I wanted to print a hardcover edition of my favorite material on this site before all of the printers in this country are shuttered, chemically castrated, deported, then sold as food for the retired tween Chinese Olympic gymnasts who may or may not be assembling American electronics in factories with built in suicide prevention landing pads. That, and I needed something to sell from my half of the rented artist alley table at C2E2. Here’s the cover! With guidelines visible for bleed,wrap, joints and spine. The catbear and my dad’s dog Chloe are pictured, coincidentally using one of the aforementioned American electronic devices.Kramthology™ and © Brock Rizy 2012

While at it, this is the business card I’ve prepared to hand out at the convention. With guidelines visible for bleed, trim, and safe area.

Eons ago, Major Robot Interactive, who I worked with on the Big Mapple project, hired me to design a graphic robot icon mascot. After an initial cartoonish sketch phase that nearly ended in tears, a new direction was decided on. These were the initial choices I sent for review.

Appealing elements were pointed out, so I offered them another round with similar attributes.

And this was the final choice, which you can see in use on Major Robot’s site. I enjoy that they used the robot’s hand for the User Experience Design icon.

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Most of the final character designs.

Swamp Chicken © Brock Rizy 2011

Narrowing down the Swamp Chicken character designs and redesigns. You can see a simple indication of the revised proportions and the new characters in these concept painting concept sketches. Mort has changed the least. Suzy the Marsh Rabbit’s and the Fox’s designs are totally new. Suzy’s design is the furthest from finalized as of this drawing.

MERLE
This is the swamp, chicken, so you
better get use’ ta stench scroogin’
around in yer nostrils. They’ll
always be somethin’ malodorous
waftin’ by.

Swamp Chicken © Brock Rizy 2011