years figured out the theme for every one of them. However, I'll let ya know for those who've missed out.

My books from oldest to newest were called:

1)Got Cheeks?
2)Had Cheeks Want More?
3)Grab Yo'self A Handful of Cheeks (Vol.1 and Vol.2)
4)Spread the Cheeks
5) ...(What will this year's be?) I've already come up with 2, so you can't use them "Dirty Cheeks", "Love Between The Cheeks".

I'll make my final decision Monday.


God Bless, good luck, keep it above the belt, and may the champion come forward.

Kuta black and grey limited edition and vinyl ordering info.

Heya, gang. I just received images of the black and grey variant of my Kuta character from my Bastion's 7 property . :)

The black and grey are a limited run of 500.

From the looks of the production schedule I'll have 500 black and grey variants, and 1500 regular colored versions in my possession in July. However, I'm taking pre-orders now, if you're interested.

All online order payments can be made to my paypal account: cheeks_1974a@hotmail.com

Shipping rates:

Domestic:
Black and grey vinyl: $75.00 + Paypal fee: $3.20 + Domestic shipping: 10.35= $88.55

Regular colors: $60.00 + Paypal fee: $3.20 + Domestic shipping: 10.35= $73.85


International:
Black and grey vinyl: $75.00 + Paypal fee: $3.20 + International shipping: 20.35= $98.55

Regular colors: $60.00 + Paypal fee: $3.20 + International shipping: 20.35= $83.55













Thank you, everyone for keeping an eye out on the progress. It's been fun watching it all come together!!!

Hope y'all digs!

all Bastion's 7 characters © Sean "Cheeks" Galloway

Red Pix

Cova numero cuatro de Incredibles.

Aqualad's makeover...

...or not! HAHAHA

Actually this is my Darkstalkers' tribute.
I love this property so much it hurts.

Out of the slew of characters his design was visually striking to me at first glance (of course I love all the other designs, too!!! :)) due to the color combination, and huge-@$$ fins everywhere. HAHAHA

I couldn't resist drawing him as my tribute.



Hope y'all digs!