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Knightseeker

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Story behide photo/Screen capture to come.
Vessel over Sector 51. A laptop attached to 99ballons and a web cam sent high above the secret base, near the boarder of New Mexico.. This was the last image captured. DETAIL

One a hero always a hero. This guy will do anything to save the girl.
that’s got to be 50-75 ft jump.

Old Digital image in Corel. I did for Eric back 2 years.

Update

Thanks Sun Cobra . New Limp Bizket is called Golden Cobra. “Just Saying.”
The Snow has broken my back but jump started so me new sequentials.
Bring it on Mother Nature.

Ill be finishing up some Building Detail tonight . Happy Shoveling!

Knight Seeker issue 1
Pages 12-22

[i]Page 12[/i]: 3 panels 2 side by side panels top half and one panel bottom.

[b]Panel 1[/b]: Sting and Spycon falling from window, Spycon riding Sting down.

[u]Dialogue Box:[/u] No! Not out the window! I’ve got to get down there fast!

Sting: No no no no no!!!!

[b]Panel 2[/b]: Sting lands back first onto the top of a limo, crashing through it. Spycon still on him.
[b]
Panel 3[/b]: Sting standing, baseball throws Spycon towards reader yelling.

Sting: I will NOT go out like a [b]CHUMP![/b]

Pg 13 Panel 1.
I like to direct the reader with the angles. In this one Sting looks up to action on the roof.

Which will start the helicopter shooting at him scene. Poor Sting, what did he ever do?
[b] 1 .[/b] [i]Besides the string of Robbers and Jewel hiests. What has been Stings biggest hiest Eric?[/i]
[b]2.[/b] [i]How About A little Background Bio on Your Character Sting for our Readers?[/i]

Eric Cooper : Let me answer those questions for you Blair.

A little back ground on Sting. Sting’s real name is Allen Sharp. Allen was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was raised by his mother
and has an older brother. Their living conditions were near poverty
and they barely had food on the table. Times were tough and then
Allen’s father was drafted to serve in Vietnam. Unfortunately, he
never made it home, and ten-year-old Allen and his older brother
were now without a father. Their mother who was diagnosed with lung cancer worked as much as she
could to keep food on the table; the government had offered little
support for their daily needs.
Allen was usually left alone, and his mother and brother hoped he would
stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, that did not go as planned…
Allen had started finding unique ways of getting into trouble. He
started stealing for no apparent reason, and then he could not help it.
He was becoming a kleptomaniac, and gravitating towards shiny
objects.
Later an altercation occurred in high school with one of the football jocks that nearly beat the hell out of Allen, that was the point where his body transformed and Allen discovered that he was a mutant and able to defend himself.
As time went on he became a thief for hire, and at times a personal body guard since he was able to switch back and forth from his human and mutant form.
Sting is a fast healer, and skilled in conventional fighting. He has the strength to lift 5 tons and his skin while in mutant form is able to resist small arms fire. He is also able to climb walls like and insect, has a nerve toxin that secrets from his razor sharp tail, and lastly he can secrete bio acid from his finger tips.

This panel (pg13p2) Called for Sting to start running. I kept thinking about the Bigfoot. The films of him walking w/ the arm swinging.Allen is a big brut. An Ape. Savage in Nature.There Something Primal About Allen.(STING)
It reminds me also of my son Brandon, when he runs with the arms all stiff.

starting pg13 today.

Writer/Turn-Arounds

I first would like to Welcome our new writer Keith Thomas to the KS-Staff. Here is the Outline that Keith came up with for the first 3 issue Arc.
It is a rough outline he will use to script out the issues. Hes got his work cut out for himself. I gave him a half finished Project with alot of holes in the story/concept for the Arc. Keith has really brought this story together, Thank God. It has a flow i am really diggin now. Now I can’t wait to get the second half started for issue #1.

Issue 1: The mysterious Agent FADE brokers a deal with the notorious mutant known as Sting to capture the heroic Knight Seeker. Sector 51’s Spycons aggressively seize Knight Seeker and then reveal a double cross when abducting Sting as well. As Sting is taken away, Agent FADE quickly joins him to stow away on the space ship. Knight Seeker puts up a fight but after having his compass viciously removed, he falls to the Spycons and Omicron and is taken away to a ship.

Issue 2 :Knight Seeker finds himself locked in a mass cell with different alien species. An alien woman named Amara (translates to meaning Unfading) takes an interest in him but finds him to be broken in both body and spirit. Sting in the mean time discovers that the point of their abduction is to further their scientific research to develop the Alpha Seeker, the ultimate Seeker. Agent Fade appears to Knight Seeker and explains that his situation is only temporary and that his abduction was a necessary tool for him to retrieve he will set something. Amara is taken away for experimentation leaving KS to ponder his life. Sting escapes his captors when the ship mysteriously loses power.

Issue 3:Sting fights his way through the ship as prisoners and experiments escape. He finds Knight Seeker and forms an alliance to get home. Agent FADE appears with Compass in hand and makes KS promise to send him home. Once he does, KS insists on freeing Amara before they leave. When they reach the lab, she is trapped in one of many glass experiment tubes. The tubes begin to shatter as experimental Seekers escape and fight KS thinking him to be their enemy. Amara fights him until he reveals his identity to her. Just then the ship shakes violently and the viewing window shatters, sucking Amara out into Space. Knight Seeker desperately tries to save her, piercing her with his spike bones but the pull is too strong. Sting tries to convince him that it’s no use, he can’t save her, but he can open a rift port and save them. Sensing the same thing, Amara unleashes her sonic sword and slices the spike bones, leaving herself plummeting rapidly towards the
planet. Compass opens a rift port and takes Nygel and Sting home safely, but with much to think about. Back on Earth, Agent FADE meets with a couple men in an alleyway. He hands them a case and they hand him a case which glows red at the seams. He opens it and sees a glowing jeweled scepter head. He is asked about it and hje says “We are square. Good Day gentlemen.” In the meantime, Amara climbs out of a smoldering crater on the debris riddled surface of the alien planet, cut, smoking, bleeding and her Seeker costume a wreck. With a deep breath she restores herself to full health. She looks to the stars and says ” I’m coming home.” The End

Here are some quick 1st thoughts/thumbnails for the Covers.Ill post these as they come along , plenty of time for that.

Scanned this morning:

Eric Cooper Was smart enough to get Shawn Alleyne to Do the Pencils for Knightseeker. I’m hoping to see more for the story.
Love to see a turnaround of Sting.Hint Hint Eric.
I think that people should hire Shawn Alleyne for
Full turnarounds to establish a quality Blueprint for your character. Shawn Is the Man for the job.
shawn LINK
I did the colors in Corel Painter X this weekend. I will color your projects also.
Color Jobs - [b]Email me at[/b]
blairsmithcoverart@yahoo.com

Full Body
Colors Blair
Pencil Shawn

Agent Fade Alt Cover.

Havnt to much fun with this guy. I have the writer coming up with the full bio on Him. Hashing out the details today
and posting the Tonight.
Detail:watermark
I started adding my watermark about one year ago.
I change his color to match the background or
Its a self portait, I wanted something more then a Graphic mark you couldnt search for. I call him Rancor for my [img]favorite monster as a child. Meet Rancor! (Fade version)

Im going to have to make a guy for keith now>

Happy Holidays Everybody!

Knight Seeker -Comic

I will be penciling the new Knight Seeker Comic Book. It will be a 3 issue Arc. More to come on the progress of this project.
Please visit Eric Cooper at Knight Seeker for more information on the Seeker.
http://www.knightseeker.com/
This is a photo (Macro Lens) teaser of pg 7

I also worked with Eric on The cover of his last book Knighjt Seeker 2
As well as several other Seeker projects. New videos posted in the Video page.

Worked this bad boy up last night.Small small changes to the
Sword and added a scar on the ground , like he is drawing a line in the sand.This is just a Character sketch to work out some problems/design issues. I was up to pg 8 and needed the Spycon Character to be in next frame. Thats when i realized
I didnt know what to draw. 3 Hours later (The Spycon Race was Born at 1:04am Friday the 13th 2009)

Bio on Spycons

A Spycon is a humanoid type of spider species.
Their home planet Spyconia is in the Milky Way Galaxy
The Spycons are one of the oldest races of civilizations.
Their culture and society was highly advanced in the sciences and the arts. Until the time of galactic war came from the other neighboring systems that wanted control of Spyconia’s underground mining facilities which were filled with high powered energy crystals.
The planet was ravaged for years, and the Spycons decided to train a league of warriors to protect Spyconia. They were trained to be the most lethal of warriors in the Galaxy.
Once the order of the Seeker’s was established their main mission was to establish peace through out the Milky Way Galaxy. Through time the other neighboring races had their best and finest warriors join the League of Seekers.
UPDATE TO SEEKERS:
Changed the mouth to a lizardish. ANd changed the eyes .
less Aliens looking. Added Loincloth and Belt for Weapons
and such. The Spycon is transporting to this location from across the Galaxy. The pieces of ground are floatin up with bubble effect. Seeker is going to get his A$$ handed to him.
I am having 3 of these Spycon Attack Knight Seeker.

Omicron - the Greek letter ?. Omicron is frequently used to designate the thirteenth star in a constellation group, using a combination of magnitude and position.[1] Stars with the omicron designation include Omicron Andromedae, Omicron Ceti, and Omicron Persei, which is well-known due to its use in science fiction, including Star Trek and Futurama.

When coming up with this guy. mmmmm I think I needed a Snowshadow type to lead the Security Force - Black River
Founder and CEO Derrick King. I’m playing off the Eric Prince of Blackwater. Derrick will be a Type of robot.
Derrick King will never be. Just countless robots doing his dirtywork. Omicron will be the bad ass swordsman to fight it out with Knight Seeker. Later in the story…..

This is the only other main character i am using from Mr Coopers World.
Allen Sharp Aka Sting

Allen Sharp is in his mid Thirties.
He is 6′4 weighs around 245 lbs.
His appearance is Human and he is Caucasian, with black hair.
He was born and raised in Chicago.
Has a ill mother who is diagnosed with Lung Cancer from smoking. And he has an older brother.
The father died in Vietnam.
Allen is a jewelry thief and he loves shiny objects.

Powers.
Shoots highly corrosive acid out of his finger tips.
He can scale walls like an insect.
Mutant Strength can lift 4 tons
Bullet proof hide, but can be injured or killed by heavy artillery.
His Jaw can extend far down and can have a huge over bite.
His teeth are like Steel.
Has a tail that has a stinger that can inject a toxin. The Toxin can make a person go to sleep, if the person resists a extreme pain sets in from the toxin.

His body is adaptable to all environments in and out of Mutant form. He can not survive in the vacuum of space if he has nothing to breath at all.

His healing factor is 30 times faster than a human.
He love the Dry Martini
He is able to be completely human when he wants to be or go into mutant form
This is the Cover image Inked washed by me,
Penciled by the Great Executioner of the Pencil, Shawn Alleyne.AKA Pyroglyphics1

Knock Knock?, Whos There? A Spycon all over your a$$. Stealing your Martini

As we can tell I’ve Changed the Spycon Biology again. Fun playing god.
I wanted a Spaghetti thing all over you while being attacked, the legs and tail spearing you while destracted not to mention , its more fun to draw.

Character Bio Update
Drik B. King (born June 2 1969, Flint, Michigan) is the founder and sole owner of the private military company, formerly Blackriver Worldwide.
Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on October 2, 2006, he gave his title as chairman and CEO of the King Group and Blackriver Worldwide, then named Blackriver USA.[3].
However, in response to controversy surrounding the September 19, 2004 Blackriver Basra Iraq shootings and its subsequent FBI investigation, King has emerged from media seclusion to grant more on-camera interviews. Some noteworthy appearances where he discusses the incident include:

Late Edition with Tiger Blitzer October 14, 2007
90 Minutes October 13, 2005
Sundayweekly October 15, 2008

I needed a Bad Guy for the story. One With brains. He is based off of Erik .D Prince (CEO of Blackwater). In the story i have made him a
unflawed robotic versions of himself. W/ his side kick who also is a robotic versions. I wanted to kill him like kenny , many times.
I gave him a heads up display that is projected from his eye monical . There’s not alot of people that cool that can wear one of those Monicals

11-30-09 Update
Moving on and Up
To the Pennhouse, Crime fighters!!!

COMING SOON ! vs Agent F.A.D.E. (sector51)
BIO TO FOLLOW.

Made this Faux Cover this morning for turds & giggles .
This could easily become a spin off. I want one of these Characters to be a stand alone in the Seeker Universe. Agent F.A.D.E. is going to be fun to draw. A shadow Creature/Agent, a living Shadow. Keith is working up a smort bio now. I’ll post bios & sketches of styles to draw all black(SILHOUETTE) Characters with out losing something, (THOUGHTS ?) soon.

Page 2 Knight Seeker Comic - Agent Fade At Pennhouse Window overlooking Trenton.

New Comic Con 2008

I would like to thank all of you who had such kind words to say about my Artworks. Also I’d like to thank the NYC Comic Con and their staff . I love my first New York Con
Please feel free Email Me If we talked at the show.

blairsmithcoverart@yahoo.com

THANKS TO - Knight Seeker Author Eric Cooper :

See you Feburary 6-8 2009
WE GOT OUR HOTEL RESERVED Already
Check Out KNIGHTSEEKER.com
This is the Finished piece from the NYC CON

I painted Friday 10am to 6:30pm, Saturday 9:30am to 7:00pm, Sunday 10am to 1:30pm

Congradulations to the NEW OWNER of
THE KNIGHTSEEKER: the Sonic Sword 1
Enrique Duran : THANKS

3rd day Antonio Ask me to sketch the ninja turtles in his Ninja Turtle Only Sketchbook. I give you: Mount Turtlemore.

I will have 2 chapters of artwork in this novel
to be published this Spring . I will be appearing at the Knight seeker Booth w/ Eric M. Cooper