"SolForce: Toons of Tomorrow" Covers & Summaries

Hope everyone's three-day Labor Day weekend went cool & blissfully! Mine was... rather hectic, but at least now I can preview the six -yes, SIX- episodes in my next graphic novel project, SolForce: Toons of Tomorrow!! There are the unedited covers & story summaries! As for the completion date? I'll simply say that it'll be before Christmas. Without further ado, read on!!

Episode 4: My Special Little Oyster

Welcome back to Sunshine City, USA; land of Prism Skies. Feast your eyes on the many beauteous tourist spots through the walks of SolForce Medical Lead & nursing major, Martha Clue, as she dodges through the zany bustle of her fellow SolForce members and their 22nd news coverage of the week! -so far-

Episode 5: Shade on the Shale

After his bombastic rampage through Naturopolis in the episode The Witty Kitty, Nitro awakens in a hidden base located in the arid and shady corridors of Shalestone Valley. Here, he undergoes an investigation of his own to discover what -or who- truly made his mind fry up that night!

 Episode 6: Deck it like Denim

SolForce head honcho John Clue and revered fencer Lyre Harper hear rumblings from Manny Q. after a game of tennis that a band of robbers plan to ambush the rich and techy at a highly headlined showcase during SIFW (Sunshine International Fashion Week). The entire crew is not aware, however; Geraldine Archer, the resident fashionista and top detective, is one of the star attendants. 

Episode 7: Catsylvania (& other dead blogs)

At Naturopolis Technical High School, -NaTech for short- only the best and brightest students like Revenda Delgatta can roam the halls to traverse through the Robotics and Chemistry labs with its majors conducting bizarre rituals on the Athletics club for 'lack of attention from the P.E. instructors.' It also gives her a reason the revive her blog!

Episode 8: Ice Cream & Coffee

Small- town redheaded photographer Stephanie Monroe can't catch a break. When she heads to Wona's Coffee & Tea once a week after a hectic day at her new job at the Daily Sunrise, she gets a small glimpse of the Sunshine Chronicles graphic designer and breakout psychic of SolForce Ceasar 'A.C.' Southermire... who's at Wona's everyday after work and training. Once both attend the same mixer hosted by the same newspapers they work for, the two constantly avoid contact with overly joyful coworkers and the inevitable bachata dance- off.

Episode 9: Freshly Squeezed Doom

Months after the attacks from Goosome and the Shadi, Robert Miles and the rest of the SolForce detectives work with the SCPD to find proof that Oscar Sheffield, mayor of Sunshine City, is not behind the sighting of government- sponsored drones! The company who created them? Salazar Technologies, headed by acclaimed -but mostly failing- civil engineer, Ivan Salazar.

I Heart Sol

It all started with a simple task: a certain date named St. Valentine's Day is upon us and I figured it'd be a fun idea to draw a couple of postcards based on SolForce. The only two I thought of were Geraldine and A.C. As I fleshed out the compositions more, something became obvious to me; they were both drinking their favorite beverages. Geraldine sticks to her rabbit inhibitions and downs some carrot juice on her way from the farmer's market, while A.C. smirks after buying his first (out of five) latte macchiato's within his workday. 

 

Here's a secret: I pictured A.C. with a Kojak- esque voice in the colored version. 'Who loves ya, baby?'

 

These two pieces led to six more card designs with RaiStar Twinkle, John Clue, Martha Clue, Revenda Delgatta, Stephanie Monroe, and Essa and Aamoco Gerbil with some form of their favorite food or beverage drinks. This was the purest opportunity to test out a marketing plan that can reach all year round instead of only February. I titled it I Heart Sol! 

 

 

The official logo!



 

Without further ado, here are the original eight chosen for this test!

 



 

Ceasar 'A.C.' Southermire and a Latte Macchiato

 

Geraldine Archer and Carrot Juice

 

John Clue and a Martini

 

Martha Clue and Lemonade

 

RaiStar Twinkle and Cherries (lots of them)

 

Revenda Delgatta, Milk and a Mambo Dancing Gingerbread Mouse 

 

Stephanie Monroe and Mint Ice Cream Cake

 

 

Essa and Aamoco Gerbil and a Bowl of Cereal

 

 

One day over the week, I'll make these available as a package to order! Seeing them on a screen is great, but physical postcards with cartoon characters loving food is too tempting to pass up on.

 

Till then, have a great week and stay Sol-ful! 

 

 

 

 

What It Looks Like When Thumbs Cry



 

Between my travels and ventures of San Francisco and New York City, many a sketch were made. Here's the collected few so far of 2014!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being All Meta With It

Being a citizen of New York City and San Francisco has its differences that few catch onto unless someone lived in either place for more than a month. In San Fran's case, 4 months living there gave me enough reason to make these 2 pieces. Enjoy!

Seasonal Tides

Seasonal Tides was a collection of illustrations I created, based off of the twelve months of the year and their related seasons. The finished pages all included haikus I've read that serves the illustrations' purpose. This was compiled later on into a small book. I gave myself much freedom with the mediums used, including pencil, colored pencils, pastels, charcoal, and Adobe PhotoShop (my main tool). Enjoy!