Category: Premieres
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The Creative Journey so far…
What I’m doing Howdy… Wow, it sure has been a while since I’ve put together a blog post for you over here. I’m tempted to apologize, but really I think it was for the best. I needed time to reflect, reconfigure, and grow. I thought I knew what I was doing on my creative journey……
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The Fall of 2020 – not a headline, just a blog post.
THE BREAKDOWN: Okay, so I don’t blog very much on my site. I’ve got a lot going on between managing our flagship Oneshi Press site, our site for the PACK comicbook, our site for our beloved Tracy Queen, oh the rich and ever-expanding Children of Gaia‘s site, hey did I mention the Mr. Guy: Zombie…
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Our biggest thing yet!
Well hello friendos, Since last I blogged at y’all, we blew past our goal for Tracy Queen Volume 2 on kickstarter back in March at nearly 125 percent! That was amazing! It’s now available to purchase in print or digital at oneshipress.com. And we’ve taken up arms to launch a project that’s been in the…
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PACK 2: Humility – Kickstarter
Live now on Kickstarter It’s Time for Kindness Nine months after we successfully Kickstarted PACK #1: Humility, it’s time to continue the saga of the 6 stray dogs—and 1 stray man—of the PACK! The writing by Lynsey G, art by Jayel Draco and Ludwig Olimba, and lettering by Cardinal Rae for PACK #2: Kindness are…
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Oneshi Press at SpoCon2018
Look for Oneshi Press at SpoCon2018! Come say Hi to Lynsey G. and Jayel Draco! That’s right, Oneshi Press co-founders Lynsey G. and Jayel Draco will be tabling Oneshi Press at SpoCon2018, where we’ll be representing: Children of Gaia, Tracy Queen, PACK, and the Oneshi Press Quarterly Anthologies!. What’s more, Jayel Draco will have a…
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kickstarting PACK Comic-book: PACKSTARTER
You Guys! We’re doing it! We’re Kickstarting PACK! We’re doing what? What is kickstarting PACK? We are kickstarting PACK Issue 01: Humility, written by Lynsey G. and illustrated by Jayel Draco, is complete! Now we just gotta get it into your hands. So we’re funding a 1,000-copy print run of the first issue of PACK at Kickstarter! Humility, the…
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Great Nations now available!
Children of Gaia: The Great Nations of Rendaraia is now available! OMG! BIG NEWS EVERYONE! As many of you already know my partner, Lynsey G and I started a publishing company just over a year ago called Oneshi Press. We started it for two reasons: 1) We were working on several projects that we wanted to put out into the…
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Oneshi Press
Progressive. Immersive. Gorgeous. Oneshi Press is an independent publishing company, founded by Jayel Draco and Lynsey G in 2015 and based in Missoula, Montana. We are focused on creating richly illustrated fantasy and sci-fi graphic novels, comics, and art books. Our mission is to explore dark corners, shatter taboos, emphasize progressive ideals and immerse readers in fully-realized worlds, while offering…
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Interview with my Nonna: Part 1
Alda Rose “Chichi” Hodgskin April 1st 1932 – November 20th 2021She always loved to share her stories. Some years ago she and I decided to record some for posterity. What a gift to be able to spend a little more time with her whenever I want with this 2 part podcast “Interview with my Nonna”.…
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Oneshi Press – Launched!
Big News! Co-Founders Lynsey G and Jayel Draco have launched Oneshi Press and they’re just so excited to tell you all about it! What does this mean for you? More pertinent, socially responsible, progressive, and inclusive Visual Art and Narrative in your world! If you subscribe, you’ll have more of it in your life! The…
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n2: Entrepreneurs in the Midst – published
Entrepreneurs in the Midst: Stories from Founders, Creators, and Builders Entrepreneurs in the Midst – Written by Renny McPherson and Joe Flood. Cover design and formatting by Jayel Draco. Editing and styling by Lynsey G. “Everyone who plans to start a business should read this first. There are many books that celebrate entrepreneurial success after…
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Numbers and Narrative
Numbers and Narrative – Podcast Website designed by Jayel Draco. Hey everybody, Just a quick note to let you all know about the slick new website I just finished building for Numbers and Narrative: numbersandnarrative.com. They’re a really interesting and entertaining weekly podcast with a book on the way possibly leading to a series of…
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“Rooftop Screamers – Talk About It”
Have you seen the music video that I animated for the Rooftop Screamers? “Rooftop Screamers – Talk About It” written by Mike Collins, produced by Rob Daiker, Music Video animated by Jayel Draco, Art. Enjoy! There is also a link to download the song if you’d like. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rooftopscreamers Mike is donating 50% of the proceeds…
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Toshi Salvino as: Toh’Xee – Trexsitti Scout
Toshi Salvino the Dollfille came over to model for me and this is what we did Check out this video tutorial featuring music by Jack Shell – The Soundweaver, that I put together for Toshi Salvino’s awesome makeup effects. You can see her transforming into one of my tribal fae scouts from the Work in…
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Illustrations for Publications
Howdy y’all, just wanted to drop you a quick update about something new I’ve added to the mix of projects that I’ll be working on. I’ve teamed up with the talented writer Lynsey G on quite a few projects already including PACK and Tracy Queen. Lynsey, in addition to several exciting projects as well as…
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Tracy Queen – Site Launched!
Okay, so I’ve been super duper busy lately, and yet you may notice that I’ve only been posting a photo-manipulation every couple of months… sure I posted some photos of costumes to my facebook page (which went over really well btw) but really… It seems unequivocal how much work I’ve been doing vs. how much…
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Nomsalot the Goat
This Goat is for the kids 🙂 “Nomsalot the Goat” is a short cartoon/animation test by Jayel Draco featuring Nomsalot, the appetite driven goat on a brief but calamitous misadventure. This piece is just a short little animation about a goat who eats everything in his path like goats so often do. Eventually he gets…
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Updates – Been A while. . .
Hello, Thanks for reading my blog, I really do appreciate your interest in my updates. Without your interest, it would be meaningless. It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. Things have been quite busy. To start with, the music video for “History Lessons” by the band Dinosaur Feathers (directed by Christopher Piazza)…
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Marvel Fest 2009
Gearing up for the big debut at Marvel Fest 2009! As many of you know, I have been working free-lance over at Neals Adams’ Continuity Studios for over a year now alongside some incredibly talented individuals. A large potion of that time has been spent developing sophisticated image manipulation techniques and employing them as “Motioneers”…
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The Astonishing X-Men – Rise Up – Marvel Music Video
X-Men Rise Up – Music Video from The Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic. Woah, so apparently someone from Marvel took clips from the “Motion Comic” we’ve been working on over at Neal Adams Continuity Studios and made a music video with them. It’s a good teaser for our yet-to-be released work (*as of 10/22/2009). The Motion…