Spirit Dancer is currently having its script developed, and the pages drawn up. we will be posting snippets of the character design pages soon. Watch this space!

Lisa

I’m very excited to welcome Liezl Buenaventura as colourist while Lisa works on Spirit Dancer. Liezl is working on Book of Nemus, Chapter 2 - Water & Stone.

LIEZL BUENAVENTURA is a graduate of both Studio Arts and Visual Communication, and she constantly strives to find the perfect mix of aesthetics and mass appeal. She learns something new everyday, and this delights her. Her portfolio can be accessed at www.liezlbuenaventura.com.

Please extend a warm welcome to Whitney Cogar. She has come on board to lend her amazing artistic skills to Orion Xia.

Let me give Whitney the mic - take it away Whitney….

“Well as far back as I can remember everyone said I was going to be an artist when I grew up. It’s just the whole part about being a comic artist that threw everyone off. I grew up with a lot of Sonic comics but the first comic I actually followed for an extended period of time was Sailor Moon. That’s right, I grew up on manga. I had a shoujo manga style until a few years ago actually! Now my big goal is to do superhero comics for a living. Quite a change, huh? I guess I just love the sequential art medium so much that it doesn’t matter what genre or style it’s in. If it’s good I’ll read it!

I’m very honored and proud to be working with the people at Shox Studios, and I hope that I can help the group reach its full potential.”

I’m sure we’ll see some really great stuff from Whitney, as a matter of fact, judge for yourself and check her website.

So folks, Orion Xia resumes updates at WebComicsNation on Monday, August 25. We will continue to post new pages on Mondays instead of Fridays from now on.

Thanks everyone for hanging in there.

My drawing skills are improving ever so slowly, but surely. The Thor sketch I did for our weekly sketchbook challenge didn’t kill me. I think I might contribute another image to the “Something Norse” theme - maybe Hagar the Horrible.

The Shoxmon

Check out Andrew’s article, “So You Wake Up And You’re A Super-Hero.”

After all these years I’ve finally decided to do something about learning to draw properly in a disciplined manner. I’ve doodled over the years, but I never really focused on applying myself to developing some skills.

In my association with many very talented artists at Shox Studios, I’ve come to realize that I cannot sit on the sidelines any longer because I have a need to create. I also realized today, while drawing this week’s sketchbook challenge image, that the focus required in detailing an image forces me to slow down - I am a true child of the “everything now” syndrome. I now have to take the time to create what I visualize in my mind’s eye, and that takes patience.

To make a long story even longer - what does this have to do with Philip Tan? He’s a penciller extraordinare who contributed his considerable talents to Image Comics and their Spawn books and now is under exclusive contract with DC comics - FINAL CRISIS: REVELATIONS.

I was researching images for our recent Sketchbook Challenge, “Something Norse” when I came across Philip’s deviantART site.  His pages took my breath away.  I study his pages every day and try to mimic at least one small area on a specific page.  I especially love the way he draws hair and I’ve decided to become adept at doing hair among other things. 

I have chosen Philip’s work as a guide for some of the things I want to accomplish with my art.  Stay tuned.

Hi Folks,

Today’s OX page will be posted later today, so hang tight.  In the meantime, read some other stuff. 

M