THE BRUTE is back on the front burners! Gonna be spending the next few weeks figuring out the look of things, characters, layouts, and come December it's pages pages pages pages. Really looking forward to to finally getting this book out into the world! (I know @keithcarmack is too!!) Over the next few days I'll be doing a lot of mood pieces like this one, so I can get a better idea of of what I want the world of The Brute to look like. Expect a lot of weird stuff, 'cause I want to make this book something special! #thebrutecomic (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpq3OpZnat5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4ytgn8i4q81g

This Saturday come on out to @nwicomiccon and hang with all these fine folks! Oh, and keep an eye out for @keithcarmack, he'll have few promo postcards for our upcoming book, THE BRUTE! -I won't have a table, but if you happen to catch me I'll have a couple cards too! See yah there! . #nwi #comics #thebrutecomic #art #illustration #convention #indiana #carmack #lamantia (at Halls Of St George)

Seems like a good stopping point for tonight. Just a bit more tweaking to call the inks done, so figured I'd share the full piece so far. Add colors and a logo and you got the first teaser image for THE BRUTE! (More on that sooooooooon!) . . #wip #ink #thebrute #thebrutecomic #makecomics #horror #horrorcomics #horrorart #illustration #art #detailed #swamp #skull #grave #chicago #lamantia (at Chicago, Illinois)

Still playing in the mud. #wip #ink #thebrute #thebrutecomic #swamp #horror #horrorart #illustration #detailed #skull #nature #chicago #lamantia (at Chicago, Illinois)

Don't want to show too much of this until it's done. For the moment it's a teaser of a teaser. This will likely be used as the first teaser/promo art for the new book I'm working on with @keithcarmack, THE BRUTE! Excited to show of the final, so time to get back to inking! #wip #ink #thebrute #thebrutecomic #makecomics #horror #horrorart #horrorcomics #comics #art #illustration #micron #detailed #chicago #lamantia (at Chicago, Illinois)

Bunch o' catch-up to be done on the two projects I got on deck, so this week I gotta get cracking on preliminaries! Figured I'd jump in tonight with a location sketch for the one written by @keithcarmack, THE BRUTE. Expect lots of awesome swampy horror! -more details sooooon! #thebrute #thebrutecomic #sketch #ink #swamp #tree #comics #makecomics #horror #horrorcomics #horrorart #detailed #creepy #eerie #illustration #art #chicago #lamantia (at Chicago, Illinois)