Matt Kindt, Brian Hurtt, & Marie Enger present The HEK TREASURY: a deluxe hardcover collection of ALL NEW sci-fi/fantasy themed stories
I’m still coloring that massive 4-page spread but all other work on HEK Treasury is wrapped! We’re having our first pre-press/post-production meeting this Thursday (we’ll discuss exciting things like: story placement, design elements, end papers,etc.) It’ll be a wild time! 😬
More in the coming weeks!
I've been getting back to a normal schedule at the studio the past couple weeks and things are coming along. I've been doing layouts/type-setting the past few days and have been averaging a page a day and there's only two pages left. I still have to color the four-page spread and there are some other odds and ends like proofreading, etc. That said, I suspect I'll be wrapped with all the art by this time next week. You all will be the first to know!
Meanwhile, I wanted to share some work in progress of the pages I've been laying out. I've blurred out some of the text because it is either unfinished, un-proofed, or I just wanted to avoid spoilers!
Hello, backers and fans!
This New Year started out a bit rough for all of us - Brian has been a caregiver for his father for the better part of this past year and his father recently passed away. He's transitioning back to a more normal routine. All artwork is finished (other than the colors on the big piece - see images below ). After this - there is only 1 six page section left of the story that he needs to do layouts and finish art for...nearly there!
We really do appreciate your patience as we bring HEK TREASURY to life and perfect it.
-matt
It’s been a crazy one so far but that hasn’t stopped us from keeping our noses to the grindstone!
Still waiting on Brian’s final chapter of the book - but this chapter is a doozy! I took a sneaky photo of his fold-out spread while he was away from the desk - this is a BIG one!
Stay tuned for more updates more often as we start to wrap this book up!
-matt
Thanks to everyone for your patience once again! Progress is being made! Brian is working on the very last story in his section of the book -- a story that I got to help him sort-of co-write. Brian's idea and story with me getting to write the text/captions that go over the top...it involves a letter written to one character to another...so it was kind of a unique piece to write. It's heartbreaking...my favorite kind of story. Can't wait for you all to read it!
But that is not the art we're previewing! This if for a MUCH different story of Brian's - about some crazy gene-splicing madness. I don't know...all I know is that some of the reject gene-modified creatures that come out of this futuristic easy-bake-oven of a gene-splicer...made me literally laugh out loud. I immediately pitched a stand-alone book that follows these messed-up non-all-ages characters on an all-age adventure. But that will be a different book - we will not delay this one further! : )
Thanks again for you understanding and patience! Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe and healthy!
-matt
